What is a SWAC?
This program encourages students to design, assemble and use an ‘easy to make’ learning center called a Space Weather Action Centers (SWAC) .These centers provide a focused environment where students can monitor and report the progress of a solar storm. As part of the SWAC setup, each center includes one computer with internet access to current and archived NASA data. Student flip charts offer ‘Step by Step’ instructions needed to quickly retrieve and transfer data to specified data collection sheets. As an additional part of the learning experience, students are encouraged to design their action centers with readily available art supplies and downloadable NASA imagery. This artistic approach instills a sense of student ownership and establishes NASA as a visual point of interest in the classroom environment. Additional directions are provided to help your students transform all of the newly acquired information into regularly scheduled news reports. Ultimately these brief reports can
