 
Let award-winning travel journalist Lucy Izon intrigue
your students with a fun, fascinating, educational and
interactive presentation on what makes Canada 'cool.'
Lucy leads this map-based presentation, which divides class members into competing drama charade teams to uncover intriguing historical, cultural, scientific and geographical facts about Canada.
Your students will discover …
- Nanaimo, B.C. is the Bathtub Racing Capital of the World
- St. Paul Alberta has a UFO landing pad - it was project for Canada's Centennial celebration
- Banff, Alberta has highway overpasses just for wildlife, including moose, bear and wolves
- Little Lake Manitou in Saskatchewan is so salty that swimmers can't sink
- Narcisse, Manitoba has the world's largest gathering of garter snakes
- The world's first long distance telephone call was made in Brantford, Ontario
- Quebec City has a whole hotel made of ice
- The world's smallest dinosaur footprints are in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
- Seaweed from the shores of PEI is used to make shampoo, ice cream and toothpaste
- Newfoundland has the ruins of a Viking settlement more than 1,000 years old
- A two-kilogram gold nugget was once found near Dawson in the Yukon
Half-day fee: $299 (presentation time about two periods)
Speaker provides projector (for map), prizes, and a quiz sheet handout
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“It was a wonderful interactive program that tied in well with grade four Canadian social studies. The kids had a great time – they just loved it.”
Maggie Mills
Barondale Public School
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PRIZES FOR WINNING
TEAMS ARE
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