The Magic School Bus: Inside the Earth
Joanna Cole / Grades 1-3 /
What a mess! The kids in Ms. Frizzle's class have been studying animals' homes.
There's a beehive, a wasp's nest, an ant farm — even a beaver lodge right in the
classroom. It's a relief when the Friz announces, "Today we start something new."
They are going to study earth science.
For homework, the kids are supposed to bring in rocks. But when they show up with
everything from concrete to muddy Styrofoam, Ms. Frizzle decides it's time for a
field trip. All aboard the Magic School Bus! The class digs through the earth's crust,
then travels straight to the center of the earth and out the other side — through the
mouth of a volcano! Rock collecting has never been quite like this!
Standards
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MST
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Standard 4: Science
4.2 Physical Setting: Many of the phenomena that we observe on Earth involve interactions among components of air, water,
and land.
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ELA
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Standard 1: Language for Information and Understanding
1.1 Listening and Reading: Listening and reading to acquire information and understanding involves collecting data, facts, and ideas; discovering relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and using knowledge from oral, written, and electronic sources.
Standard 2: Language for Literary Response and Expression
2.1 Language for Literary Response and Expression: Listening and reading for literary response involves comprehending, interpreting, and critiquing imaginative texts in every medium, drawing on personal experiences and knowledge to understand the text, and recognizing the social, historical and cultural features of the text.
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Social Studies
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Standard 3: Geography
3.1 Geography can be divided into six essential elements which can be used to analyze important historic, geographic, economic, and environmental questions and issues. These six elements include: the world in spatial terms, places and regions, physical settings (including natural resources), human systems, environment and society, and the use of geography.
3.2 Geography requires the development and application of the skills of asking and answering geographic questions; analyzing theories of geography; and acquiring, organizing, and analyzing geographic information.
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