Magic School Bus, The: Oceans
© 2011 Scholastic Media
Ms. Frizzle comes to the multi-touch screen, in the app version of the Scholastic book “The Magic School Bus: On The Ocean Floor” by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen. Arranged in ebook fashion, the app takes children on a tour of the basic parts of the ocean. At any point, you can touch any child to hear some dialog, and at several points, tilt the screen to interact with the graphics. In addition, you can touch the words to hear the story and then touch again to pause and touch speech bubbles to hear what the characters are saying. Content includes seven interactive science explorations, 26 real photos and 11 videos of underwater animals and plant life, plus a trivia game on 20 animals.
$8, iPhone, iPad
Teaches: science, ocean life
CTR Rating: 90%