Eastern Illini offers a wide range of FREE school programs and activities. Our friendly employees are available to engage your students in topics like:
- Electrical Safety
- Renewable Energy
- Electric Vehicles
- What is a Cooperative?
Our programs can be customized to meet your needs. Generally, our presentations work best in smaller groups of 20-30 students and are approximately 30 minutes long, but we're flexible!
If you're interested in scheduling a session, please fill out our school presentation request form.
ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRESENTATIONS
With this exciting, visually stimulating display, students will see – first hand – just how dangerous electricity can be, when it is not respected. Led by Eastern Illini staff, these presentations last about 30-45 minutes, and are geared for grades 3 – 5.
WHAT IS A COOPERATIVE PRESENTATIONS
This presentation tackles the history of electric cooperatives and the cooperative business model, how energy gets created and transported from the source to homes and businesses, and what job opportunities cooperatives can provide for young people entering into the workforce. It includes an interactive PowerPoint presentation with videos geared toward 8th graders and high school students.