Episode guide
The Magic School Bus: Season 3
13 episodes · premiered Sep 14, 1996
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- Episode 1: In a Beehive Sep 14, 1996 · 25m 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.
- Episode 2: In the Arctic Sep 21, 1996 · 25m “Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
- Episode 3: Spins a Web Sep 28, 1996 · 25m 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.
- Episode 4: Under Construction Oct 5, 1996 · 25m 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.
- Episode 5: Gets a Bright Idea Oct 12, 1996 · 25m 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!
- Episode 6: Shows and Tells Oct 19, 1996 · 25m Arnold brings in a webbed hoop for the International Show-and-Tell Competition, left behind by his great-aunt, a famous archaeologist, but he has no idea what it is! Can the kids find out…
- Episode 7: Makes a Rainbow Oct 26, 1996 · 25m 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…
- Episode 8: Goes Upstream Nov 2, 1996 · 25m 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…
- Episode 9: Works Out Nov 9, 1996 · 25m Is Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the…
- Episode 10: Gets Planted Nov 16, 1996 · 25m 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…
- Episode 11: In the Rainforest Nov 23, 1996 · 25m The kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the…
- Episode 12: Rocks and Rolls Nov 30, 1996 · 25m To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down…
- Episode 13: Holiday Special Dec 25, 1996 · 25m Wanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet, but during a trip to Murph’s recycling plant, the toy soldier she needs to get into the theater accidentally becomes a plastic pellet! Ms. Frizzle…