Topics included are Starship Nebula’s STEAM Webpages, Universal Design (UD) Principles, and STEAM.
Universal Design Principals:
- UD Principle 1. Equitable use.
- UD Principle 2. Flexibility in use.
- UD Principle 3. Simple and intuitive.
- UD Principle 4. Perceptible information.
- UD Principle 5. Tolerance for error.
- UD Principle 6. Low physical effort.
- UD Principle 7. Size and space for approach and use.
- UD Principle 8. Communication and Understanding
Below, my team and I are collaborating to create a webpage about STEAM in Education.
Here are my team mates:
What is a Nebula?
- “Nebula,” a massive interstellar cloud of dust and gas, often acting as a stellar nursery. – Jaz
- A nebula is where stars are born, a place of creation, transformation, and infinite possibilities – Gardenia
- Its where dying stars shred their material to make new life – Aaron
- Nebula is a holding for new and old stars -Carmen
Starship Mottos:
- “The Nebula has landed” -Jaz
- “That’s one small click for man, one giant byte for mankind.” -Jaz
- From dust to discovery. -Gardenia
- Ignite curiosity, design the future. – Gardenia
- From Starships to Stardust -Aaron
- Growing from dust to shine -Carmen
What does the Nebulas Starship Icon mean?
- Captain, we’ve cleared the brain fog! I believe it could mean: Pareidolia – Clouds represent random or ambiguous visual data, as clouds are constantly changing and can take on multitude of shapes. The brain represents the cognitive process; our brains are wired to look for patterns, especially faces, for survival and social reasons. When we see an image, multiple brain regions work together to interpret it based on memories and emotions. Combined, they illustrate the human tendency to find meaning, a visual metaphor for how the human mind actively interprets and finds patterns in the world, even in things like clouds, static, or other random stimuli. – Jaz
- Motion and connection. Ideas sparking and growing when our team works together. -Gardenia
- I think it means connection between the team when we all work as one and come up with ideas together.-Sam
- Even some brain farts are worth acknowledging -Carmen Segundo
Style Guides
Space-Inspired Mixtape Playlists
Listen to Jaz’s Starship Nebula Mixtape on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeKmEYdKjmzOHGu5p4SSdQ5zy0apBti1F&si=HqCxRko4h-hm9-AC
Defining STEAM
STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Mathematics. It’s a learning process that integrates all these aspects to foster creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills through hands-on, project-based learning. It adds art to the traditional STEM subjects to encourage innovation, well-rounded learning, and solving real-world problems. To understand this big concept better, I highly suggest watching a quick YouTube video – Jaz
Here is a video I created on Steam in Education:
Here is another Youtube video:
Here is a more in-depth video:
Defining Universal Design (UD)
Universal Design (UD) is essentially about making a product or environment usable by everyone, regardless of their age, ability, or disability. This is crucial for businesses to consider because it opens more doors and makes products accessible to the widest possible audience. I’m sure some YouTube videos can explain UD better than me, too-Jaz
Links to Webpages and WordPress Sites