May 27 - 30, 2025
Each year, IEC joins the Oklahoma Association of Electric Cooperatives and electric cooperatives from across the state in sponsoring the Youth Power Energy Camp at Camp Canyon near Hinton, Okla. The four-day camp is designed to help eighth-grade students develop leadership skills while having lots of fun and learning about how energy works.
The contest opens in the winter and the criteria is revealed then. A panel of judges will select two winners, who will head to Camp Canyon that summer. IEC covers all expenses related to the camp, including transportation to and from Camp Canyon.
What happens at Energy Camp?
Energy Camp has something exciting for everyone! Whether you’re the most outgoing individual or maybe a more reserved person, you will have a great time at Energy Camp.
Here are just a few of the fun activities:
- hear from amazing leadership motivational speakers
- participate in various team building group activities
- learn the science behind electricity
- Be a lineworker for the day! Campers will have an opportunity to ride in a bucket truck, climb a pole, watch a live electric safety demo, check out an EV car showcase, interact with a robot … and much more... like swimming!
Complete this entry form and return to IEC
Deadline: March 3, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.
For more information about Energy Camp, click here!
The co-op coordinator can be reached by email at acantrell@iecok.com or by calling 918-295-9558
Students classified as eighth graders at the following schools or homeschooled in these school districts are eligible to participate in the IEC Youth Power Energy Camp contest. Children of IEC employees and IEC Trustees are eligible to participate in the Youth Power competition since entries are anonymous to judges.
- Cleveland, Pawnee, Woodland, Mannford, Olive, Hominy, Yale, Frontier/Red Rock, Prue, Wynona, Pawhuska, Sand Springs, Shidler, Cushing, Jennings, Drumright, Oilton and Morrison.
CONTEST DIRECTIONS
This light bulb science project only requires a couple simple materials and you can make an incandescent light bulb just like Thomas Edison did!
All you need to try this easy electricity project are a few simple materials you can easily pick-up at Walmart, or perhaps even in your home:
- mason jar with lid
- hammer
- 1-inch nails
- three feet insulated copper wire
- 6-volt battery
- picture hanging wire (iron)
- electrical wire
- wire cutters
- Start out with a mason jar with the lid on. You will carefully hammer your nail to make two holes about 1 inch apart on the lid of a jar.
- Cut your insulated copper wire so you have 2 pieces that are 18″ each. Now carefully trim an inch of the plastic coating off of each end.
- Push each of the copper wires through a separate hole in the mason jar lid so that about 2″ of wire can be seen in the jar. Open the jar so you can make a small hook at the end of each wire.
- Unwind some picture hanging wire to use the individual fine strands of iron wire. Now twist 3 strands of iron wire together and stretch them across the gap between the two copper hooks on the lid to form the filament (bridge); trim excess.
- Turn the glass jar upside down over the lid and screw closed. Use electrical tape to attach one copper wire coming out of the lid to one of the terminals on the 6 volt battery. Now attach the other wire to the remaining terminal.
- Watch light bulb glow! The first light bulb made by Thomas Edison in 1879 were incandescent just like the one you made.
Document the following:
- The date of your experiment
- The exact amount of time your filament glows before it burns out
- What did you learn from this experiment?
Submit your project as a 250-word written report detailing your project and including pictures.
