Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body [Old Version]

by Microsoft

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00002S9GR
• Item model number: 299-00021
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,220 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #31 in Software > Children's Software > Science & Nature
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

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Based on the books and PBS series, this is the first CD adventure of Ms. Frizzle and her class, who take a miniature school bus ride into the human body, learning facts along the way. The adventure begins in the classroom where there are lots of fun animations to click on and a desk with numerous games to play. These games, which vary in quality, present topics such as the four food groups, air pollutants and how neurons work. From the classroom, you can click on a miniature school bus at any time and prepare for your trip into the human body. First, you select from physical characteristics to create your driver's license that tracks your explorations. Next, you begin to travel through a human body with the ultimate goal of finding your way out. Ms. Frizzle and the students reveal facts about bodily organs and systems while you explore. Learning to operate the bus was difficult for our testers, and transitions from screen to screen were very slow. The kids, however, enjoyed the program and especially liked the extensive coverage of facts about the human body, and its enjoyable, engaging features.
Teaches: science, anatomy, parts and functions of the body
Age Range: 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Copyright © 2000 Children's Software Revue

Amazon.com Product Description

Microsoft presents Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body, a fully animated, interactive multimedia science adventure for kids ages 6 to 10. Based on Scholastic's award-winning book series, this CD-ROM software is designed to entertain and encourage a sense of adventure and exploration, especially about science and technology. The Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body features the irrepressible science teacher, Ms. Frizzle, and her inquisitive class in a fascinating exploration of the human body.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, January 2, 2000

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M. Lucas "mblsalmom" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

My son loves The Magic School Bus books and videos and is very interested in the human body, so we were very excited to stumble upon this product. Unfortunately, precious little information is actually given about the way the body works. It is mostly about navigating from one place to the other and even in that regard once you get out of the digestive tract, the travel patterns don't really makes sense/provide information. Save your money!

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mother of inquisitive 4 year old, March 14, 2000

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Jake's Mom (W. Islip, New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

As with most MSB CD's, my 4-yr old found this to be a very exciting adventure. The CD takes you through all parts of the body. He has learned about all the parts of the body and the various functions they perform. In fact, as we eat these days he explains to me the whole digestive process. Only negative I, as the parent, found was you have to change the color format on the CD to 256 color in order for it to work at all (thus the 4 stars). Aside from that, I would highly recommend it!

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Mom of busy child, January 12, 2000

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Gina Johnson (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic School Bus Explores the Human Body [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

My six year old daughter loves Magic school bus human body! She has always been interested in the human body and this is right on target. She got this as a Christmas present and when she work on this she is on the computer for at least 2 hours! I like the fact that it feels like you are traveling through the body yourself and even after you finish it tells you which part of the body you have explored!