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The Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus Season 3

Every episode of The Magic School Bus Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Magic School Bus Season 3!

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An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of a magical school bus.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 4 - Under Construction
    8.3/10(76 votes)

    S3:E4

    Two inches tall and trapped in a bathroom at Wanda’s house, the kids must use what they’ve learned about structures to escape before Wanda’s mother discovers them.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Libby Hinson

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  2. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 10 - Gets Planted
    8.2/10(69 votes)

    S3:E10

    Phoebe tries to grow a vine for the school play, Jack and the Beanstalk. But her plant is more like a beansprout than a beanstalk! With the opening curtain only moments away, Ms. Frizzle turns Phoebe into a bean plant so she’ll grow into the star of the show!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  3. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 2 - In the Arctic
    8.1/10(69 votes)

    S3:E2

    “Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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  4. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 6 - Shows and Tells
    8.1/10(71 votes)

    S3:E6

    Arnold brings in a webbed hoop for the International Show-and-Tell Competition, left behind by his great-aunt, a famous archaeologist, but he has no idea what it is! Can the kids find out what it is before he takes the stage? With Alex Trebek as the “Sportscaster.”

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:John May

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  5. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 9 - Works Out
    8.1/10(70 votes)

    S3:E9

    Is Mr. Sinew any match for the Friz? At this year’s “Teacher-athlon,” the kids fear Ms. Frizzle doesn’t stand a chance against the muscle-bound gym teacher from another school, so the class travels inside her body for a closer look.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Robert Schechter, George Arthur Bloom

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  6. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 13 - Holiday Special
    8.1/10(97 votes)

    S3:E13

    Wanda plans to see The Nutcracker ballet, but during a trip to Murph’s recycling plant, the toy soldier she needs to get into the theater accidentally becomes a plastic pellet! Ms. Frizzle activates the Bus’s Un-Recycler, taking the class and Murph on a song-filled field trip, where they learn how everyday items are made from recycled trash.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John May, Brian Meehl

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  7. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 3 - Spins a Web
    8.0/10(80 votes)

    S3:E3

    Ms. Frizzle transports the class into a 1950s horror movie, where a 50-foot praying mantis is wreaking havoc on the town. Ed Asner stars as the film’s power-mad protagonist, General Araneus.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Robert Schechter

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  8. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 5 - Gets a Bright Idea
    8.0/10(70 votes)

    S3:E5

    The light show at Walkerville’s old theater is illuminating, but Arnold’s bossy cousin Janet claims she could put on a much better show—if there wasn’t a ghost living in the theater!

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  9. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 7 - Makes a Rainbow
    8.0/10(80 votes)

    S3:E7

    The class finds Ms. Frizzle inside her closet—playing a pinball machine she created with light pulses instead of steel balls. With time and the light pulses running out, the kids must discover the secrets of color—before the principal, Mr. Ruhle, discovers them!

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom

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  10. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 12 - Rocks and Rolls
    8.0/10(65 votes)

    S3:E12

    To celebrate the founding of Walkerville, Ms. Frizzle’s class sculpts a stone likeness of its founding father, Captain Walker. As they add the finishing touches, the statue tumbles down the mountain. Ms. Frizzle turns the Bus into a huge boulder and the kids into rocks while bumping down the mountain in a desperate attempt to save the statue.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Jocelyn Stevenson, Robert Schechter, George Arthur Bloom

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  11. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 8 - Goes Upstream
    7.9/10(68 votes)

    S3:E8

    Ralphie wants to serve salmon at the annual school picnic, but he can’t find any at his favorite fishing spot. But when the kids are “Frizzled” inside a salmon-bus they have an uncontrollable urge to head upriver.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Ronnie Krauss

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  12. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 1 - In a Beehive
    7.8/10(73 votes)

    S3:E1

    Tim’s beekeeper Grandfather has the sweetest honey in town. Ms. Frizzle turns her class into bees so they can visit a hive and learn how raw honey is processed firsthand.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Doug Booth

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  13. The Magic School Bus Season 3 Episode 11 - In the Rainforest
    7.6/10(76 votes)

    S3:E11

    The kids rent a rainforest cocoa tree as an Earth Day present for Ms. Frizzle. But when the harvest arrives, there’s only one shrivelled cocoa bean! Ms. Frizzle takes the class to the rainforest to meet the impeccable Inspector 47 who keeps a tidy, mud-free cocoa grove. What has he done to the rainforest's intricate ecology web?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Brian Meehl

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Under Construction" is the best rated episode of "The Magic School Bus" season 3. It scored 8.3/10 based on 76 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Libby Hinson, it aired on 10/5/1996. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "Gets Planted".