Get Charged Kits

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.