| The Magic School Bus - Makes a Rainbow | 
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Sales Rank: 5000
Category: Video
Actors: Asia Vieira, Karen Bernstein, Edward Asner, Josh Labove, Don Dickinson
Directors: Larry Jacobs, Charles E. Bastien
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 30 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 156832880X
UPC: 085365815834
EAN: 9781568328805
ASIN: B00005BCOU
Release Date: July 3, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: September 11, 1994
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Description
There's something dazzling in Ms. Frizzle's closet: a magical, light-powered pinball machine! To win at this game, the kids have to light up all six colors of the rainbow. Now the race is on, as the class shrinks down and zooms into the pinball machine. Catch an eye-full of fun as they try to crack the secret code of what makes color...so colorful!
Amazon.com
Hold on to your school bags: it's time for another eccentric day with Ms. Frizzle, the wacky and winsome science teacher who stars in Scholastic's popular program Magic School Bus. Science concepts come alive when the Friz leads her inquisitive class on extraordinary adventures inside a magical bus, in this wildly watchable program based on Joanna Cole's books. Ms. Frizzle explores the secrets of color for today's lesson in "Makes a Rainbow." From her bag of tricks comes a dazzling light-powered pinball machine, which she hides away in her classroom closet. To win at pinball, students must figure out how to light up all six colors of the rainbow by learning the principles of light, wavelength, prisms, and refraction. To help them, the Friz piles her class into the school bus and shrinks it to the size of a Tonka trunk for a journey inside the pinball machine. Things go badly awry, however, when the bus hits a prism and splits into six colors, including six hues of every student. It gets worse, however, when the school's principal, Mr. Rule, is about to make a colorful discovery of his own. To reinforce the film's concepts, repeat showings and follow-up discussions are recommended. And lest viewers become confused when the innovative program blurs fantasy and scientific reality (like when the speed of light is remarkably slowed in the pinball machine), a science review at the story's end clarifies the two. Moreover, children are reminded of the program's larger message, that if you keep asking questions, you'll continue getting answers. (Ages 6 to 9). --Lynn Gibson
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 A Review of MSB 'Makes a Rainbow' July 16, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The suggested ages for this video are 6 to 9, but my two children (boy and girl; 3 and 5) have been watching this series for about a year and they have ALWAYS enjoyed it.
Certainly, they might not have picked up on all of the finer scientific nuances, but I am *sure* that they have gained a foundation in a variety of scientific topics. Things that we can *build upon* later.
The Amazon Reviewer did an excellent job summarizing the plot, so all I will say is that a seven dollar prism bought at the teachers store can be used with even young children to demonstrate some of what the kids and Ms. Frizzle are showing them: that regular ole' light is composed of a spectrum; and that a translucent/transparent colored piece of a candy wrapper can act as a `gate' that lets only one color through.
Five Stars. This is a very good video and top notch edu-tainment.
**note: I would suggest you also buy the book by the same title. It goes into more detail and has pictures that make it easier to `see' and explain what is happening. In the video, even though they have `slowed down the light' it is still alittle too fast for young ones.
 A Rainbow of Education for Kids! May 25, 2001
8 out of 18 found this review helpful
Learn how the colors of the rainbow work in this video. Best for art teachers and teachers, and kids! Play Ms. Frizzle's pinball game--and rack up some colorful points! Find out what makes the colors of the rainbow and how they become colors. Find out the prism trick and how to stall you principal! (hehe!)
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