Field Trip at Chelan County PUD (Wenatchee, WA – Grades 6-12)
Educators, be sure to take our short educator training before signing up for this event.
Only teachers, counselors, or adult staff members at a school can sign up for IGNITE events. If you are a student, please let the IGNITE Educator at your school know that you are interested in this event. If you don’t have IGNITE at your school, please email contactus@ignite-worldwide.org to get started!
The Chelan County Public Utility District (PUD) is a not-for-profit customer owned, locally regulated, utility provided. In addition to clean, renewable, reliable, and affordable utility services including electricity, water, and fiber-optic internet, our PUD provides free parks, environmental stewardship programs and educational outreach. We work hard to make our community a better place for residents today and into the future.
Explore the inside of the Rocky Reach Dam powerhouse and learn how your power is made. Walk across the generation floor, down inside a turbine pit, across the transformer deck, and across the spillway. This is a great opportunity to see and feel the energy of hydropower and learn about careers in the hydro industry.
- Students must be at least 12 years old, able to walk a mile and climb stairs. Students must wear long pants, sturdy shoes that cover the whole foot (no open toe or sandals), socks that cover the ankle, and a shirt with sleeves (no tank tops).
- Students must bring their own lunches.
