Grade levels: Upper Elementary (4-6)

Jamie and Jennifer meet up at Roger Pass, British Columbia, in Glacier National Park. They are exploring the Columbia Mountain Range that runs west and parallel to the Rockies. Rogers Pass, located about 140-km from the Alberta border. Both the railway and the Trans Canada highway pass through the area. It’s also located in one of the most active avalanche areas in the country. Meeting up with 17-year-old Jeremy Weddle, the explorers learn about ski touring in the backcountry. He shares some of the knowledge he’s learnt through several avalanche courses about what to do to make backcountry exploring safe and fun. They meet Bob Shafto, who with the help of avalanche rescue dog Big Eddy, teaches them about various rescue techniques used when someone is caught in an avalanche. The three come across Jeff Goodrich, a senior technician with the Canadian Avalanche Control Program. Jeff demonstrates a number of techniques used for determining when and when avalanches might happen.

We check out Newfoundland’s whaling and Viking history up in the northern part of Newfoundland and southern part of Labrador. We travel across the Strait of Belle Isle to visit Red Bay National Historic Site of Canada, where the archaeological remnants of twenty whaling stations have been unearthed over the last 15 years. We then explore another National Historic Site, L’Anse aux Meadows, where we learn of the early Viking history of this area, and also of the early Dorset Eskimos who made their camps along the southern shore of the bay. We visit with a young air cadet boy who is obsessed with building and flying planes. Jay tells us about the differences between the landscape and life in both Newfoundland and Labrador and why the largest percent of the population lives in Newfoundland. In Jay’s Gee! Ology he explains why icebergs, which can weigh several hundred tonnes, float.

Their exploration of the foothills of the Canadian Rockies brings Jennifer and Jamie to the community of Crowsnest Pass. Adventure ensues when they join up with 12-year-old Riley Cann and his classmates in a town effort to keep Grizzly Bears at bay. Jamie and Jennifer head to Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump outside Fort MacLeod and learn about the importance of buffalo to early plains Indians. Blood Tribe member Lorraine Goodstriker tells the hosts how her fore-bearers made use of the land’s topography in their buffalo hunt, and used every part of the buffalo in their daily life.

We hike through Gros Morne National Park of Canada to check out the unusual geology and rich bio-diversity of this area – including many, many moose. The unique rocks have contributed to the world’s understanding of plate tectonics, and the park has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. We explore the Bay of Islands with a young conservationist from the nearby town of Deer Lake. Jay explains why Newfoundland’s West Coast is a geologist’s dream due to the upheaval of the earth millions of years ago. He also explains why most of the Newfoundland’s population lives on the East Coast. In Jay’s Gee! Ology, Jay explains how organic matter is constantly recycled- through composting.

Rodeos and dinosaurs bring Jamie and Jennifer to Alberta’s Badlands. They head to Drumheller, home of the world famous Royal Tyrell Museum, and meet up with local youngster CJ Dupasquier. He gives them a tour of the museum, and accompanies the hosts on a fossil dig. Hiking through the Prairie grasslands that border the region to the north, the hosts meet up with Colton Jackson. He’s 13 and competes as a steer rider all across western Canada. After exploring the area on horseback, Colton invites the hosts to watch as he competes in the Lacombe Annual Rodeo.

We explore St. John’s and the coastal life first by rowboat and then by schooner as we explore more of the Avalon Peninsula ending with Cape Spear National Historic Site of Canada. We check out the amazing bird life of Cape St. Mary’s, and then visit the Institute of Marine Dynamics as they test the seaworthiness of various ships by using wind and storms. Jay tells us about the Grand Banks continental shelf and how its abundant fish contributed to the settlement of Newfoundland. In Jay’s Gee! Ology he demonstrates how ocean currents are formed and what factors affect them.

First up in their exploration of the Canadian Rockies is Canmore, Alberta. There Jamie and Jennifer meet 13-year-old Kenna Meilicke, who takes them through her dad’s outdoor sporting good store to get them prepared for their camping adventure. On an overnight camping trip, Kenna gives the hosts a lesson in rock climbing, eager to show why this area attracts so many outdoors-enthusiasts.

In the series opener, Jamie and Jennifer head to the Grand Manan Island, located in the Bay of Fundy. The island was formed millions of years ago, when a volcano erupted, the lava cooled and formed the western half of the island. Its people have close ties to the ocean. A local, 15 year-old Jesse Lloyd, teaches them to dulse by harvesting edible seaweed from the island’s rocks. Then it’s all aboard with some lucky kids on the floatable Whale Camp, to explore the Bay of Fundy and search for the endangered North Atlantic Right Whale.

In this episode, Jamie and Jennifer explore the Miramichi region of central New Brunswick. Renowned for its extensive river system, thick forests and annual salmon run, the hosts jump right in – literally. They meet up with Terry McAllistair, an 11 year old living along the banks of the north west branch of the Miramichi. Terri is a canoe enthusiast who gives the hosts a fun lesson in canoeing. She even teaches them a few tricks!

Jamie and Jennifer are exploring Nova Scotia’s eastern island, Cape Breton. Everywhere they go, they see how the region’s Gaelic culture mixes with its natural history. Arriving in Sydney, the hosts meet Kelsey MacNeil, who shows them a thing or two about step dancing at a traditional Ceilidh on the docks. Kelsey lives on the banks of Bras d’Or Lake, one of the world’s only inland seas, and after some kayaking with their young friend, the hosts press on to meet up with Eugene Eagle Denny. Eugene is a sixth generation Mi’kmaq medicine man, who is also an eagle conservation expert. He explains why the area has such a large population of bald eagles, and what their spiritual significance is to the First Nations people of the island.