Spins a web: The kids are zapped into a drive-in movie about a giant preying mantis. As they rescue Liz, they gain a new appreciation for spiders. Under construction: When Wanda's little brother accidentally port-a-shrinks Ms. Frizzle and the kids, they end up trapped in a bathroom with no way out. By using the materials at hand, and some very constructive ideas, they're soon building hair-roller towers and Band-Aid bridges as they discover something...

In the haunted house: As the adventure begins, Carlos's instrument is sickly sounding, but what he hears in the seemingly haunted Sound Museum ignites his curiosity. While the visit to the spooky museum is more than the class bargained for, it leads to the episode's lesson on the origins and behavior of sound waves. Gets ready, set, dough: On Ms. Frizzle's birthday, the bus gets baked into a cake. Plays ball: Dorothy Ann loves her physics book;...

[Snowy day] describes the silent wonder of a city snow and little Peter's delight as he slides down snowy mountains. [Whistle for Willie] An animated cartoon about a boy who tries very hard to learn how to whistle so that he can call his dog like a big boy. [Peter's chair] When Peter finds out that his blue furniture is being painted pink for his new baby sister, he takes the last unpainted item, a chair, and runs away. [Pet show] When he can't find...

Inventor, writer, businessman, scientist, diplomat, and the face gracing the hundred-dollar bill - this stately figure is the Benjamin Franklin history has taught us to remember. In this revealing presentation, the man behind the myth is brought to light.

Make way for ducklings: The Mallards look for the perfect spot to raise their young, and find it in the most unlikely place ; Blueberries for Sal: A little girl and a little bear on a blueberry-picking trip get mixed up with each other's mothers ; Time Of wonder: Follow two sisters spending a summer in Maine and experience a wonderful variety of natural sights and sounds ; Burt Dow, deep water man: Tells the story of Burt and his trusty boat, the...

In 1997, actor Morgan Freeman, a resident of the small town of Charleston, Miss., offered to pay for the senior prom at Charleston High School under one condition: the prom must be racially integrated. His offer was ignored. In 2008 he offered again, and the offer was accepted, changing the tradition of two separate proms for blacks and whites that had endured since the high school was integrated in 1970. Shows the problems and lessons learned as...

When Max is sent to bed without supper, he sails off to a world inhabited by weird creatures. Mickey is awakened by noises in the night. Alligators dance and sing through the alphabet. Counting forwards and backwards has never been so much fun. Pierre doesn't care about anything until he meets a hungry lion. Chicken soup with rice can be enjoyed all year long while learning the months.

From comic book adventures to big screen stardom, trace the meteric and often hilarious history of Flash Gordon, intergalactic space hero.

Contains four episodes that follow Ms. Frizzle and her class on their science adventures aboard the magic school bus, including a trip to the solar system to buy Dorothy Ann a real star for her birthday.

Filled with dramatic re-enactments and action-packed battle scenes, watch the dramatic story of one of history's greatest empires, from its first major battle to its remarkable military feats and through its eventual fall.