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The Magic School Bus Spins a Web

25 minutes 54 seconds

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"The Magic School Bus" is an award-winning, animated children’s television series based on the book series of the same title by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen. It is notable for its use of celebrity talent and being both highly entertaining and educational. Ms. Frizzle's class takes a field trip inside a 1950s sci-fi film. The movie's main character, the power-mad General Araneus is determined to destroy the mantis, but Phoebe wants to trap it and save it. Shrinking to the size of real spiders, the kids discover how spiders construct a variety of silky snares, making them world-champion trappers. Can the kids save the mantis — and stop Araneus before it's too late?

Media Details

Runtime: 25 minutes 54 seconds

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Brown lizard with red spots wearing a collar, standing on a rock. Caption: (Ms. Frizzle) Why, that's a collared lizard!
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 107
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Magic school bus floating in the air while talking to a child in bed. Caption: And to do that they will go straight to the troubled zone--
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 103
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Magic school bus in miniature size in a pack of ants on the ground. Caption: (Ralphie) Giant potato chip being foraged dead ahead!
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 112
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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People inside the magic school bus with a giant fish opening its mouth to swallow them visible through the window outside. Caption: And what eats little fish, like anchovies?
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 104
25 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Students and their teacher from the magic school bus in standing in a jungle in front of a tree with white puffy blooms on the trunk. Caption: It's your cocoa tree, all right, Ms. Frizzle.
The Magic School Bus
Season 3 / Ep 311
26 minutes
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Cartoon of people on the staircase at the entry of a poorly lit large house. Caption: Oh, Well, nobody home. Let's go.
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 108
25 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Cartoon of people on a baseball field. Caption: Friction-Free Baseball Classic.
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 110
25 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Magic school bus enveloped in brown substance. Caption: (Phoebe) Hey, look! The batter's moving!
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 109
25 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Cartoon drawing of a flying superhero with a "W" on his chest. Caption: (Tim) "The adventures of Weatherman."
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 113
25 minutes 54 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6
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Students on the magic school bus. Caption: Two things make me sneeze -- pollen and pepper.
The Magic School Bus
Season 1 / Ep 111
25 minutes 56 seconds
Grade Level: 2 - 6