Science Fiction Book Talk


The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor by Joanna Cole is a great science fiction add to your classroom book collection. A cooky science teacher and her students explore the great depths of the ocean in their scuba gear. This will be a fantastic book to use to introduce students to the great discoveries of the ocean. It sparks their interest and allows them to become familar with the discoveries of the ocean, while in terms they are easily able to understand. After using this book as the introduction to oceans, you can then branch out and discuss and find others facts about our oceans. Depending on the class level, you can tie each of your ocean lessons back to this book so they can easily make connections with the new content with the previous in the book.
However, the entire Magic School Book series can be helpful within the classroom because of the multitude of topics you will discuss with your students. Each book provides scientific facts, along with the hands on exploration fiction that will grab your students interests.