Joanna Cole

When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic School Bus and the class zooms back to prehistoric times. First stop: 3.5 billion years ago! There aren't any people around to ask for directions. Luckily Ms. Frizzle has a plan, and the class is right there to watch simple cells become sponges and then fish and dinosaurs, then mammals and early primates and, eventually, modern humans. It's the longest class...

Ms. Frizzle takes her kids on a whirlwind tour, from the Arctic to the equator, so they can see telltale signs of climate change.

Ms. Frizzle and her class explore the senses by traveling on the magic school bus in and out of an eye, ear, mouth, nose, and other parts of both human and animal bodies.

A special field trip on the magic school bus allows Ms. Frizzle's class to get a first-hand look at major parts of the human body and how they work.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a fieldtrip to a beehive in her magic school bus.

Ms. Frizzle takes her class inside a pinball machine that is played with light pulses instead of steel balls, to learn the secrets of color and light.