![]() ![]() ![]() A report released earlier this year compared how frequently American kids of different ages spent time reading over the course of several years. Though disputed, some research suggests that distracted, plugged-in kids today absorb the world differently, that activities requiring undivided attention-like reading-happen less often. It’s just that they’re probably not receiving as much of that information through reading. That could mean that today’s children receive science information just as effectively as-perhaps even more effectively than- their parents did when they were children. But they might find comfort in knowing that, despite the shift toward digital devices and computerized instruction, the heart of science communication still hinges on narrative. The new technology has many parents panicking about the quality of their kids’ learning. iPads are pervasive in classrooms, and field trips are replaced with webcams. But “old-school” science media like The Magic School Bus is being phased out of today’s classrooms the way young students are engaged in science these days doesn’t look at all like it used to. I even feel the same way now, reading it again.īehind the colorful illustrations and goofy jokes, books like The Magic School Bus are packed with real science, and kids who read them come away with a better understanding. She loves it!.She even drew a picture of her Daddy's red blood cells!” When I was a kid that’s how I felt, too. I got this book and wasn't sure if it would be to complicated for her. On Amazon, where the book has 4.5 stars, mom Melissa Skordoulis wrote, “My daughter is 3 1/2 years old. They see the digestive system hard at work, blood cells up close, and muscles in action, with quips from characters in the comic book format. Frizzle, the “strangest teacher in the school,” shrinks down her class (and their bus) so they can travel through the human body. I recently came across a copy of a relic from my childhood: The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body. ![]()
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