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Youth Tour for High School Sophomores and Juniors
Help Students Win One of Two Free Trips to Washington D.C.
Access Energy Cooperative sends two students to participate in the Rural Electric Youth Tour in June of each year, for an activity-filled week, affording these high school youths opportunities to learn first-hand what it is like to be involved in politics, community development and today's social issues. Encourage your students to apply.
Scholarships Available for High School Seniors
- Three $500 awards, one in each of the cooperative's 3 Districts
- Must be a high school senior receiving post-secondary education
- Parents or legal guardians must be members of the cooperative
- Encourage your students to apply
- Use our essay question as a class project
Enter the Access Energy Cooperative Poster Contest
Kids can win up to $150 in savings bonds. Teachers, encourage your students to participate by making this a class project!
- Two winning posters will be selected from each grade level.
- A certificate and a $50 savings bond will be awarded to each winner.
- Winning posters will be entered in the state competition for a chance to win one of two $100 savings bonds for each grade. Posters entered in the state competition will be used in energy education activities throughout the state.
GetCharged! Program? Kits Available For Homeschoolers
GetCharged! was developed by Discovery Channel School in partnership with Touchstone Energy Cooperatives to help middle school students make learning about electricity fun and relevant.
- It provides basic information about electricity
- It provides information on how electricity works and how to use it
Safety Demonstrations
It is important to Access Energy Cooperative and all of our employees to help kids learn how dangerous electricity can be if it is not respected. Our program is real hands-on learning to help them understand why it's important to take precautions around electricity. Presenters and kids have a lot of fun interacting and exchanging questions and answers.
Kids Fun Section
Kids of all ages can have fun learning about cooperatives and electricity, as well as safety and energy efficiency. Teachers, feel free to use these puzzles as a class project!
Kill-A-Watt Monitors
Ever wonder how much "juice" appliances are really using? Access Energy Cooperative has available to high school and middle school science departments in our service area a free Kill-A-Watt monitor for your use in the challenge of educating our youth. Contact our office if you are interested in receiving one. Find out more about the monitors here.
Science and History For All Ages
Free information for teachers to use in education for all ages in science and history of electricity, safety, as well as saving energy and renewable resources.
Free information for teachers to use in education for all ages in science and history of electricity, safety, as well as saving energy and renewable resources.
Career Opportunities at an Electric Cooperative
Check out the Electric Universe to see what type of jobs there are in the electric utility business.
Check out information on Powerline Technology - the school for linemen in Iowa
You can also see what kind of equipment the linemen at Access Energy Cooperative wear and how it keeps them safe!
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