The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top - A Book About Volcanoes

Sep 29, 2026

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A classroom day in Ms. Frizzle’s Magic School Bus turns into a high-energy quest when building an enormous globe goes wrong and points toward a mysterious, newly forming island. Students debate how the Earth can change, then race to investigate by searching for clues and planning to name the island themselves. The story escalates into an unexpected “flight” aboard the bus, culminating in a debate over what to call the explosive discovery.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages36

Reading Time55 min

AccessFree to download

Introduction

Building the Globe

The Mystery Island

Setting Off on the Bus

Scholastic'sTheMagic School BusBLOWS ITS TOPA BO0K ABOUT VOLCANOES ISBN 0-590-50835-0 Scholastic # LMagicSchoolBuSBLOWS ITS TOPA Book About Volcanoes Based on the episode from the animated TV seriesproduced by Scholastic Productions,Inc.Based on The Magic School Bus book serieswritten by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen. TV tle-dn book adaptation by Gall Herman and tllustrated by Bob Ostrom.TV scrlpt toritten by Brian Meehl and Jocelyn Stevenson, No partof this publication may be reproduced in whole or in part,or stored in a retrieval system.or transmitted in any form or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without writen permission of the publisher.For information regarding permision,write to Schbolastice Ine.,555 Brondway,New York,NY 10012. ISBN 0-590-50835-0 Copyright 1996 by Joanaa Cole and Bruce Degen.All rights reserved.Pulblished by Scholastic Ine,SCHOLASTIC and THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUSare registered trademarks of Scholastic Ine. 353433323130292827 23456/0 Printed in the U.S.A. 23 First Scholastic printing,January 1996 Gooooood morning,class! It started like any ordinary day in Ms.Frizzle's class.Butthat doesn't mean much—there aren't any ordinary daysin Ms.Frizzle's class. That morning we were trying to put together an enormousglobe.But we didn't have all the pieces,so the whole thingfell apart. "Carlos,"said Dorothy Ann,her nose in the instructionbook,"if you spent more time on research,you would knowhow to put this globe together!" Carlos dusted himself off."And if you didn't spend somuch time doing research,you could have helped!"he Ms.Frizzle looked over the mess."I'm afraid you can'tput that globe together until you have all the pieces,"shetold us."You see,there's an island so new,it hasn't beendiscovered yet!" "How can there be a new island?"asked Phoebe."Theearth never changes.Does it?" "The earth is changing all the time,"said Ms.Frizzle."Right under your very feet." We all looked down at our feet,but nothing was moving. Dorothy Ann wanted to find clues to the island in her books.But Carlos wanted us to search for the mystery island.That way we could name it! What an explosive idea!"said Ms.Frizzle happily."To the bus!" 0 Oh,no!Not anotherfield trip! "This is your captain speaking."announced Ms.Frizzlewhen we settled onboard."On behalf of my flight crew,Iwant to thank you for flying the Magic School Bus." We knew what that meant!Quickly we fastened our seatbelts.Then we put our seats in an upright position. Why does this always happen? pull.The next thing we knew,we were high in the air! We'll name it Carlos Island.Forget it!How aboutDorothy Ann Island?

FAQs

Why does Ms. Frizzle’s class start the day with a problem?

They try to assemble an enormous globe but don’t have all the pieces, so the project falls apart.

What does Ms. Frizzle say about a new island?

She explains that there’s an island so new it hasn’t been discovered yet, because Earth is changing continually.

How do the students end up investigating the mystery island?

They decide to search for clues and then head to the bus, turning the situation into an unexpected trip to investigate.

Sep 29, 2026

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