Ms. Frizzle's kid sister Fiona takes the wheel at Walkerville Elementary, leading the class on wild adventures packed with science-fueled fun.
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00:00You're relaxed and feeling good Next thing that you know you're seeing
00:20Octopus in the neighborhood Surfin' on a sound wave
00:28Swinging through the stars Take a left at your intestine
00:32Take your second right past Mars I'm the magic school bus
00:35Navigate a nostril Climb on the magic school bus
00:39Spank a plank, dig two fingers I'm the magic school bus
00:44Rough the river of lava I'm the magic school bus
00:48Such a fine thing to do So strap your bones right to the seat
00:53Come on in and don't be shy Just to make your day complete
00:57You might get baked into a pie I'm the magic school bus
01:01Step, step, step inside It's a wild ride
01:04Come on, ride on the magic school bus
01:17Come on, Nanny Ben! Gotta hurry!
01:24Have they announced it yet, Ms. Frizzle?
01:26Not yet, Jodi, but in 23 seconds we will know the theme for this year's Gizmos That Go competition!
01:32Woo! Exciting, huh, Nanny Ben?
01:40I am so sorry, Liz. How rude of me, Liz. Nanny Ben, Nanny Ben, Liz.
01:46Nanny Ben means little sister in Gujarati.
01:49The theme of last year's competition was family, and Jodi won by inventing this robot.
01:53Announcement time!
01:57Here we are again for our annual Gizmos That Go competition, where kids create gizmos that go!
02:04This year, our theme is 3 in 1!
02:083 in 1! Perplexing!
02:11Good luck to all the competitors. The prototypes for your gizmos must be submitted today.
02:183 in 1, 3 in 1, 3 in 1, 3 in 1. What does that even mean?
02:24Think, Jodi, think!
02:31Tulsi Herbal Tea! My thinking drink!
02:34Good computing, Nanny Ben.
02:36Oh, Nanny Ben, heat, please.
02:40Ah, Tulsi Herbal Tea, how it soothes the throat and mind.
02:44My big sister and I drank pots of this when we entered the competition.
02:47The Gizmos That Go competition?
02:49The very same, Jodi. We won.
02:52You won? What was the theme your year?
02:55Nanny Ben! It's so cool you brought her to school, Jodi.
02:59Essential! She's going to help me make the prototype for this year's Gizmo That Goes.
03:04Awesome! I'm so excited!
03:06I'm so excited!
03:08I'm so excited!
03:10I'm so excited!
03:12I'm so excited!
03:14I'm so excited!
03:16I'm so excited!
03:18I'm so excited!
03:20I'm so excited!
03:22She's going to help me make the prototype for this year's Gizmo That Goes.
03:25I'll help! You need brains or brawn? I can loan you both at very competitive prices.
03:29I'll take brains. The theme is three-in-one. Any ideas?
03:33Hmm, so you have to design something that goes and shows the theme three-in-one.
03:43I know! Let's build one turbocharged racing teapot with three teabags in it!
03:47Intriguing.
03:49Or a rocket-powered space teapot with...
03:52Hold that thought, Ralphie. Before we build anything, we are going on a field trip in honor of...
03:59States of Matter Day!
04:01Huh?
04:02What's matter? And why does it matter?
04:05Matter is all the stuff that makes up the world.
04:08This kettle is matter that's solid.
04:10Your tea is matter that's liquid.
04:12The air is matter that's gas.
04:15Do states of matter have anything to do with inventing a gizmo that goes on the theme three-in-one?
04:20You won't know until you go, Jodi. Liz, destination, please.
04:27Destination? It's a big block of ice!
04:30Destination and inspiration. To the bus, class! Time to break the ice!
04:35Yay! A field trip!
04:38Keep tuned to our channel, Nanny Ben, and I'll shout out ideas as they come.
04:42So will I! You can get started on the prototype while we're gone.
05:07Whoa! This is ice?
05:13Oh yes, Carlos. This is water in its frozen, solid state.
05:18Very cool!
05:20Literally.
05:22Now, as we know from our recent trip to Ralphie's Whistle, remember, all matter is made up of teeny particles.
05:29So these particles must be water molecules, right?
05:33You got it, D.A.!
05:34Each one is made up of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen.
05:40Two hydrogen, one oxygen? So that's why it's called H2O!
05:44Right you are, H2O boy!
05:46Look at how beautiful it is!
05:51Who knew there was so much space in ice?
05:54Everything's jiggling!
05:56All matter is made up of moving particles. As my old teacher, Dr. Ken Edick, used to say,
06:01everything's always moving, moving, moving!
06:05So moving.
06:07Even the particles in good old Rocky McRockerton are moving?
06:10That's right, Arnold, but solids are solid because while the particles move, they don't move, uh, you know,
06:16freely, moving freely, we're moving freely around the bus!
06:23They all stay pretty much where they are.
06:25Not me! I want to get out there!
06:28And so you shall, but not without your protectothermal hypersensitive super-duper suits!
06:34Cool!
06:36Styly!
06:37Don't be still, get out there and chill!
06:45They're moving, but they're not actually going anywhere.
06:48You can't beat sitting on something that doesn't go anywhere.
06:52I need a gizmo that goes!
06:55Let me see what I can do! Giddy up, let's go!
06:58Go, go, go, go!
07:01Miss Rizzle, it's great to be inside ice like this and everything, but it's not helping me with my gizmo that goes.
07:07Your gizmo that goes? Really, Jodi? The ideas aren't flowing?
07:11Inspiration isn't streaming from the deep pool of your imagination?
07:16There's more to what she's saying than what she's saying.
07:20I know. Think, Jodi, think!
07:22Gizmo that goes, a three-in-one, three-in-one.
07:26I know! How about one giant ice robot with three heads on skis?
07:30That works, right? Right? Right?
07:33Sort of, but I don't want to build another robot.
07:37I should have thought of that!
07:39This is ice, and ice is solid water, so the particles aren't going anywhere.
07:45Just the way I like it!
07:47I need a gizmo that goes, and liquid water does move.
07:51It flows, and streams, and squirts, and splashes, and drips, and trickles, and drizzles, and gushes, and...
07:58I've got lots of water words on my frizz tab.
08:01So what if we turn this ice into liquid water?
08:04Since water definitely goes, maybe its molecules will go too!
08:07That actually sounds as if it could work!
08:10But to make water, we need to heat the ice. How are we going to do that when we're the size of molecules?
08:17Naughty Ben! Naughty Ben!
08:19Come in, Naughty Ben!
08:21Come in, Naughty Ben!
08:24We need you to warm up the ice. Do you understand?
08:29Great! Over and out!
08:37Do we know what's going to happen?
08:39Semi-sort of-ish, only not really.
08:42Not the answer I was looking for.
08:47Is it just me, or is this molecule beginning to move a little more?
08:51Hey, what's going on?
08:54It's getting warmer!
08:56It's harder to hold on!
08:58Looks as if the ice is becoming liquefied by heating.
09:02Does she mean the ice is melting?
09:04Yes, Arnold! Which means you'll need to strap yourselves on.
09:07I suggest using one of these!
09:10Ride em, class!
09:12Got it!
09:17This is more like it!
09:18Heating things up was a great idea, Teodi!
09:21Can I get a yee-haw?
09:23Yee-haw!
09:32Yee-haw!
09:38Yee-haw!
09:39Note, class, that the molecules aren't changing, they're just moving more.
09:43And way faster!
09:45Same molecules, different state!
09:52Talk about going with the flow!
09:54Now this is a water park!
10:03Never seen something like this before!
10:05Very moving!
10:09Teodi?
10:11Uh-oh!
10:15No!
10:32Well, that was interesting.
10:34As my childhood friend Deleuge would say, life's a cascade!
10:39He was swallowed by a river, but we don't talk about it.
10:42These molecules are like crazy bumper cars!
10:48Bumper cars! Yes! A gizmo that goes!
10:51There could be three of them!
10:53But where's the one part?
10:54I'll figure it out!
10:55Every idea starts somewhere, and this one starts here!
10:59Natty Ben! Natty Ben! Come in, Natty Ben!
11:03Find something that could be used to build three bumper cars.
11:06Do you understand?
11:08When I come back, I'll make myself that cup of toasty tea,
11:11and we'll figure this out together!
11:14Make that two cups of tea, Natty Ben!
11:16The three cars was my idea!
11:18Class! Class!
11:20I have an announcement to make!
11:24Is the field trip over? Are we going back now?
11:27Not exactly, no.
11:28I lost sight of the bus when we had that spectacular fall!
11:34Woo-hoo-hoo!
11:36And I am now not 100% sure where it is.
11:42What? You don't know where the bus is?
11:44Never fear! Never fear! Jodi, I have a plan!
11:48Calling the magic school bus!
11:50Calling the magic school bus!
11:52Calling the magic school bus! Come in, magic school bus!
11:56Okay, not to worry.
11:58I'm just going to let your parents, guardians, and caregivers know
12:00that we'll probably be a little later than usual, but we will be back!
12:05No, we can't be late!
12:06I have an idea now and need to get back to my normal size to make the prototype!
12:10And I need to help!
12:13Magic school bus! Magic school bus! Magic school bus!
12:23It sounds as if it's down there!
12:25Jodi, wait for me!
12:26Come on, guys!
12:27Okay!
12:28Come on, let's go!
12:29Let's go!
12:30Ralphie, move!
12:32No!
12:33Look, there it is!
12:38Woo-hoo!
12:39The last one to the bus is an isotope!
12:41Oh, wow!
12:50Miss Frizzle's in the bus!
12:51Nanny Ben, we'll be coming back soon!
12:53Start boiling the water for that cup of tea, please!
12:59Think if you understand!
13:08Almost there!
13:16What's going on?
13:20It's getting really hot!
13:25So hot!
13:26It's like a heat wave!
13:27What's happening?
13:30I'm flying!
13:31This will be scary if it weren't so cold!
13:33But it's not cool!
13:34It's boiling!
13:37Jodi, I've got you!
13:38I don't need to be got, Ralphie! Let go!
13:45Ralphie?
13:46Where am I going?
13:47Ralphie?
13:48Wow!
13:50Help!
13:52Whoa!
13:54Miss Frizzle!
13:58Ooh, I gotcha!
14:00Wait for me!
14:08In solids, molecules are held together tightly.
14:11Look out!
14:17In liquids, not so tightly.
14:19Incoming!
14:22But in gases, the molecules are hardly held together at all.
14:25Whoops! Here comes D.A.
14:29But why was everything moving so fast?
14:31Sing in one place was so awesome!
14:35Wait, the molecules moved faster when Nanny Ben heated the ice to turn it into liquid water.
14:40The heat energized the molecules.
14:43And when they had more energy, they moved around more.
14:46But what's happening now?
14:47I'm going to go out on a limb and say state of matter number three.
14:52Solid, liquid, gas!
14:54Like when you boil water, it makes steam.
14:57And I asked Nanny Ben to boil water for my tea.
15:00Did she boil us?
15:02From the way the molecules are moving, I'd say you bet your vapor she did.
15:09Nanny Ben, no more heat! Please!
15:11Please!
15:14According to my research, the molecules in a gas speed up and bounce around all available space.
15:19Good thing we're all in here then.
15:21There's a lot more available space out there.
15:29Um, where's Ralphie?
15:31Yeah! Go, Angelo, go!
15:33He's still out there, racing around!
15:35Oh, no!
15:37Think, Jodi, think!
15:38If it cools down, gas turns back into a liquid.
15:41That'll slow down his molecule, and he'll be easier to catch.
15:45I have such admiration for condensation.
15:48We've got to cool things down!
15:51Nanny Ben, Liz, open the windows!
15:54I'm serious!
15:56We need to cool things down!
15:58Question. Now that the window's open, what stops Ralphie from flying outside?
16:03Well, technically, how do I say this? Um, nothing.
16:07What?!
16:08No telling where molecules will go when they're moving like gas. The sky's the limit!
16:13Yeah! Woo-hoo!
16:16Nanny Ben, change of plans! Close the windows! I repeat, close the windows! Hurry!
16:26Worrisome. Ms. Frizzle, is there any way we can find out where Ralphie is?
16:30There is, actually. Our protectothermal hypersensitive super-duper suits have built-in location trackers.
16:38That must be us in the bus!
16:39No sign of Ralphie.
16:41Okay, let's extend the range outside the classroom.
16:46There he is!
16:47He's outside!
16:48Now for a closer look.
16:51Woo-hoo!
16:54So according to the bus, the wind's picking up. He's gaining speed. That's not good!
17:00Good thinking, bus. To the rescue!
17:04Nanny Ben, Liz, open the windows!
17:08Whoa!
17:12Just hold on!
17:13Hang on!
17:26Just hold on!
17:27Whoa!
17:30Almost there!
17:32There he is!
17:33There he is!
17:40We lost him!
17:41No, we didn't! We're just not anywhere near him!
17:45He's going way up high!
17:46We've got to stop him!
17:47Only how?
17:49What if we really slow that molecule down? Is there any way we can freeze it? Or are we too far away?
17:55Not for the hyper-extended extra-long-range deep isolator, we're not!
18:00Cover your ears, class.
18:01It could get loud.
18:11There's Ralphie!
18:13Now which button is it?
18:32The water froze solid again. Ralphie is now part of a snowflake.
18:38Let's go!
18:49I see him! Ralphie!
18:56Ralphie! I'm so happy!
18:58Me too! That was beyond cool!
19:04Well, that certainly was different!
19:06I love the bumper car part!
19:08Now I know what it means to go with the flow!
19:10I'm never going to be warm again.
19:12Listen, everyone. I'm sorry that I asked Nanny Ben to boil us.
19:16But it was such an expansive experience. And don't we love those?
19:21And Ralphie, I'm really sorry that I told you to let go of me so that you floated away.
19:26You're sorry? Are you kidding? That was the best ride ever!
19:30Being a gas was...
19:31A gas?
19:36Wait a minute. Did you say that was the best ride ever?
19:39Yes.
19:40Not just bumper cars. My gizmo that goes will be...
19:43The water molecule ride!
19:45One molecule, and you add heat to get...
19:48Three different states!
19:50Huh?
19:51Let's do it!
19:56Congratulations, Jodi!
19:58This took three months of work, but it's totally worth it!
20:02Time to tray out your wonderful water molecule matter-mobiles!
20:08Let's see this thing in action!
20:10We could do this!
20:13Go, Arnold!
20:14Initiating ice mode!
20:26Exactly! State one, solid!
20:28Okay, Arnold! Turn up the heat!
20:35Yee-haw!
20:36This is so amazing!
20:37Go, liquid water!
20:39I already want to go again!
20:42State two, liquid!
20:44More heat!
20:50This is the best!
20:52What a great ride!
20:54How far away will it float?
20:56State three, gas!
20:59Okay, Arnold. Cool it down again.
21:06Jodi, that was great!
21:07Couldn't have done it without you, Ralphie.
21:09It's so awesome being an inspiration.
21:12Actually, plain old water was the inspiration.
21:17But it would have been a washout without the motivation of your evaporation.
21:25Let's go again!
21:27What are we waiting for?
21:29Converse!
21:42Hi, I'm looking for the magic school bus.
21:44Is this the magic school bus?
21:46Magic school bus?
21:47Is this the magic school bus?
21:49Hi, I'm looking for the magic school bus.
21:52Magic school bus?
21:53Magic school bus?
21:55Magic school bus?
21:56Is this the magic school bus?
21:58Hi, I'm looking for the magic school bus.
22:00I'd like to speak to the magic school bus, please.
22:12Pass me my water, please, Goldie.
22:14That episode made me thirsty.
22:18Professor Frizzle, PhD.
22:20Hi, I know water molecules are super tiny, but if I shrunk down, could I ride one?
22:25No, and believe me, I've tried.
22:27It's like trying to climb onto a puff of smoke, which I've also tried.
22:31It's because atoms are more than 99% empty space.
22:35Only a teeny part of the space is filled with subatomic particles called protons, neutrons, and electrons.
22:42I left a glass of water by my bed, and a few days later, the water was gone.
22:47But I didn't boil it.
22:48Did that water become gas, too?
22:50Yep, it evaporated.
22:52Boiling turns water into a gas faster because we're adding a lot of heat energy to get those molecules moving.
22:58And hot water, boiling water, and steam can all burn you, so you'd never touch them, would you?
23:03No way!
23:05Evaporation is a slower process, but with the same end result.
23:09Liquid water becomes water vapor.
23:11Does other stuff come in different states, too?
23:13Yes, but most other materials have really hot boiling points or really cold freezing points.
23:19Water is the only thing that occurs in all three states at temperatures people are used to.
23:25So water's pretty special, huh?
23:29Water is the most amazing substance in the universe.
23:33Now hang on for the ride as we go on our next trip.
23:37It's gonna be out of this world!
24:13NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
24:43NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
25:13NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology