The Magic school bus space adventures
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Based on The Magic School Bus book series written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen.

Special features: Take a field trip (interactive adventure) -- Scholastic's The Magic school bus trailer.

Specifications: standard version presented in a format preserving the aspect ratio of its original television exhibition ; Dolby surround stereo ; Dolby digital.

Individual episodes presented by South Carolina ETV ; Nelvana ; Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; Kid Vision [distributor] ; title song by Peter Lurye, performed by Little Richard.

Voices: Lily Tomlin, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Swoosie Kurtz (in Out of this world).

Three episodes from the television series. In The Magic school bus Gets Lost in Space the students go on a planetarium field trip and are magically transported out of the earth's atmosphere into space where they vist each of the nine planets. In The Magic School Bus Out of This World they learn about gravity and meteors as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth. In the last episode, The Magic School Bus Taking Flight they learn about the basics of aerodynamics after they enter a model airplane contest.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

System requirements: DVD-ROM and Online features require the (included) InterActual Player installed, a computer running Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, an Internet connection, a DVD-ROM drive and a software or hardware DVD player. The DVD-ROM features will not work in a CD-ROM drive and the DVD-ROM features are not available on Apple Macintosh.

English, French and Spanish soundtracks; English subtitles.