Magic School Bus Series by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

(and Guest Writers)

(Thanks to Amber Schulman for compiling these resources)
Title Author Lexile

Magic School Bus, The: Liz Finds a Friend West, Tracey 130L

Magic School Bus, The: Liz Takes Flight West, Tracey 220L

Wild Leaf Ride, The Stamper, Judith 240L

Magic School Bus Kicks up a Storm, The Cole, Joanna 290L

Magic School Bus Wet All Over Relf, Pat 350L

Magic School Bus in the Haunted Museum, The Beech, Linda Ward 370L

Earthquake Herman, Gail 370L

Magic School Bus Gets Ants in Its Pants, The Beech, Linda Ward 380L

Magic School Bus Hops Home, The Cole, Joanna 400L

Magic School Bus in the Time of the Dinosaurs, The Cole, Joanna 410L

Liz Looks for a Home West, Tracey 420L

Magic School Bus Plants Seeds, The Cole, Joanna 420L

Liz Sorts It Out West, Tracey 440L

Magic School Bus Hello Out There, The Cole, Joanna AD450L

Polar Bear Patrol Stamper, Judith 460L

Magic School Bus Spins a Web West, Tracey 460L

Magic School Bus Gets Cold Feet Cole, Joanna 470L

Magic School Bus Meets the Rot Squad Beech, Linda Ward 470L

Magic School Bus Gets Programmed, The Cole, Joanna AD470L

Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie, The: A Book about

Nadler, Beth 470L
Germs

Magic School Bus Explores the World of Bugs, The White, Nancy 480L

Magic School Bus Goes Upstream, The Cole, Joanna 480L

Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, The Cole, Joanna 480L

Magic School Bus Taking Flight Cole, Joanna 480L

Magic School Bus Shows and Tells: A Book About Posner, Jackie (TV tie-
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Archeology in adaptation)

Magic School Bus Plays Ball, The Krulik, Nancy E. 490L

Magic School Bus and the Electric Field Trip Cole, Joanna AD490L

Magic School Bus Explores the Senses Cole, Joanna AD490L

Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor, The Cole, Joanna AD490L

Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane, The Cole, Joanna AD500L

Magic School Bus Explores the World of Animals,

White, Nancy 500L
The

Magic School Bus Inside a Hurricane, The Cole, Joanna AD500L

Magic School Bus Gets Eaten, The Relf, Patricia 500L

Magic School Bus Butterfly and the Bog Beast, The Krulik, Nancy E. 500L

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth, The Cole, Joanna 500L

Great Shark Escape, The Johnston, Jennifer 510L

Penguin Puzzle Stamper, Judith Bauer 510L

Dinosaur Detectives Stamper, Judith Bauer 510L

Magic School Bus Gets Baked in a Cake, The Beech, Linda Ward 510L

Twister Trouble Schreiber, Ann 520L

Cole, Joanna and Bruce

Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body, The AD520L
Dagan

Magic School Bus Going Batty Krulik, Nancy E. 520L

Cole, Joanna and Bruce

Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive AD520L
Degen

Magic School Bus Gets Planted Cole, Joanna 530L

Magic School Bus Gets All Dried Up, The Cole, Joanna 530L

Magic School Bus Blows Its Top, The Cole, Joanna 540L

Magic School Bus Out of this World Posner, Jackie 540L

Magic School Bus Makes a Rainbow, The Cole, Joanna AD540L

In the Rain Forest Cole, Joanna AD550L

Answers Questions: A Book of Questions and

Cole, Joanna AD550L
Answers

Magic School Bus Gets a Bright Idea, The Cole, Joanna AD550L

Search for the Missing Bone, The Moore, Eva 550L

Space Explorers Moore, Eva 560L

Magic School Bus Takes a Dive, The Cole, Joanna AD560L

Magic School Bus in the Arctic, The Cole, Joanna AD570L

Amazing Magnetism Carmi, Rebecca 570L

Electric Storm Capeci, Anne 570L

Magic School Bus In a Sticky Situation, The Cole, Joanna 580L

Magic School Bus Sees Stars White, Nancy 580L

In a Pickle: A Book about Microbes Krulik, Nancy E. 590L

Wild Whale Watch, The Moore, Eva 590L

Truth about Bats, The Cole, Joanna 600L

Rocky Road Trip Stamper, Judith Bauer 600L

Insect Invaders Capeci, Anne 610L

Food Chain Frenzy Capeci, Anne 610L

Cole, Joanna and Bruce

Voyage to the Volcano 620L
Degen

Forest Fire Capeci, Anne 620L

Expedition Down Under Carmi, Rebecca 630L

Cole, Joanna and Bruce

Butterfly Battle 630L
Degen

Blizzard Stamper, Judith 630L

Giant Germ, The Capeci, Anne 660L

Magic School Bus at the Waterworks, The Cole, Joanna AD660L

Fishy Field Trip, The Schwabacher, Martin 700L

Flash Flood Capeci, Anne 710L

Space and the Planets Hirschmann, Kris 880L

Bats Hirschmann, Kris 890L

Skeletons Glassman, Jackie 950L

Whales Rosenthal, Sue 970L

 Magic School Bus Power Vocabulary

Inside a Beehive
by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen
Power Vocabulary Word List Powered by The Lexile Framework™ for Reading
©2001. MetaMetrics, Inc. (www.lexile.com)
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Directions:The following words have been identified as Power Vocabulary words in this
book. In order to read and better understand the book, you should know the definition of
each word and be able to use it in a sentence.
1. antenna
2. cell
3. chemical
4. emerge
5. gland
6. lure
7. strategy
8. survive
9. vibrate
10. wax
Magic School Bus Websites

Resources:

Scholastic Magic School Bus Activities

Lessons/Activities to Use With Individual Books:

Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor

Magic School Bus at the Waterworks
Magic School Bus Inside Ralphie- A Book About Germs
 Magic School Bus Videos and DVD’s

Blast off with The Magic School Bus' NEW DVDS! Our newest titles,
Human Body and Catches a Wave are available in stores and
online Fall 2005.Click an episode below for more information.

Catches a Wave (DVD) Going Batty

Human Body (DVD) Butterfly and the Bog Beast
Creepy, Crawly Fun (DVD) Hops Home
Space Adventures (DVD) In A Beehive
Holiday Special (DVD) Inside Ralphie
Super Sports Fun (DVD) Inside The Haunted House
Bugs, Bugs, Bugs (DVD) Kicks Up A Storm
Flexes Its Muscles Out Of This World
For Lunch Plays Ball
Gets Ants In Its Pants Gets Ready, Set, Dough
Gets Eaten Blows Its Top
Gets Lost In Space Spins A Web
Getting Energized Taking Flight
Goes To Seed The Busasaurus
Gets Planted In The Rainforest
Greatest Adventures
Under Construction
Makes a Rainbow