Hey£¬ Ralphie! Wait for me!
Wanda£¬ l can't move!
Push!
Yes!
How's it going£¬ Liz?
Aren't you excited? The Friz is taking us to the beach today!
Don't forget£¬ we can't go until after our reports.
Then let's keep the reports short£¬ D.A.
Yep...where there's a will£¬ there's a wave!!
We brought sand and a crab shell for our two-beach-things-that-go-together report
didn't we Carlos?
Whoa! A humongous wave at ten o'clock!
See? Crabs dig in the sand... So£¬ crabs and sand go together.
Wipe out!!!
What did you bring£¬ Ralphie?
Hello£¬ everyone!
Hi ya' guys!
Phoebe£¬ Phoebe£¬ did you bring the dune grass?
Ralphie£¬ have l ever let you down?
Did you bring the sun?
Actually£¬ l couldn't fit it in my knapsack...But l did bring this...
The sun in all its glory.
At my old school£¬ we weren't allowed to bring the sun to class.
How 'bout you Tim?
Check it out.
A stunning portrait of the rock to go with Wanda's mussel.
You DlD bring the mussel£¬ didn't you Wanda?
Ta-da! One mussel to go with Tim's rock.
l named him Gussel the Mussel. Gus£¬ for short.
Who's Gusfer Short?
Hi£¬ Keesha! Gus is the mussel l brought for the two-beach-things-that-go-together report!
See?
Oh no! Oh help! Oh bad! Oh bad bad! Oh bad bad bad bad bad bad!
Something wrong?
l totally forgot about the report!
You did?!?
You didn't bring anything?!?
Just my swimsuit and a towel and...a tuna fish sandwich.
Uh-oh...!
What's wrong with that? l LOVE tuna sandwiches!
Listen. Don't panic yet. Who's your partner?
Arnold.
Don't worry! Arnold LlKES reports. He probably did the whole thing himself.
Where is Arnold anyway?
Arnold!
Hi£¬ guys.
Yuck! What happened to your shoe?
l was running£¬ and l sort of stepped into the pond near our house...
And you were running because you were in a hurry because you couldn't wait to show me
what you did for our two-beach-things-that-go-together report£¬
right?
Wrong! l KNEW l forgot something!
You mean you didn't bring anything either?
Just my bathing suit and a towel.
AND the scum on your shoe!
Scum and a tuna fish sandwich! DA£¬ why didn't we think of that?
But do scum and a tuna fish sandwich go together?
Hey£¬ maybe they do.
Thinkthinkthink-thinkthink. No...
Oh great! Not only do l get slimed by pond scum...but l forget my report!
l knew l should have stayed home today.
We can't just give up£¬ Arnold!!
We have to work with what we've got!!
But Keesha..
Good morning£¬ class!
Good morning£¬ Ms Frizzle!
We have an exciting day ahead of us£¬ haven't we?
Hang ten£¬ you guys!
Maybe she'll forget the reports...
And the first thing on the agenda is
your two-beach-things-that-go-together reports!
Then again£¬ maybe she won't...
Let's start with...
Ralphie and Phoebe!
Why the Sun and Dune Grass Go Together. By us. All rights reserved.
Dune grass£¬ like other plants£¬ uses the energy from the sun to make its own food.
No sun...no dune grass?
No sun...No nothing!
Oh£¬ Keesha and Arnold! Why don't you go next?
Yes£¬ well...We brought this...umm...nutritious tuna fish sandwich!
And this delightful green scum!
You did?
Why£¬ that is absolutely fantastic!
lt is?
So tell us
what the connection is between delightful green scum
and a nutritious tuna fish sandwich.
They both have....umm.
Adjectives?!...
Ohh£¬ hold that thought. lt's time to go to the beach.
But don't worry£¬ we'll finish your report when we get back.
Line up by the door£¬ please!
Saved by the bell!
Yeah - l never thought l'd be GLAD to go on a field trip...
For once£¬a nice peaceful day at the beach!
Forget it£¬ Arnold! Everyone else will have a wonderful time
but we've got work to do. Now£¬ concentrate.
How does your scum go with my sandwich?
You know£¬ class£¬ this trip just might give you the answer you're looking for...
l wonder if she knows we don't know!
She knows everything.
Well£¬ not exactly everything...
lt's your job as scientists to look for connections...
Connections? You mean how things go together?
Exactly.
We're here! Everybody out!
There's dune grass!
With the sun beaming down on it!
And here's a rock...
...covered with Gus's family! Look at them all...
lt's a regular MUSSEL beach...
CARLOS!
And here's a crab burrowing into the sand!
Look! Up there!
That's a gull£¬ isn't it? l wonder what it's doing.
Wow! lt just ate that crab!
Mmm...The beach air is making me hungry...
Hmm...Everyone else's reports seem so obvious...
Arnold! You're eating our report!
Oh sorry. l forgot...
Arnold£¬ we've got to figure out the connection between my sandwich and your scum.
Ready to explore this environment in a bit more depth?
Now?
But we just got here.
Uh oh! l'm getting that old field trip feeling again.
C'mon£¬ Arnold. l know we can figure it out if we try.
Seatbelts£¬ everyone! H2O here we go!
How refreshing!
Anchors away£¬ my class. Anchors away! ...Think£¬ Arnold£¬ think!
l can't! l hate it when my socks get wet. Can l have my shoe back?
No way! We need it for our report!
Oooh! Look! There's some seaweed!
What are those? They're beautiful!
Those are sea urchins£¬ Tim. They eat seaweed.
And sea otters eat them!
Do you really think they otter...?
Bad£¬ Carlos.
Are you looking£¬ Arnold£¬ ...what do you see down there?
Well£¬ l'm trying hard to look for connections£¬ just as you said...
... but l can't see past all that green stuff.
Yuck! lt's gone all scummy!
Did you say scummy?
That's it! Look! Keesha! Scum!
This scum is called phytoplankton.
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton!
Phy-to-plankton!!!
Yes£¬ little tiny plants.
Wait a second. Does that mean the scum on Arnold's shoe
is some kind of phytoplankton...
Here£¬ care to try this marvelous megamagnifier£¬ maybe?
Seascum...
Shoe scum...
Not exactly the same£¬ but not far off...
What do you think£¬ Keesha? Should we take a closer look?
Sure£¬ why not!
No£¬ Keesha! You don't know what you're saying.
l know that tone of voice! lt means something weird is about to...
Did we just shrink?
We did! We are now as tiny as phytoplankton.
And that's seriously tiny!
Class£¬ you will notice that the bus
is equipping each of us
with a specially-designed underwater breathing mask...
So! Get messy! Make mistakes! Get out there and explore!
l'll go first!
This is so cool!
...and so wet...!
And remember£¬ look for connections.
Got it...
l don't get it.
How're we supposed to find a tuna fish sandwich in the middle of the ocean
when we're the size of phytoplankton??!
Who knows? Maybe there's teeny-tiny phytoplankton-operated sandwich stands...
And to think that when we're big£¬ all this just looks like green scum.
Amazing£¬ isn't it?
Arnold? What are you doing?
Who£¬ me?
Arnold! We have to figure out what all this has got to do with my tuna fish sandwich!
And we have to figure it out now!
Hey£¬ Keesha! Look at meeeeeeee!
ls it my imagination£¬ or do they look hungry?
Run?
lt's not just you£¬ Ralphie. These bigger creatures are eating the phytoplankton.
So£¬ as l always say£¬ it's better to be in the bus...
...than to be in something else.
Nature never ceases to amaze me.
Whew! We were nearly lunch at first sight!
Just your average day at the beach -- with the Friz.
Okay£¬ bus! Do your stuff!
Congratulations! We are now the size of zooplankton.
Zooplankton? l wonder if that's what just tried to eat us...
Very good£¬ Keesha! Zooplankton eat phytoplankton!
Zooplankton are tiny animals that live in the water.
This way class£¬ we've got to take chances! Get Messy!
Get eaten.
And don't forget to look for connections!
But Ms Frizzle£¬ this is a big ocean!
l'll never find a connection between scum and a tuna fish sandwich!
Of course you will£¬ Keesha. Stay with your partner.
But...
Hey£¬ Keesha! We thought phytoplankton looked weird. Get a load of these guys!
They are not guys£¬ Carlos. They're zooplankton.
There don't seem to be as many of them as there were of the phytoplankton.
Good observation£¬ Tim. What else do you see? Anyone?
Th-th-those giant things!
Very good£¬ Phoebe. Those giant things are anchovies! They're a kind of fish.
Anchovies?!
You mean the salty things my dad puts on his pizza when he doesn't want me to eat it?
You may not like anchovies£¬ Ralphie...but they might like you!
l wonder if that's because we're the size of zooplankton.
Keesha's right£¬ class. As you can see£¬ anchovies eat zooplankton.
Can anyone guess where this is leading?
To lunch?
Precisely. All right£¬ everyone! Back in the bus!
Ready£¬ bus?
Well done!
We are now the size of an anchovy! l suggest we stay in the bus while we have our lunch.
But there's so much to see out there!
Excellent observation£¬ Wanda!
At my old school£¬ we always had to stay in the bus if we ate lunch in the ocean.
Since we can't eat our report£¬ do you want some organic potato chips?
No thanks. l had some phytoplankton earlier.
You did?!?
Listen£¬ Arnold£¬ time is running out£¬ and we don't have our report yet.
Scum - tuna fish sandwich. Scum- tuna fish sandwich.
What's in a tuna fish sandwich£¬ anyway?
Mayonnaise£¬ tuna fish£¬ maybe a little vinegar£¬ maybe some chopped celery...
Did you say tuna FlSH!?!
yeah...
Arnold£¬ you may accidentally be a genius?
What does a tuna fish look like?
l don't know. l never saw one without mayonnaise.
DA£¬ quick! There's got to be a picture of a tuna fish in one of your books!
Here! An albacore tuna!
l've got it! l've got the connection!
What eats phytoplankton? Zooplankton!
And what eats zooplankton? Little fish like anchovies!
And what eats little fish like anchovies?
TUNA FlSH!!!
l knew l should have stayed home today.
Class£¬ we are now inside an albacore tuna!
Cheer up£¬ Arnold! We're off the hook!
We know how your scum and my tuna fish sandwich are connected!
Ya know£¬ it's a tuna eat scum world out there...
No£¬ no£¬ no£¬ listen: Tuna don't eat scum...Scum gets eaten by zooplankton
which get eaten by little fish like anchovies which get eaten by tuna!
Our report's in the bag...
...but the bag's in a tuna's tummy.
Who knows what you call something that's connected - linked together?
You mean like a chain?
Very good£¬ Tim. Tuna are linked to phytoplankton by what they eat.
Tuna and phytoplankton belong to the same food chain!
Food chain! A chain of food! l could get into that!
Me£¬ too! Phytoplankton£¬ zooplankton£¬ fish and people£¬ too.
We're all in a foodchain -- scum£¬ this fish and you!
Humans are usually at the very top of the foodchain
but for once£¬ we're actually lNSlDE it! Hmm...
We are also in the perfect position to study a tuna's digestive system!
What?
Now?
Ms. Frizzle...do you think we could go back to school now?
Arnold and l need to do our report!
Well...if you insist£¬ Keesha.
l guess we could leave the tuna's digestive system for another day...
Whew£¬ Way to go£¬ Arnold!
Close one.
Yes... very good...
Okay£¬ class. Take your seats. Here... we...GO!!!!
Heeeellllpppp!!!!
Nope. Already have a bus.
LOOK OUT!
This is it£¬ Ralphie! The wave of our dreams!
When we get back to the classroom£¬ we will discuss our observations! Surfs up.
Arnold£¬ do you observe what l observe?
She's hanging ten!
There really lS more to Ms Frizzle than meets the eye...
--so£¬ to wrap up our report£¬
allow us to show you the artwork we've commissioned...an original 'Tim'!
Here we have our recent experience...the ocean food chain...lt works like this...
Scum£¬ or phytoplankton£¬ are eaten by zooplankton
which are eaten by small fish like anchovies which are eaten by big fish
like tuna!
lt's so ef-fish-ent...
CARLOS!
And this class£¬ is a land food chain.
Yeah£¬ a mouse eats grass seed...
A snake eats the mouse...
And the hawk eats the snake.
The hawk is at the TOP of this food chain. What's at the bottom?
Grass
So what's at the bottom of the ocean food chain?
Phytoplankton!
And what do phytoplankton and grass have in common?
You step on them both!
Arnold
They're both plants!
Hey! Wait a minute! Do all food chains begin with plants??
Yes! They do!!! Each and every one of them.
Well£¬ if scum and a tuna fish sandwich are connected£¬
l guess just about everything must be connected somehow£¬ huh?
Hey! Where's my shoe?
Nature never ceases to amaze me...
As l always say£¬ if the shoe's clean£¬ wear it.
ls it the magic school bus?
stay tune with us and be a smart kid
Hello.
Hi. ls this Big L's Total Pig-Out Emporium?
l'd like to order a toasted 'Big L special' with--
--Whoa...wait a second. Wrong number. This is the Magic School Bus show...
No way! l was just watching it!!
That's why l was so hungry!! Maybe you can clear up a few things for me...
l'll try...
People are on the top of the food chain£¬ right?
except l don't eat just tuna--l eat lots of things!
So am l on top of lots of food chains?
You are!
So what do you call a lot of chains put together
a pile? Am l at the top of a food pile?
Actually£¬ a lot of different chains mixed together are called a food web.
l get it! So if things are connected in a chain£¬
what if something happens to one part of the chain?
Well£¬ it will make something happen to everything else in the chain. lt's all connected.
Okay. But you know£¬ it's NOT true that all food chains start with plants.
l read about some plants and animals living deep in the ocean
that get their energy from chemicals.
Yes£¬ but they're weird.
Weird? You say THEY'RE weird? Since when does a tuna eat a school bus?
lt could if the bus were small enough and looked like a delicious anchovy...
Yes£¬ but you and l both know school buses don't shrink. And they don't go in the ocean.
MAGlC school buses do. Being magic can make all the difference.
And Ms. Frizzle must be magic!!
Why do you say that?
'Cause somehow she can hang ten between math lessons and report-marking!!
Mmm. l guess you're right.
Thanks for calling£¬ bye.
Why£¬ thank you£¬ Liz! lt looks del--
Sorry
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