7.6/1058 votes#1 - In a Beehive
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 9/14/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Doug Booth
8.0/1058 votes#2 - In the Arctic
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 9/21/1996
“Where did the hot go?” wonders Arnold when his hot cocoa cools off. So, Ms. Frizzle whisks the class to the Arctic!
Director: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl
7.9/1065 votes#3 - Spins a Web
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 9/28/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Robert Schechter
8.3/1063 votes#4 - Under Construction
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 10/5/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Libby Hinson
7.8/1059 votes#5 - Gets a Bright Idea
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/12/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Ronnie Krauss
7.8/1058 votes#6 - Shows and Tells
Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1996
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: N/A
Writer: John May
7.8/1067 votes#7 - Makes a Rainbow
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom
7.7/1056 votes#8 - Goes Upstream
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Ronnie Krauss
8.1/1059 votes#9 - Works Out
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/9/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom, Robert Schechter
8.0/1057 votes#10 - Gets Planted
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 11/16/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Ronnie Krauss
7.4/1063 votes#11 - In the Rainforest
Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 11/23/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl
7.8/1054 votes#12 - Rocks and Rolls
Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 11/30/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Jocelyn Stevenson, George Arthur Bloom, Robert Schechter
8.0/1079 votes#13 - Holiday Special
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1996
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: N/A
Writer: Brian Meehl, John May
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.
Genres:AnimationSci-Fi & FantasyFamilyAction & AdventureKids
Network:PBS Kids
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"In a Beehive" is the best rated episode of "The Magic School Bus" season 3. It scored 7.6/10 based on 58 votes. Directed by N/A and written by Doug Booth, it aired on 9/14/1996. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "In the Arctic".