Ms. Frizzle's kid sister Fiona takes the wheel at Walkerville Elementary, leading the class on wild adventures packed with science-fueled fun.
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00:00You're relaxed and feeling good. Next thing that you know, you're seeing
00:18octopus in the neighborhood. Surfing on a sound wave. Swinging through the stars.
00:30Take a left at your intestine. Take your second right past Mars on the magic school bus.
00:36Navigate a nostril. Climb on the magic school bus. Spank a plank, dig two.
00:42On our magic school bus. That's a river of lava. On the magic school bus. Such a fine thing to do.
00:50So strap your bones right to the seat. Come on in and don't be shy.
00:55Just to make your day complete, you might get baked into a pie on the magic school bus.
01:01Step inside, it's a wild ride. Come on, ride on the magic school bus.
01:13Let's see. Now, where did I leave my lunch?
01:18Ah! Jodi, are you okay?
01:22Exciting! It's so great to see you. Let me give you a hug.
01:26Uh, hugs? I don't really do hugs. Especially not from ghosts.
01:30Arnold?
01:31Jodi? What? How did? What's with the really friendly ghost?
01:35That's no ghost, Arnold. It's a...
01:37Three-dimensional, fully streamable, high-definition digital snuggle.
01:41What she said?
01:42Uh, what did she say?
01:44I'm making a birthday present for my nanny in England. A virtual hug to send over the Internet.
01:49Thanks for letting me use the bus computer, Miss Frizzle.
01:52Oh, well, anything for your grandma, Jodi. Oh, she's kind and gentle and a beast on World of Bladecraft version 4.
01:59Accurate. She's my all-time tech hero, which means my avatar has to look way more realistic than this.
02:08Huh?
02:10Hmm. Maybe I can help. Is your scuzzy too fuzzy?
02:13Nope.
02:14Did you ping the WYSIWYG?
02:15Of course! Now, to plug in Nani's email address, re-scan myself, and...
02:20Huh?
02:21Oops! Sorry, Arnold! Ah! Wait! Don't lean on the...
02:24Oh, no.
02:25Ah!
02:29Troublesome. Did he just...
02:31Engage the bus's magical, maxi-pixelating super scanner, yes?
02:34Which means he's now...
02:35A digital attachment racing across the Internet at the speed of light?
02:42Also yes.
02:43Oh, no. He won't like that. And my poor grandmother! Can you imagine?
02:47Some random freaked-out kid suddenly showing up in her email. What if he gets deleted?
02:52What? Arnold might get deleted?
02:54Can't you call your Nani and ask her not to?
02:56She doesn't do phone calls. Too distracting, she says.
02:59What's going on?
03:00We have to help Arnold!
03:01What happened?
03:02Arnold's in trouble?
03:03How do we save him?
03:04What are we going to do? What are we going to do? What are we going to do?
03:06We have to get into the Internet and bring him back!
03:09We can do that?
03:10Uh, how do we do that?
03:12How do we do that? Jingle, jingle of the keys.
03:16But, but, but the Internet is really fast!
03:19But we can go even faster! Let's see.
03:22I'll just adjust the faster-than-fast brand multi-mega-speedinator to speed of light plus one.
03:27Yes! So we can catch him!
03:29Speed of light plus one!
03:31Yes! So we can catch up to Arnold!
03:33Hit it, Liz!
03:42Bus, do your stuff!
03:59Woo-hoo!
04:14Miss Frizzle, what happened to the dashboard?
04:17Well, now that the bus is part of the world's computer system,
04:20we have to communicate with it like we do with a computer.
04:23Puzzling. With mine, I just type into a keyboard.
04:26Or swipe on a screen.
04:27True, but those instructions have to be turned into something a machine understands.
04:32It gets broken down into what's called binary code.
04:35Basically, on or off. On, off, on, off.
04:38Do it enough times and in the right order, a bus reads it as a code.
04:42Sounds like the Morse code I learned at camp one year.
04:45I could send messages to my buddies using flashlights.
04:48We could spell out messages by turning our light on and off.
04:51Let's see. It goes...
04:53My flashlight is...
04:59Die yet...
05:00It stopped. Weird. I wonder what he was trying to say.
05:05According to my research, that's exactly how this on-off Unicode works, too.
05:10I hate to interrupt this fascinating geekery, but we're gonna crash!
05:14Whoa!
05:16Whoa!
05:21Whoa!
05:27What did you tell it? Turn left?
05:29Of course. What do you think I was doing? Ordering a pizza?
05:34Although, now that I think about it...
05:36So that's all the Internet is? A bunch of ones and zeros?
05:39Well, as my great-uncle Askey used to say...
05:42Zero one zero one one zero zero one. Zero one one zero zero one zero one.
05:46Zero one one one zero zero zero zero.
05:48Couldn't have said it better myself.
05:51Woo-hoo!
05:56Why'd we stop? Where are we?
05:58Jodi, you're the computer expert, right?
06:01Not to be braggy, but...
06:03Totally!
06:04So, where are we? Why did we stop? What do we do next? And how do we find Arnold?
06:10According to FrisMaps, we're at a domain named System Server. Whatever that is.
06:22Um... DNS server. Sounds sort of familiar.
06:27Maybe we're at the place that you stop at to do... something?
06:32Get directions, maybe?
06:34A commendable conjecture, Jodi.
06:39Maybe you should tell the nice blinking box where we want to go and see what happens.
06:43Um... we'd like to go to my Nani's house.
06:51Maybe it needs an address?
06:53Uh... 54 Mulberry Lane, London, UK?
07:00You sent an email, right?
07:02Maybe you need an email address.
07:04That certainly sounds like it makes sense.
07:07Okay, how's this? Cybernani at grannynet.uk
07:14What's that supposed to mean?
07:16Uh, I, uh, well... come on, Jodi.
07:19Doesn't look like an email address.
07:22Jodi, Arnold is still out there, and we're stuck.
07:25I know, I know. Distressing, I know. I should know what's happening.
07:29I mean, I know how to use the Internet, but I have no clue how it really works.
07:33Not good.
07:34Now what?
07:35All I know is, because of me, we may never see Arnold again.
07:44Arnold needs us, class.
07:46Hmm. This number, something seems odd about it, doesn't it?
07:50Well, it's not binary.
07:52She's right! It has lots of numbers, not just ones and zeros.
07:56I thought that's all computers understood.
07:58So that means it's not telling the computer to do something.
08:01So, what's it for?
08:04I don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
08:06All I know is I want to get to my Nani's house.
08:09Wait, I may not know how the Internet works exactly,
08:12but the information has to travel somehow.
08:14There has to be a connection across the ocean, right?
08:17You bet your bandwidth there is.
08:21You mean, with wires, like, under the ocean?
08:24According to my research, that would mean a cable nearly 2,000 miles,
08:28or almost 3,000 kilometers long.
08:31It's crazy! It's impossible! It's outrageous!
08:39It's right there! Thanks, Ms. Frizzle.
08:42And look here! My Nani lives...
08:45here. So that line goes closest to her house.
08:48I bet that's the wire Arnold's in!
08:50Cool! Only, how do we get in it?
08:52IXPs, if you please.
08:54IX what?
08:55Well, if you want to know it, we can show it.
08:58Let's do it!
09:09According to my research, IXP means Internet Exchange Point.
09:15That's right! All around the world,
09:17buildings like these connect different Internet networks,
09:21even across oceans.
09:23Which means Arnold might have come through here, in Boston.
09:27Can we squeeze in some fish and chips?
09:29No, but we can squeeze in...
09:33Here!
09:54Just think!
09:55Right now, through these wires,
09:57we're connected to every device on the Internet,
10:00all 10 billion of them, and counting!
10:15So how fast is the speed of light?
10:17299,792,458 meters per second!
10:21Huh?
10:22Faster than you can blink!
10:24Sweet!
10:27This is better than special effects!
10:29It's crazy fast!
10:30It's crazy super fast!
10:32It's crazy super ultra fast!
10:38Startling!
10:39What happened?
10:40Intriguing!
10:41Let's find out!
10:51Look!
10:53That cable we were in!
10:55The anchor must have accidentally sliced it in two!
10:58Which is bad news!
10:59And good news!
11:01Huh?
11:02Huh?
11:03The bad news is that anything trying to get through this link is cut off!
11:07But the good news is it must have stopped Arnold!
11:10Which means he couldn't get through to Nani's house!
11:13So, where is he?
11:14Tim, you were taking pictures the whole time, right?
11:17Right...
11:18Can we see your camera?
11:19Sure!
11:21If Arnold came this way,
11:23and had to turn back,
11:26then just maybe...
11:29Look!
11:30Is that Arnold?
11:31He must have hit the dead end and then turned around!
11:34Whoa!
11:35And he was going by us so fast the other way we didn't even see him!
11:38Arnold hasn't moved that fast since he thought there was a skunk in his locker!
11:42Perfect!
11:43Maybe he got bounced back!
11:44Nope!
11:45That would only happen if there was a problem with Nani's email!
11:47And there's never a problem with Nani's email!
11:50Then where is he going?
11:51Maybe he's going another way across the ocean!
11:55Look at them all!
11:57Come on!
11:58We've got to turn this bus around and figure out where he went!
12:01And fast!
12:02Hmm...
12:03Guess that means the speed of light plus two!
12:17Man!
12:18That's a lot of cables!
12:20Too many!
12:21Arnold could be in any of them!
12:23Yep!
12:24According to my research,
12:25routers on each side of the ocean decide which path the signals take!
12:34Speaking of, one router dead ahead!
12:39What if it sends us on a different route than it sent Arnold?
12:42We can't let that happen!
12:44Whatever we're going to do, we better decide fast!
12:47Settled!
12:48The only way to search every path that Arnold could have taken is to split up!
12:52Excellent idea, Jody!
12:53So, let's make like a second and split!
13:16We'll find Arnold wherever you are!
13:23Whoa!
13:28Well, given that everyone's moving at the speed of light plus two,
13:31this shouldn't take too long!
13:35Found him!
13:36He just zipped right past!
13:38See?
13:39Perfect!
13:40Now we know where to go!
13:43Found him!
13:44Wait, isn't Carlos on a completely different route?
13:49Found him!
13:51Found him!
13:53Found him!
13:54Confounding!
13:55They're all literally in different parts of the world!
13:58Thousands of miles apart, even!
14:00How could they all have seen Arnold?
14:02It makes no sense!
14:03Everybody, report back stat!
14:05We need to figure out what's going on!
14:12Okay, you all took pics of Arnold, right?
14:15Yep!
14:16Let's have a look!
14:18Wait!
14:19These aren't pictures of Arnold!
14:21They're pictures of parts of Arnold!
14:25It looks like the data that makes up all of Arnold have been split up into pieces!
14:29Uh-huh!
14:30Information is split into packets and reassembled at the other side.
14:34Makes sense!
14:35When it's split up, they can travel way faster!
14:37Yeah, but 5,000 of them?
14:39Accurate!
14:40And you guys have only seen seven!
14:42Which means there are another 4,993 packets of Arnold out there!
14:47Whoa!
14:48Talk about your worldwide whoops!
14:50Don't worry!
14:51We'll figure this out!
14:52We have to figure this out!
14:54Only, how?
15:01Look at this!
15:02The numbers on them are in order!
15:04That must mean something!
15:07Yeah, but there's another number on the packets too!
15:1071.95.26.61!
15:13Wait!
15:14Isn't that the number from the DNS server?
15:19Yes!
15:20That's the number it gave us when I asked to go to Nani's house!
15:23Which means Arnold got the same address!
15:25Right through!
15:26That's how the internet knows where to send things!
15:28With these numbers that a DNS server attaches to everything that goes through it!
15:33Just like how we put an address on a letter when we mail it!
15:35Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
15:38According to my research, it's an internet protocol address!
15:41An IP address!
15:43And it knows or can find out the location of every single computer, phone, tablet...
15:48TV, fridge, light bulb, car, drone, robot monkey!
15:52Connected to the internet!
15:54How delightfully dovetailing!
15:56So, if the DNS server is where IP addresses are assigned to internet traffic...
16:01And 71.95.26.61 is on us and on the packets of Arnold, it's because they're all going to the same place!
16:09Nani's!
16:10So why didn't we get split up into packets like Arnold?
16:13Because nobody officially emailed us!
16:15We're like Ralphie's bachelor uncle, still unattached!
16:20Well, it's not like we can scan the bus and email it!
16:23The scanner is in the bus!
16:25No, we can't!
16:27But as Arnold found out the hard way, we can scan us!
16:31What a simple, elegant, magical solution!
16:36Hold on a second!
16:37You want to scan us?
16:39Convert us into data?
16:40Go to a DNS server?
16:42Get stamped with an IP address?
16:44Then get broken up into thousands of packets?
16:46Then go under the ocean at the speed of light to the other side of the world?
16:51That doesn't sound simple at all!
16:54It sounds like a blast!
16:57Woohoo!
17:10Last one in the scanner's a rotten node!
17:14Wait! Miss Frizzle, does all digital information to the other side of the world go under the ocean through cables?
17:20Well, no, not all of it. There are other ways to go across too.
17:23Do you want to find out?
17:24Sure!
17:25You're in for quite a ride!
17:39You're in for quite a ride!
17:57Isn't it exciting?
18:10Wow!
18:24Wow!
18:26This is so amazing!
18:32Isn't it though? We're wireless connections!
18:35Going across the world by satellite!
18:38The internet is so much more than a bunch of ones and zeros.
18:41It's the lifeblood of our modern world!
18:44Where people of every nation share stories and songs, innovations and imaginations.
18:50It's a place of learning and exploration.
18:52And a place where a granddaughter's hug and her nanny's wise words are a click away from each other,
18:58even if they live on opposite ends of this beautiful planet.
19:01And look! It's all right there, happening now!
19:06Hey, Ralphie! How you doing?
19:08Not bad, Ralphie! How you doing?
19:11Hey, Ralphie!
19:12Ralphie, sup?
19:14Hey, you're a backer for sore eyes, Ralphie!
19:17Hey, Ralphie! Ralphie!
19:21How's it going, guys? Nice to see you!
19:24Woohoo!
19:26Hey, guys!
19:29Hey, how are you?
19:30Neat! We're here!
19:31Hey, that was so fun!
19:35Hey, pal! Long time no see!
19:39Back in one piece!
19:41Arnold! There you are!
19:43Well, I think it's about time I checked my email.
19:50Where am I?
19:52Why, hello, young man! Tea and cakes?
19:56There you guys are! Where have you been? I've been here for, like, milliseconds!
20:01Nanny, you got Arnold! You didn't delete him!
20:04What? This darling boy? Never!
20:08How could I delete that face?
20:11Phew!
20:12And now it's your turn.
20:15Ooh!
20:16My Jodi!
20:17Phew! I'm so glad!
20:20Fiona!
20:22Pariksha!
20:25They know each other?
20:27Of course they do.
20:29Nanny helped Miss Frizzle with some coding on her remote.
20:32Anyway, I am so sorry about all this! I can explain!
20:36First I wanted to...
20:37Send me a birthday present of a 3D user.
20:39And then I wanted to...
20:40Send me a birthday present of a 3D user.
20:43And then I wanted to...
20:44Send me a birthday present of a 3D user.
20:46And then I wanted to...
20:47Send me a birthday present of a 3D user.
20:49But Arnold accidentally sat on the Super Scan button and auto-digitized himself into a globe-spanning data meme?
20:54Um, yeah?
20:56If I had a nickel for every time that happened to me!
20:59Cake?
21:04Oh no!
21:08Who's up for a quick search and rescue at the speed of light? Plus one?
21:11Me!
21:12I'm in!
21:13Let's do it!
21:14You joining us, Nanny?
21:15You bet your bandwidth I am!
21:30Hi! I'm looking for the Magic School Bus!
21:32Is this the Magic School Bus?
21:33Magic School Bus?
21:34Is this the Magic School Bus?
21:36Hi! I'm looking for the Magic School Bus!
21:40Magic School Bus?
21:41Magic School Bus?
21:42Magic School Bus?
21:43Magic School Bus?
21:44Is this the Magic School Bus?
21:46Bonjour! Je cherche l'Autobus Magique.
21:48I'd like to speak to the Magic School Bus, please.
21:57Undersea, getting wet, ride along the Internet.
22:03Professor Frizzle!
22:04Hi, Professor! I just saw the Internet episode.
22:06But my little sister kept bugging me to switch to Bubblegum Unicorn.
22:10So now I'd like to email her to the South Pole.
22:12How do I do that?
22:13Sorry, emailing people isn't possible yet.
22:16But you could send a 3D holograph of her, like Jyoti's original plan.
22:20Of course, you'll still have your actual sister at home with you.
22:26Okay, I'll deal.
22:27By the way, flipping a switch to make all of those zeros and ones seems exhausting.
22:32Is that really what's going on inside my computer when I type?
22:35Sort of.
22:37Computers turn words and images into the binary code of zeros and ones super fast
22:42by using tiny electronic switches called transistors.
22:46Computers can process and send millions of zeros and ones in a second.
22:51So how come we didn't see any zeros or ones when the kids were zooming around in the Internet?
22:55Each zero and one value gets translated into electrical current,
22:59a pulse of light, or a radio wave, so it doesn't look like a number anymore.
23:03And finally, I know the Internet is really fast.
23:06Wouldn't Arnold have already arrived before the class even started chasing him?
23:11You caught us. True.
23:13But to tell our story and make our points, we needed to slow things down a lot.
23:19And yes, there's no such thing as the speed of light plus one, or two, either.
23:24Cool. Thanks, Professor. So what's next on the show?
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