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		<img src="/special_exhibits/magicschoolbus/images/logo_microsoft_50.jpg" width="150" height="25"> <span class="pageTextBold">Presents</span><br>
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          <span class="pageTopTitleBlack">Feb. 4 &ndash; May 29, 2006
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		<span class="pageText">Fasten your seatbelts and join Ms.  Frizzle and her class at <i>The Magic School Bus&trade; Kicks Up a Storm</i>!  Investigate the concepts and technologies of weather and meteorology in a  hands-on environment based on Scholastic&rsquo;s best-selling books and hit TV show.  Visitors are invited to explore a re-creation of The Magic School Bus&trade;, take a  seat in Ms. Frizzle&rsquo;s classroom and contribute data in the Weather  Communication area.</span> <br><br>

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		<span class="pageTextBold">Explore the essential ingredients of weather.</span><br>
		<span class="pageText">Ms. Frizzle and her students have gone all-out to create class projects about  weather that are fun to play with! You can explore and learn about the basic  ingredients of weather: air, heat and water. You can use heat to make Ralphie&rsquo;s  hot air balloon models rise. Compare materials from Tim&rsquo;s backyard to discover  how different surfaces absorb and reflect heat, or animate the water cycle in  Wanda&rsquo;s Watery World.</span><br><br>
		
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		<span class="pageTextBold">Fly on The Magic School Bus&trade; as it gathers weather data.</span><br>
		<span class="pageText">When  you board The Magic School Bus&trade;, you&rsquo;ll see that it has transformed into a  flying weather observatory. See instruments that poke through the ceiling of  the bus, windows and portholes that show weather data readouts and flashes of  light and motion. You&rsquo;ll also see all the weather The Magic School Bus&trade; is  visiting through the weather window and bus portholes. At the front of the bus,  children can &ldquo;mix up&rdquo; the basic ingredients to create the weather seen through  the bus&rsquo; windshield.</span><br><br>
		
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		<span class="pageTextBold">Practice  being a Meteorologist.</span><br>
		<span class="pageText">Walking outside the door of the Bus brings you to the  Walkerville Weather Center,  where you can help meteorologists predict the weather. Maps, charts, computer  screens and telephones provide the information you need to analyze and predict  Walkerville&rsquo;s weather.</span><br>
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            <td width="325" align="center" valign="middle"><span class="pageTextMedium">With  additional support from:</span><span class="pageText"><br>
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		<span class="pageTextTiny"><span style="font-style: italic">T</span><i>he Magic School Bus&trade;  Kicks Up a Storm</i> is created by The Children&rsquo;s Museum of Houston  in cooperation with Scholastic Inc., with major funding from the National  Science Foundation. In consultation with NOAA &ndash; National Weather Service, The  American Meteorological Society and the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. TM  &amp; &copy; Scholastic Inc. Based on &ldquo;The Magic School Bus&rdquo; book series &copy; Joanna  Cole and Bruce Degen.</span></td>
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