STEAM is an education approach or design that combines these aspects of learning to create a pathway to learning. The end results are students who take thoughtful risks, engage in experiential learning, persist in problem-solving. May favorite part of this is the development students to be more critical thinkers. JAS

Starship Quazar logo with starstuff background blue circle with lightbulb
This our team STEAM name Quasar

“The word quasar stands for quasi-stellar radio source. Quasars got that name because they looked starlike when astronomers first began to notice them in the late 1950s and early 60s. But quasars aren’t stars. They’re now known as young galaxies, located at vast distances from us, with their numbers increasing towards the edge of the visible universe.” (https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/definition-what-is-a-quasar/) ~TM

A quasar is an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus, powered by a supermassive black hole, with mass ranging from millions to tens of billions times the mass of the Sun, surrounded by a gaseous accretion disk (Wikipedia) JAS

courtesy of Jeff Buerer

https://kaseta.co/play/djHzhaN

UD Principle 1. Equitable use.

UD Principle 2. Flexibility in use. To me this means the ability to accommodate things like being left handed or blind. This is an important aspect of Universal design in that when it is defined as “for anyone, regardless-” that is what is really meant. ~JAS

UD Principle 3. Simple and intuitive. To make things streamlined in a way that the user doesn’t have to try and do intense research just to do one simple task. To make things easy and clear for the user to be able to do exactly what they were trying to accomplish with minimal effort. IMF

UD Principle 4. Perceptible information.

UD Principle 5. Tolerance for error: The ability for one to accept that failure is part of life. Without failing, no one can improve or stay humbled. It is also accepting that others may not be as advanced as you, and may need help. We are only human after all. ~AH

UD Principle 6. Low physical effort. JBB

UD Principle 7. Size and space for approach and use.

Location where STEAM is being applied

Quasar black hole vacuuming up surrounding areaJBB

picture is from https://wallpaperaccess.com/black-hole-quasar (Links to an external site.)

Chandra Quasar.jpgJAS

Courtesy of Chandra Observatory (https://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2021/jet (Links to an external site.))

Quasar viewed from Hubble telescopeJAS

Courtesy of NASA Hubblesite (https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/1996/25/435-Image.html?news=true (Links to an external site.))

image from www.livescience.com (Links to an external site.) (JAS)

Quasars’ Multiple Images Shed Light on Tiny Dark Matter Clumps (Links to an external site.)

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~TM

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just team steam logo no words H2O dashing about in shades of blue and aqua