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Get Charged!
OEC offers STEM-approved curriculum for area classrooms
Whether learning in-person or virtually, we continue to offer programming guaranteed to stimulate minds no matter where they're located.
OEC's Get Charged! hands-on educational curriculum does just that while meeting state STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) requirements for classrooms and schools.
OEC Education and Outreach Programs Director Tory Tedder-Loffland has led the classroom program for five years and is gearing up for another year of educating the next generation about the importance and dangers of electricity.
“OEC's board of trustees truly values education and sees the importance of offering programs like Get Charged! which promotes the learning of electricity through science experiments,” said Tedder-Loffland. “The kids always have a great time. Plus, the material goes right along with their science curriculum and meets state science education requirements.”
Full curriculums, teacher's guides and kits are available free of charge for first through fifth grades if Tedder-Loffland is not able to be physically present in the classroom. The kit includes projects and experiments focused on the components of electricity. [6101201200]
"As part of the most popular experiment, the students learn about circuits, conductors and insulators, and draw a schematic of the circuit they are tasked with constructing, which powers a small light bulb," said Tedder-Loffland. "Later, that circuit operates a telegraph the students use to communicate using Morse Code."
Get Charged! includes more than just electricity education. It also involves learning a little history.
Contact Tory Tedder-Loffland, 217-6726 or tory@ okcoop.org, for more information and visit www.okcoop. org/youth to explore all the programs offered to youth in OEC’s service area and to reserve a Get Charged! kit for your classroom.
