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Magic School Bus Watching Guide“Spins a Web”

List three facts you know about spiders.

1. Are spiders insects?

2. Where do Phoebe and Keisha get stuck?

3. What does the spider do to the fly that is stuck in the web?

4. Where was the spider who captured the centipede hiding?

5. For prey on the ________ use a trap on the _________. For prey in the _________ use a trap in the _________.

If you were a spider, would you rather catch prey in a web or by using a trapdoor? Explain why.

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“In the Haunted House”

What do you already know about sound?

1. Name three things that make scary sounds before the kids enter the house.

2. Circle one. A foghorn makes a low/high sound.

3. If sound is getting louder, you are getting ______________!

4. Moving back and forth is called ___________________.

5. When the kids put on glasses, describe what they see.

Name three objects that vibrate to make a sound.

Magic School Bus Watching Guide“Going Batty”

What do you already know about bats?

1. Nocturnal animals are animals that come out at _______________.

2. What do bats eat?

3. How do bats avoid crashing into trees and buildings when they fly in the dark?

4. What do the kid-bats eat? Name two things.

5. What tries to eat the kid-bats?

Recount the “evidence” the kids used to prove Mrs. Frizzle might be a vampire!

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“Shows and Tells”What do you already know about archaeologists?

1. Describe the object Arnold found.

2. Why does Mrs. Frizzle make a copy of the artifact?

3. Fill in the table with the students’ hypotheses.

4. What does the class finally agree the object is? Why?

What is one other thing you think the object could be?

Student Thought the object was Because It wasn’t because

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Keisha

Magic School Bus Watching Guide“Holiday Special” (Recycling)

What do you already know about recycling?

1. Into what categories do the students sort the recycling?

2. Wanda’s toy soldier was recycled into a bunch of ______________ _____________________!

How did stopping recycling affect Walkerville? Name 3 ways.3.

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Find three things in this room that could be recycled!

Magic School Bus Watching Guide“Gets Charged”

What do you already know about electricity?

1. Everything in Ms. Frizzle’s house runs on____________________.

2. Describe the inside of the wire:

3. Why do the kids stop moving when Wanda disconnects the wire?

4. How does Wanda fix the break in the doorbell wire?

5. Why do you need to be careful when dealing with electricity?

Draw and label an electric item like a doorbell or light bulb. Show the current moving through the wires!

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