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A Book About Floating And Sinking (Magic School Bus TV Tie-Ins)

Joanna Cole, Nancy Stevenson, Jane B. Mason, Mary Pope Osborne

Ups And Downs by Joanna Cole, Nancy Stevenson, Jane B. Mason, Mary Pope Osborne takes about 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 35 minutes

An evening's read

First published 1997. 32 pages, about 8,800 words. Written for children.

2 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 59 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 35 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 22 minutes

The page count is the median across 8 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Is there a monster living in Walker Lake? That's what Ms.Fizzle's class is trying to find out. The kids try to dive down under the water, but the bus won't go! The class has to figure out how to turn their floater into a sinker so they can solve the mystery of the underwater monster. Take a dive with the Magic School Bus, and learn why things float and sink!

Subjects: Expériences, Corps flottants, Littérature de jeunesse anglaise, Hydrostatique, Monstres marins, Eau

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