The Magic School Bus - Makes a Rainbow
by Larry Jacobs, Charles E. Bastien
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Actor: Asia Vieira, Don Dickinson, Edward Asner, Josh LaBove, Karen BernsteinDirector: Charles E. Bastien, Larry Jacobs
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 30 minutes
Release Date: 2001-07-03
Audience Rating: Unrated
Publisher: Atlantic / Wea
Studio: Atlantic / Wea
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Movie Review: A Review of MSB 'Makes a Rainbow'
Summary: 5 Stars
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.
Summary of The Magic School Bus - Makes a Rainbow
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!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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