On the way to the real destination for their school trip, 10 kids are stranded on what they think is a deserted island with only a little food and water and themselves.
Daley and Nathan argue over who will become the leader. Nathan tries to get a signal fire going while Daley looks for shelter.
Daley and Nathan both think they should be leaders,since Daley was class president and Nathan was a boy scout. So the group chooses a leader by secret ballot. Everyone was surprised who became the leader.
The secret ballot votes reveal that Jackson was chosen leader, but he refuses to lead. Daley and Eric are still searching for fresh water, and Nathan is trying to build something that will collect the water from the air.
The group starts to hunt and fish for food. Eric fakes an injury to get out of work.
Daley is mad at Taylor for not doing her share of the work, and Lex finds a signal kite for them to put together.
Eric blackmails Melissa and gets her to do his share of the work. Lex finds a food source that may be poisonous.
Nathan and Daley hunt a pig they found. Melissa ruins Taylor's shirt by accident and Taylor is out for revenge. Taylor spreads one of Melissa's biggest secrets.
Daley and Nathan spy on Jackson which almost gets them into a fight, and to lessen the tension and for another reason Lex creates the Mazeathon. Daley and Nathan finally learn why Jackson was being so secretive that day.
Eric and Nathan find a distress message which makes them believe that they may not be alone on the island after all.
Abby, who has been recently rescued, causes Melissa to think there is something between her and Jackson. Which also causes a link of fights. To make up for the disturbance she sets up something special for all of them with the help of Lex.
Everyone has been recording their deepest secrets on the video diaries, but to their horror, they wake up one day to find that the video diaries have been stolen. Who did it?
After a disturbing secret about Jackson is revealed, he leaves the other survivors to explore the island on his own. His timing couldn't have been worse because while he's gone, a horrible monsoon is coming in on the island. A pilot heard their message but will they be able to contact him in time? Will Jackson go back to the group?
The group has to work together to rebuild their shelter after a storm destoryed it.
Eric finds a mysterious box and everyone wants to know whats in it. Jackson resigns and Dalley becomes the new leader. How long will she last?
Melissa accidently reveals Nathan's secret. He likes Daley.
Eric accidentally breaks the one of the most important things in the island for survival: the lighter. As punishment he has to get a lizard out of their tent. Since it decided to live there.
The wreck of the airplane washes back on shore and someone gets trapped under it.
In hopes of improving upon their living conditions, the group decides to use the wrecked plane as their new shelter.
Realizing that the tide is coming in, the group decides to work together and move the wrecked plane to higher ground. However, when Nathan gets injured in the process, things become more complicating. Meanwhile, Eric is caught stealing supplies so that he could go explore the jungle.
Everybodies been working really hard and Taylor wants to give everybody a break. She creates a holiday called Chilloween. She said everybody is to give a gift and they are to chill for the whole day. Well things don't go as well, but at the end everybody said sorry and really listened to Jacksons gift a song.
Jackson finds himself deathly ill when he drinks contaminated water. Meanwhile, Eric must swallow his pride in order to learn how to create a fire.
Abby shakes things up when she returns to camp.
The castaways disagree over how best to survive, so they split into two groups and go their separate ways.