MSB S5E10: The Tales Glaciers Tell

Let's go on a cold field trip. A trip to help Dorothy Ann with the story she wants to tell. Inspired by her parents who are also good storytellers. Blog, do your stuff!

62. The Tales Glaciers Tell.
Topic: Glaciers.
Written by: Josh Gal, Jocelyn Stevenson, John May, and Suzanne Bolch.
Released: 29 September 2017.

Dorothy Ann is under the pressure of telling a great story, to impress her parents a give a 'wow' across a crowd for the first time in her life- she chooses to tell one of the best stories in the world, that has been passed on from generation to generation since the prehistoric era, via glaciers.

Dorothy Ann seems to be having trouble telling her own rendition of The 3 Bears and Goldilocks. 

It's funny that Dorothy Ann had a percentage chart that Carlos would say about the story and not numbers.

This shows that Dorothy Ann's parents tell stories from time to time.

Fiona's snowboarding into class!

"According to my reesearch, it's a river of ice that only forms on land, and is always on the move."

Yeah. A glacier does form on land and moves all the time. 

It's funny that Fiona would make Arnold drop out of The Magic School Plane.

And the kids have turned into snowflakes.

A good callback to Carlos Gets the Sneezes. Carlos sneezing up pollen.

The class have reached the ground.

This bus is using its caterpillar tracks to go up the icy slope.

How innocent Dorothy Ann begged with "Pleeeease?"

 This must be a gigantic number of snowflakes that fell to the ground.

And upon sledding down the glacier, Bus has gotten a sled.

Luckily, Ms. Frizzle has a Magic Fuse to fix the bus.

Here's something strange. The bag Carlos and Ralphie has can talk to them.

Yep. Ralphie and Carlos are in the age where Mammoths and Sabre Tooth Tigers existed. Eemian Age.

Fiona made it to this age too.

And Jyoti is back 20,000 years ago with this caveman.

But Arnold tried roasting, but no good.

"I knew I should've stayed in my cave today."

Would've been funny if Arnold did stay in his cave. 

They're in the year 1817.

And they're in the 1970s, where disco was at the height of its popularity.

 

Dorothy Ann finds the temperatures in the 70s incredible. The way she looks here kind of reminds me of the way she looked in the first 4 seasons.

Here are some cute polar bear cubs with their mother.

Wanda took a wrong turn and fell!

But she's been saved by the class.

But worse news. Dorothy Ann's Friz Tab is broken. Busted! All info gone!

But they have a plan B.  Dig up some ice to help tell Dorothy Ann's story.

Dorothy Ann's dad hopes the story will be bigger than The Tortoise and the Oryctolagus cuniculus. The European Rabbit.

Everyone's here to watch the story be told.

"Bus, do your stuff!"

We get to hear someone apart from either Friz tell the bus that. 

 Once upon a time, the Earth was a different place, roamed by woolly mammoths.

But they were chased by Sabre-toothed Tigers.

But the ocean got warmer and it rose, for octopuses in the neighbourhood.

Eventually, people got smarter, and built buildings to live or work in, but the problem is they emit greenhouse gases.

Some solutions to the problem will be to walk or ride bikes.

When we're done with our computers, turn them off or put them to sleep.

Do this for the glaciers and for us!

The story gave great applause, and Dorothy Ann's parents couldn't be prouder of their eldest daughter.

Goldie's trying to point to the volleyball.

But Valerie playing volleyball foreshadows the next episode.


We finally get to hear Dorothy Ann's dad speak. Since Dorothy Ann's mum spoke in Out of this World, it took over 20 years for anyone to hear Dorothy Ann's dad speak.

There's one thing I have to question. I've noticed that William was sitting behind Wanda, and their mum was sitting behind them. Yet I didn't see Evan sitting anywhere near Dorothy Ann's parents.

Who would've thought an episode of The Magic School Bus would touch on climate change? Now that's impressive!

Get this. Liz gets even less screentime than she did in In the City. Could it be because she's a lizard?

And I'm even more impressed that Wanda has overcome her hatred of the cold.

The fact this episode touches on climate change could link to that Captain Planet Magic School Bus conspiracy, especially considering that Captain Planet teaches kids to be environmentally friendly, and they say Dorothy Ann grew up to be Linka, and Wanda grew up to be Gi. Dorothy Ann helped Wanda back to the cliff.

A very impressive way to teach kids about glaciers and how they're formed. We also get to learn how they collect stuff like pollen, sediments, and all other things. The story Dorothy Ann told at the end has given me another reason to favour her over the rest of the class. Now that's true science this episode taught. I recommend this episode to anyone. Especially those who really are concerned about global warming.

My rating: 10/10.

Season 5 scorecard:

1. Frizzle of the Future: 8/10.

2. Pigs in the Wind: 9/10.

3. In the Swim: 9.5/10.

4. The Battle for Rock Mountain: 10/10.

5. The Magnetic Mambo: 9/10.

6. Carlos Gets the Sneezes: 9/10.

7. Hides and Seeks: 9.5/10.

8. Three in One: 9/10.

9. Space Mission: Selfie: 8.5/10.

10. The Tales Glaciers Tell: 10/10.

Season 5 so far: 9/10.