Classroom Kits

Safety Programs

See our safety programs page for information on having a safety expert visit your school to educate children about electricity and safety.

Get Charged!

Tri-County Electric, a Touchstone Energy cooperative, and Discovery Channel School are pleased to provide you with an educational kit like no other! You and your 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.

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

If you are need of a new Get Charged! kit, contact Erin Moore at (800) 522-3315 ext. 826 or e-mail us at .

CFL Charlie Kit

The CFL Charlie Program is another Touchstone Energy product sponsored by Tri-County Electric specifically for your school.

The lessons and activities are designed to meet national learning standards and are recommended for grades K-5. The materials in the kit are designed for kids to become “Super Energy Savers” at the end of the lesson! Lesson Plans include four subjects including activities for each subject:

Energy
Electrical Safety
Energy Efficiency
Renewable Energy

Each CFL Charlie kit contains:

Lesson plans for all four subjects listed above
30 take home folders featuring electrical safety tips.
30 activity sheets
30 checklists for students to take home for an energy evaluation with a parent
30 “Super Energy Saver” certificates signed by CFL Charlie for children who complete the home checklist
30 Light switch stickers – to remember to turn the lights out!
1 classroom poster featuring CFL Charlie providing electrical safety and energy efficiency tips.
15 Light Bulb Race Game activity sheets
Jump drive featuring game “Lights Out,” coloring book pages, light bulb race activity sheets and more! (call or email Erin to schedule the light bulb display for your classroom)

Kits will be distributed to schools early in the 2009-2010 school year. If you have questions, contact Erin Moore at 9800) 522-3315 ext. 826 or e-mail us at .