How many people can use a SWAC at a time?
The SWAC program is extremely flexible and can be quickly modified to fit the needs of any number of students. Although, one person could monitor their SWAC learning center in as little as 15 minutes per day, there are several ways to incorporate your SWAC as a full classroom experience. One way is to assign students to one of the following 5 subject area groups: • Sunspot Regions (1-5 students) • Storm Signals (1-5 students) • Magnetosphere (1-5 students) • Auroras (1-5 students) • Broadcasting (1-5 students) The recommended maximum student group size is 5 or less. Four students in each group will act as Data Miners while one student from each group will act as a data analyst. The students in each group can share or rotate data collection responsibilities for their given subject area on a weekly basis. This allows students to learn about the four sections of SWAC, continue to collect and analyze data, make first-hand observations about how the data changes over time and gain experienc
