Episode list

The Magic School Bus

In a Beehive

Fri, Sep 13, 1996
Tim's beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.
7.7 /10
In the Arctic

Fri, Sep 20, 1996
"Where did the hot go?" wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic.
8 /10
Spins a Web

Fri, Sep 27, 1996
Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town. Ed Asner stars as the film's power-mad protagonist, General Araneus.
7.9 /10
Under Construction
Two inches tall and trapped in a bathroom at Wanda's house, the kids must use what they've learned about structures to escape before Wanda's mother discovers them.
8.3 /10
Gets a Bright Idea
The light show at Walkerville's old theater is illuminating, but Arnold's bossy cousin Janet claims she could put on a much better show - if there wasn't a ghost living in the theater.
7.8 /10
Shows and Tells

Fri, Oct 18, 1996
It's the International Show-and-Tell Competition and Arnold and D. A. are representing Ms. Frizzle's class. Arnold brings in a webbed hoop, left behind by his great-aunt, a famous archaeologist, but he has no idea what it is! Can the kids find out what it is before Arnold and D. A. take the stage? With Alex Trebek as the "Sportscaster."
7.9 /10
Makes a Rainbow

Fri, Oct 25, 1996
The class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet -- playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color -- before the principal, Mr. Ruhle (Paul Winfield), discovers them!
7.8 /10
Goes Upstream

Fri, Nov 01, 1996
Ralphie wants to serve salmon at the annual school picnic, but he can't find any at his favorite fishing spot. But when the kids are "Frizzled" inside a salmon-bus they have an uncontrollable urge to head upriver.
7.7 /10
Works Out

Fri, Nov 08, 1996
Is Mr. Sinew (Dan Marino) any match for Ms. Frizzle? At this year's Teacherathalon, the class fears that she doesn't stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so, thinking she might be out of shape, they travel inside her body for a closer look.
8.1 /10
Gets Planted

Fri, Nov 15, 1996
Phoebe tries to grow a vine for the school play, Jack and the Beanstalk. But her plant is more like a beansprout than a beanstalk! With the opening curtain only moments away, Ms. Frizzle turns Phoebe into a bean plant so she'll grow into the star of the show!
8 /10
In the Rainforest
The kids rent a rain forest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there's only one shriveled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rain forest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47, Matt Frewer, who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has Inspector 47 done to the rain forest's intricate ecology web?
7.5 /10
Rocks and Rolls
Ms. Frizzle's class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain.
7.8 /10
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