For Teachers Electrical Safety Demonstration
Wiregrass Electric’s "Safety City" program will teach students about safety around electric lines and equipment and how to protect themselves from electrical-related injury. It also educates, informs and instructs the students about how electricity is generated, transmitted and used.
The Safety City demonstration is conducted by qualified Wiregrass Electric employees who use visual aids to communicate the message that you can be safe around electricity and electric distribution equipment. The stars of the show, "Lightning Liz" and "Neon Leon", are shown in many different scenarios in a typical neighborhood and country setting and actually "light up" to illustrate how electricity can travel through people and objects.
This program is available to schools, clubs, civic groups and organizations in Wiregrass Electric's service area and is appropriate for all ages. Please contact Jessie Ingram, WEC's Manager of Energy Services, at jingram@wiregrass.coop or call 1-800-239-4602 for more information regarding this exciting, fun-filled and educational program.
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"Get Charged"
Teachers and their students will "Get Charged!" with this comprehensive and exciting set of instructional materials supporting a key-learning standard in every middle/junior high school - electricity.
Discovery Channel School has partnered with cooperatives across the country to create these materials for local classroom use. This kit is correlated to National Science Education Standards and is designed specifically for middle/junior high school students and teachers.
It provides a real world understanding of the power and purpose of electricity and includes information about the important role electric cooperatives played in lighting up rural America. There is a comprehensive teacher’s guide along with suggestions on easy integration into your existing curriculum.
Each "Get Charged!" kit contains the following curriculum materials to help make learning about electricity fun and relevant:
- Poster for classroom use
- Two Videos: Understanding: Electricity & Touchstone Energy’s Our Story
- Interactive CD-ROM featuring Electricity
- Lesson Plan: Get Power - The Cooperative Way
- 10 Student Activity Books*
- Electricity Teachers Resource Guide
*Note: The Student Activity Books are designed to be shared among two to three students.