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Synopsis
Ms. Fizzle is teaching her class about electricity, so she takes them on a magic school bus trip through the town's power lines. The students learn a lot about electricity: how it is generated and how electric currents create heat, light, and motion in such household objects as toasters and televisions. Pen-and-ink, watercolor, colored pencil, and gouache illustrations accompany the text., Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a field trip through the town's electrical wires so they can learn how electricity is generated and how it is used.
| Details | | Series: | The Magic School Bus Series | | Illustrator: | Bruce Degen |
| Size | | Length: | 48 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 10.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 5.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
Gr 1-4 Ms. Frizzle and her science class take a trip through the town's power lines and discover how electricity works. Readers who go along for the ride will learn about how electricity is made in power plants, how transformers function, and about the differences in voltage. They will also find out how electricity makes heat and light. There is a brief mention made of how a TV works. Appropriate warnings about electricity are given. Dialogue balloons and Degen's colorful cartoon illustrations add humor. The book makes a complex subject fun to read about and simple to understand. It's bound to be a hit with the series' many fans. Blair Christolon, Prince William Library, Manassas, VA
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