For my second semester inquiry project, I chose to research the topic, “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I really enjoyed researching this project as it taught me a lot more about the topic that does affect many […]
For my inquiry project, I chose to research the topic of “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose to research this by breaking my inquiry question into 3 sub questions, and I will be addressing the third sub-question today. […]
Hello, and welcome back to my blog! For my inquiry project, I chose to research the topic of “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose to research this by breaking my inquiry question into 3 sub questions, and I […]
For my inquiry project, I chose to research the topic of “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose to research this by breaking my inquiry question into 3 sub questions, and I will be addressing the first […]
Hello! And welcome back to my blog post. For my semester 2 project, I chose to be researching the inquiry question, “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose this question as it does affect many people; however, […]
Hello! And welcome back to my blog post. I am Anannya Balachandran, a grade 11 student currently studying at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, and I am so excited to be able to share my semester two project with all of you. For my semester two project, I chose to […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog. I hope you enjoyed following my journey as I volunteered with the Public Library last semester. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and documenting my journey for you! I also recommend volunteering with this program if you are interested, so feel free to […]
For my semester 1 action project, I chose to take part in the Reading Buddies Program at Coquitlam Public Library. This program entailed Big Buddies (middle school-high school kids) helping their little buddies (elementary school kids) develop a passion for reading. This was done through weekly sessions that took place […]
Hello, and welcome back to my blog post! In terms of where I am with my action, all the reading buddy sessions have now been completed, which means the program has come to an end. To recap, the Reading Buddies Program, run by the Coquitlam Public Library, is a program […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog 🙂 Today, I will be talking about how my action project has been going and what I will be doing next to continue supporting my action. As mentioned in my previous posts, for my semester 1 action project, I chose to volunteer as […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog! 🙂 Today I will be answering a couple questions and telling you a little more about my Action project for this semester. For my action, I am choosing to volunteer as a ‘Reading Buddy’ at the Coquitlam Public Library. Reading Buddies is a […]
Hello and welcome to my blog post! As mentioned in my About Me, this is my third year taking Social Responsibility and I decided to switch up my type of project this year. In both grade 9 and 10, I chose to research Inquiry questions and write about them. This […]
Hello everyone and welcome to my ‘About Me’ post! I am Anannya Balachandran, a grade 11 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, Coquitlam BC. This is my 3rd year taking Social Responsibility which means I have taken it all throughout high school till now. My favourite part about this […]
Hello and welcome to my last blog post of this semester. This semester I researched the inquiry question, “How are values and beliefs developed?” If you have been following my research, you would know that I did end up going very in depth about it which is something I was […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog! My semester 2 inquiry question is, “How are values and beliefs developed?”. My mini-question for this post is, “How are values and beliefs different? Why are they often grouped together?” I will be answering this question in todays post and look forward to having you […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog! My semester 2 inquiry question is, “How are values and beliefs developed?”. My mini-question for this post is, How do ones values and beliefs change depending on where ones brought up?. I will be answering this question in todays post and look forward to […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog! My inquiry question for this semester is, “How are values and beliefs developed?” Today, I will be focusing on answering my first mini question. That being, “How are ones values and beliefs formed?” What are values and beliefs? As this whole inquiry question […]
Hello! Welcome back to my blog 🙂 For blog post #2, I had to pick 3 mini questions in order to further research my main one “How are values and beliefs developed?” The three that I picked include the following: 1. How are ones values and beliefs formed? Finding an answer to […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog! I hope you enjoyed my semester 1 project just as much as I did! If you have not and would like to go check it out, you can visit my profile and read through my research! For my semester 2 inquiry project , […]
My Semester 1 inquiry question was “How is Mental Health spoken about in Pop Culture?” Through this inquiry project, I learnt a lot about Mental Health and how it is portrayed in the online world. A big challenge I had to overcome through this inquiry project was answering my third […]
TW- Mentions of depression and Suicide Hello and welcome back to my blog! Last time, I spoke about how celebrities perceive mental health online. Today, I will be talking about “How does the media (Hollywood industry) showcase mental health through movies and other forms of entertainment?” This is the last question […]
My inquiry question for my semester 1 project is ““How is Mental Health spoken about in Pop Culture?” To find an answer to this question, I came up with 3 mini questions to address first. The one I am going to be addressing today is about “How do celebrities and influencers […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog post! My inquiry question for my semester 1 project is ““How is Mental Health spoken about in Pop Culture?” To find an answer to this question, I came up with 3 mini questions to address first. The one I am going to be […]
Hello! Welcome back to my blog 🙂 For blog post #2, I had to pick 3 mini questions within my main one “How is Mental Health spoken about in Pop Culture?” The three that I picked include the following: 1. What impacts does social media have on teens mental health? […]
If you have read any of my blog posts before, you would know how passionate I am about Mental Health. Not only because of how much it affects those around me but also because of how interesting it is for me to learn about a topic like this. After researching […]
Hello!! I am Anannya Balachandran, a 14-year-old, Grade 10 student currently studying at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, Coquitlam BC. Now for a little more about me and who I really am. I was originally born in New Delhi, India and moved to a neighbouring city a couple years after. […]
This is my reflection from this semester: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about The main challenge I had a hard time overcoming was looking at reliable sources. I find it is very important to look for reliable sources when doing research […]
My research question for semester 2 was ” Why are dreams so hard to remember?” To answer my big question, I came up with 3 mini questions that would help further my research. For research round 3, my big question was “What can we do to remember dreams?” I have […]
My inquiry question for my semester 2 project: “Why are dreams so hard to remember?” To answer my big question, I came up with 3 mini questions that would help further my research. For research round 2, my big question was ‘What makes us remember some dreams and forget others?” […]
My inquiry question for semester 2 is: “Why are dreams so hard to remember?” My first step towards finding an answer to my inquiry question is finding an answer to my first mini question. “Are realistic dreams easier to remember than fictional ones?” Many of you might have heard of […]
The inquiry question I picked for my semester 2 project is “Why are dreams so hard to remember?” I chose this topic because I found it fascinating and wanted to learn more about why dreams are so hard to remember. The 3 mini questions I picked for my inquiry project […]
“Why are dreams hard to remember?” is the question I chose for my semester 2 inquiry project. I chose to research on dreams because it is a fascinating topic many often think about. I chose this question to understand why some of us remember some dreams while others remember none. […]
Hello! And welcome to my last blog post/ reflection for this semester. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about When researching about my topic some of the challenges I overcame were related to looking for my 3 mini questions. That was one of […]
Blog post #5 is about truly finding the final answer on how one develops phobias. When I started researching about phobias and basic information on it, I did not think I would find so many answers. My third and fourth blog posts were finding answers to where fears come from […]
My inquiry question is “How do we develop phobias?” (5) I chose 3 mini questions to make me understand my topic better. My second mini question was “Are phobias passed genetically?” If you read Blog Post #3, you would know that I did answer the basics to this question. As […]
My inquiry question for semester one is ‘How do we develop phobias?’ As I mentioned in my second blog post, my first step towards finding the answer to how do we develop phobias is understanding ‘Where these fears come from?’ So, in this blog post, I will be talking all […]
Blog #2 is all about the project plan, reliable sources I will use to help me with my research and how my question affects the community around me. Here I will take you through the steps I think will help me with my inquiry question “How do we develop phobias?’ […]
My Inquiry question is, “How do we develop phobias?” As that question explains, my topic this semester is based on phobias and how we develop phobias. I personally have Cynophobia which is the fear of dogs. I have always wondered why people fear situations or things when to others those […]
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