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Grandpa's Drum

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Molly finds an old photograph of her grandfather Nat as a boy, singing and drumming with a young girl, and learns that he no longer sings because he gave his drum away long ago. With her friend Tooey, she uses clues in the photo (mountains, a water tower, train tracks, and partial letters on a sign) to locate the town of Tiritchik and find the now-grown woman who still has the drum. The elder Shyahtsoo explains that at boarding school Native children were forbidden from singing their own songs, which is why Grandpa stopped. Molly returns the drum, and during the community show Grandpa rediscovers his songs and drums alongside her, followed by a live-action segment of Alaska Native children sharing their own traditions.

3, 2, 1 Liftoff!

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Lyla, a girl who solves problems step by step with her blue companion Stu, joins a classroom project to build model spaceships with a partner. She teams up with Joey, a new boy, on a water-powered rocket, but Joey keeps going quiet and slipping away whenever the group gets big. Over two days Lyla realizes Joey feels shy in crowds, and she finds ways to include him one person at a time while they work out why their rocket won't fly. The episode ends at the park, where they seal a leak in the bottle and launch their spaceship together with the whole class.

The Great Qyah Cleanup

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In the Alaska Native village of Qyah, Molly helps with the spring cleanup after winter. When Mr. Rowley's grill turns up broken and missing a part, Molly uses the instruction manual to reassemble it, then goes looking for litter with a friend and finds a mystery piece. After asking several neighbors what it is, she realizes it is the grill's missing regulator dial, which had fallen from her bag and been used as a scarecrow's face out at the dump. She retrieves it, the grill works, and the community cookout goes ahead.

The Jökulhlaup Is on Us

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Molly, an Alaska Native girl, learns that a glacial flood called a jokulhlaup could wash away Auntie Cecilia's old fishing cabin by Lake Kaya. Using Nina's 3D topographical map, Molly and her friends find higher ground out of the flood zone, then work out how to slide the cabin there on a bed of logs. The cabin is moved safely and Molly discovers the family doll she lost as a baby. The episode ends with the family settling the cabin into its new home.

Tusk, Tusk, and More Tusk

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Molly and her friends Tooey and Trini discover a large tusk buried in the mud near the river in their Alaska village. Grandpa Nat and an archaeologist named Olin Benedict identify it as a woolly mammoth tusk and explain the Ice Age, permafrost, and how the warming climate erodes the riverbank. The children help free the tusk through trial and error, measure it, photograph it, and give it the Gwich'in name 'Trilzok', meaning gentle. The episode ends with a separate live-action segment where children visit a museum to learn whether dinosaurs once lived in Alaska.

The Qyah Ice Classic

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In a small Alaskan village, Molly and her friends start their own Ice Classic, setting up a tripod on the frozen river and guessing when the spring ice will break and topple it. Each child uses a different method, looking up past dates, measuring the ice, watching for signs of spring, and building a model, while their friend Oscar helps everyone without entering himself. In the end Oscar wins by combining all the information his friends gathered, and they share the ice cream prize together. A closing live-action segment shows real children in Nenana explaining the real Ice Classic tradition.

Lyla's Snackateria

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Lyla runs a pretend snack restaurant and invents a stacked cracker snack for her brother Luke, layering cheese, jelly, and strawberry. When a big order comes in, she teaches Luke and her companion Stu to make it step by step, and after the jelly runs out Luke swaps in honey barbecue sauce. Customers end up preferring Luke's version, which upsets Lyla until she tastes it herself. She apologizes and the two agree to become snack-invention partners.

Da Get Pep Band

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Lyla's mother comes home celebrating a win with her sports team's cheering group, the Get Pep Band, and Lyla's dad and three children decide to try out. The younger children, Mila and Ev, can play the notes of Hot Cross Buns but cannot hold each one for the right number of beats, so they grow frustrated and nearly give up. Lyla refuses to quit and invents a new way to learn: the children hop across giant notes drawn on the ground while singing, feeling the length of each beat with their bodies. It works, and all three join the band for a final celebration.

Clean Sweep

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Lyla and her three siblings Liana, Louisa and Luke want to play their basketball video game, but the house rule is chores before games and the kitchen is a mess. With their helper Stu and a nudge from Dad, they list eight chores and split them evenly, only to discover the split is unfair because some jobs take far longer. They fix it by sorting chores into easy and hard and giving each kid one of each. Working as a team, they finish cleaning together and unlock their game.

The New Park

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Rosie, a curious girl, and her friends spend the day at a neighborhood park with a slide, swings and climbing equipment. When sharing the play space gets crowded, Rosie sets out to work out fair ways for everyone to take turns, using her imagination to picture how a park can serve a whole community. Her friends add their own ideas, and together they settle on a plan. By the end the children are playing together happily.

Lights, Camera, Rosie

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Rosie Fuentes decides to make her own movie at home and takes on the role of director. She casts her younger brother as the camera operator and the family cat in a costumed part, then acts out a pretend detective story with hats, glasses and a treasure prop. When takes do not go to plan, Rosie keeps adjusting her ideas until the film is finished. The episode ends with the family watching the completed movie together on their TV.

Dot's Treasure Hunt Adventure

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Dot, her friend Hal, her mom (Mrs. C) and her dog Scratch spend the day geocaching, using a map app and riddle clues to track down hidden caches in the woods and by a pond. At each one they sign the logbook and decide whether to swap a small treasure. When Hal's backpack floats toward a storm drain, Mom climbs over to retrieve it. The hunt ends with a group hug and Dot deciding that her family and friends are the best treasures of all, before she signs off.