April 8, 2009, The Woodlands, Texas
The Magic School Bus®, known by children from Scholastic's award-winning books, television and videos, will arrive at The Woodlands High School on Saturday, April 18. The bus will be parked in the school parking lot from 10a.m. to 3p.m., the bus allows children to climb aboard and explore various aspects of science and the environment -- rain or shine. The Magic School Bus will also visit five elementary schools in Montgomery County the following week.
The Magic School Bus activities, exhibits and games help children learn about ocean life, the weather, the solar system, rocks and the human body.
Ms. FrizzleTM, the Magic School Bus' irrepressible teacher, will be on hand to encourage the children and help them as they explore.
A visit to The Magic School Bus is free. Each child will have ten minutes to explore the displays in the bus.
The visit is made possible through a generous grant from ENTERGY.
For further information, contact Terri Kurtin at 281-363-7926 or tkurtin@harc.edu
With 131 titles and more than 58 million books in print, The Magic School Bus is the most successful children's science book series in history. The animated television series continues to air on TLC's READY SET LEARN! programming block and Discovery Kids, and has been honored with over a dozen awards. For more information on The Magic School Bus, visit www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus/.
Editors: Photographers are welcome. Grab-able high-res photo of Magic School Bus available at http://www.harc.edu/NewsEvents/PR/2009/0409.