The Magic School Bus Gets Programmed - Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
Ms. Frizzle's class arrives early to open the school for Mr.
Ruhle. But there's so much to do! 'There must be a way of doing
all these chores without actually doing them,' says Carlos. The
school handyman, Mr. McClean, is in total agreement. Enter Mr.
Ruhle's new computer! Then enter Mikey, Carlos's whiz-kid
brother, who programs the computer to do all the chores. But
when Ms. Frizzle shrinks Mikey and sends him inside the computer
for a guided tour, everything goes crazy. And the only person
who can fix the problem is Mikey - who is somewhere between the
CPU and the hard drive! Time: 40 minutes Group Size: 4 One tiny
mistake in Mikey's computer program has the school's system in
an uproar. Your kids learn that computer tasks must be broken
into small parts. What You Need For each student: - Copy of I
COMPUTE page Talk About It Ask: What do computers do? How are
computers like other machines? How are they different? What To
Do - Ask: What tells a