Washoe County Library System

Ms. Frizzle takes her class on a rainy ride through the life cycle of a water drop, on the rough 'n tumble journey of a boulder subject to water erosion, and on a bubbly trip to the bottom of Walkerville Lake. Featuring lots of watery wonders, these shows will have your child soaking up some science while have a wet and wild blast.

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...

Gets planted: When Phoebe tries to grow a big vine for her school's production of Jack and the Beanstalk, all she winds up with is a stunted little sprout. The help out, Ms. Frizzle turns her into a real vine. But to grow tall, Phoebe needs to figure out how plants eat - fast! To unearth the amazing way plants make the their own food, Ms. Frizzle and the kids shrink down and dig deep in a quest to root out the facts! In the rain forest: Ms. Frizzle...

Gets programmed: Ms. Frizzle's class programs a computer to do all their school chores, until they discover that it does the chores over and over again. In the city: Ms. Frizzle's class is visiting the zoo, which is, according to Tim, the only place in the city where a wild animal can survive. To test this idea -ZAP! - Ms. frizzle turns them all into possums, foxes, and falcons! Iis Tim right? How could animals like themselves survive in the city Takes...

Kids explore the musical mysteries of sound during a spooky trip to the haunted house. In the next episode they learn about nocturnal creatures and finally they discover the ingenious hunting skills of spiders. Animated adventures introduce scientific concepts. Explores musical mysteries "In the haunted house"; meets creatures of the night in "Going batty"; and discovers the hunting skills of spiders in "Spins a web."

An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wonderous educational field trips with the help of a magical schoolbus. Getting energized (topic: energy): The class is ready to plug in their "double trouble wheel of wonder" at the carnival when they discover all the outlets are taken. Gets charged (topic: electricity): The class is selling light bulbs. When they stop at Ms. Frizzle's house to sell her one, they find that her doorbell doesn't work. A...

When the Magic School Bus takes a dive, Wanda discovers that one of Ms. Frizzle's ancestors was Redbeard the Pirate and a treasure map leads the class to a coral reef where they learn first hand that life there is risky. In The Magic School Bus gets swamped, the class learns that swampland is an important haitat and natural water filter. In the Magic School Bus goes to Mussel Beach, the class learns about life along a shore.

Join Ms. Frizzle and the magic school bus gang as they learn what it means to be a reptile.