{"id":1729,"date":"2009-09-14T21:21:14","date_gmt":"2009-09-15T02:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/1729"},"modified":"2009-09-14T21:21:14","modified_gmt":"2009-09-15T02:21:14","slug":"teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-the-magic-school-bus-on-the-ocean-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2009\/09\/14\/teaching-life-science-with-childrens-literature-the-magic-school-bus-on-the-ocean-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Life Science with Children’s Literature: The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor\u00a0<\/em><\/a>\u00a0 by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen is a book about Miss Frizzle’s class doing a project on the ocean and learning about the kinds of animals and plants that live there.\u00a0 Of course, a class trip is in her plan book. Those familiar with the inimitable school bus and its previous fantastical journeys are in for another treat; those who are not are in for a wild introduction.\u00a0 With her usual dash and aplomb, the teacher gathers her students, they board the bus, and off they go on an adventuresome trip to the ocean floor.\u00a0 All listen as she informs them about the geologic strata they pass, the flora and fauna at the various depths, the unique interdependence of the undersea world, and in turn, how its survival depends upon humankind’s actions on land.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Excerpts<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 “We are now pasing over the continental shelf” (pg. 12).<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 “Many kinds of fish swim in large groups called schools<\/em>” (pg.13).<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 “A coral reef makes a good home for many ocean plants and animals” (pg.24).<\/p>\n

Curriculum Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor<\/em> is a book for for children ages 4 to 8.\u00a0 It relates to students investigating and understanding that environments support a diversity of plants and animals that share limited resources (VA SOL 3.6).<\/p>\n

Additional Resources<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 This website<\/em> <\/a>\u00a0is a list of other books by Joanna Cole.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 CanTeach<\/em><\/a> is a site with songs and poems about\u00a0others in and around the ocean.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 This\u00a0word search\u00a0<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is an activity about animals that live in the ocean.<\/p>\n

Book:\u00a0 The Magic School Bus on the Ocean Floor
\nAuthor:\u00a0 Joanna Cole
\nIllustrator:\u00a0 Bruce Degen
\nPublisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
\nPublication date:\u00a0 1994
\nPages:\u00a0 32
\nGrade Range:\u00a0 PreK-3
\nISBN:\u00a0 978-0590414319<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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