{"id":291,"date":"2008-09-24T09:56:32","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T14:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/archives\/291"},"modified":"2008-09-24T09:56:32","modified_gmt":"2008-09-24T14:56:32","slug":"teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-the-magic-school-bus-lost-in-the-solar-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/2008\/09\/24\/teaching-earth-science-with-childrens-literature-the-magic-school-bus-lost-in-the-solar-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Earth Science with Children&#8217;s Literature: The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2008\/09\/magic_bus.gif\" title=\"magic_bus.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/openwidelookinside\/files\/2008\/09\/magic_bus.gif\" alt=\"magic_bus.gif\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">What would it be like to take a field trip through the solar system?\u00a0 In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/magicschoolbus\/books\/classics\/index.htm\">The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/a>, Joanna Cole&#8217;s lovable super-teacher, Ms. Frizzle, leads her class on one of her signature adventures.\u00a0 The reader journeys with Cole&#8217;s well-drawn characters to the sun, the moon, and each planet and then compares the characteristics to all of the other space bodies.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Cole describes,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\">&#8220;Below the clouds, Venus was as dry as a desert.\u00a0 The ground was covered with rocks.\u00a0 And it was HOT!\u00a0 It was about 400 degrees Centigrade!\u00a0 That&#8217;s <em>much<\/em> hotter than an oven baking cookies!&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/em> calls the reader&#8217;s attention to many interesting facts about the planets that are fun to learn about.\u00a0 For example, by reading <em>The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/em>, you will learn that Jupiter is so big that more than one thousand Earths could fit inside it.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Curriculum Connections<\/strong><br \/>\nThis book could be used throughout the elementary school grades to teach about Earth Science and the structure of our solar system.\u00a0 In Virginia, <em>The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/em> can be used in connection with SOL 4.7 in which students learn the motions of the Earth, moon, and sun.\u00a0 Students learn through this book all about the relationships that the sun and moon have with the planets.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong>Additional Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoomschool.com\/crafts\/arborday\/papertree\/\"><\/a>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eduref.org\/Virtual\/Lessons\/Science\/Astronomy\/AST0002.html\">lesson plan<\/a> that incorporates this book<\/li>\n<li>A &#8220;Planetary Adventure&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/wwwsil.bham.wednet.edu\/Curriculum\/Planetary_Adventure\/paBASECAMP.HTM\">WebQuest<\/a> for fifth grade students<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/teachers.net\/lessons\/posts\/186.html\"><\/a>An &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fourmilab.ch\/earthview\/vplanet.html\">Earth and Moon Viewer<\/a>&#8221; including several maps and images of Earth from space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scholastic.com\/magicschoolbus\/books\/classics\/index.htm\">The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System<\/a><strong><br \/>\nAuthor:<\/strong> Joanna Cole<strong><br \/>\nIllustrator:<\/strong> Bruce Degen <strong><br \/>\nPublisher: <\/strong>Scholastic Inc. <strong><br \/>\nPublication Date:<\/strong> 1990<strong><br \/>\nPages:<\/strong> 36 pages<strong><br \/>\nGrades:<\/strong> 1-5<strong><br \/>\nISBN: <\/strong>0-590-41428-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would it be like to take a field trip through the solar system?\u00a0 In The Magic School Bus Lost in the Solar System, Joanna Cole&#8217;s lovable super-teacher, Ms. Frizzle, leads her class on one of her signature adventures.\u00a0 The &hellip; 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