Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! As I said before, for this semester, I will be researching the concept of innocent until proven guilty and how it protects individuals in the legal system. To split up my research, I will be researching the following three sub questions: 2. […]
How does memory work? Hello and welcome back to my blog! Throughout this year, I have found my memory getting worse and worse, but I am not sure why. Is there too much stuff in my brain, do I just have a bad memory from genetics, or have I always […]
Question: How does participation in team sports impact children’s development? To gain a comprehensive understanding of my question and make an informed series of blogs, I have decided to break my research into the three subtopics that follow: a. Comparative Analysis of Team Sports vs. Individual Sports: In this step, […]
Welcome back everyone, When completing the values activity at the beginning of the first semester, I learned that 3 of my most important values are helping, reliability and family. As well as my 3 least important values are belonging, equality and innovation. I am satisfied with these results as I […]
Hi all! Throughout my action project, with the mission of bettering the community through volunteering with elementary schools, I overcame the challenge of lack of challenge. I know that may have looked like a word salad, so to clarify, there were times when there weren’t any opportunities to volunteer with […]
Hi everyone! For the second semester, I will continue an inquiry project! My essential question revolves around the topic of mental health and family. I will be exploring the relationship between the two subjects and discover the factors that are involved. I think it’s important to look at family dynamics […]
Hello everyone! For my final project in this class, I decided to do a story project because it’s the only one I’ve never done before! For my first blog post, I did free writing in my journal. I chose to do it with a pen and paper instead of my […]
Hello everyone and thank you for visiting my blog. For my second semester project I decided to research another inquiry question “How does participation in team sports impact children’s development?“ This question is of interest to me as because I believe that engagement in team sports goes beyond physical activity […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog. Today I will be introducing my new Inquiry question for the semester and give some background information on the topic! This semester, I have chosen to research about the question “How do environmental factors impact people’s well-being?” I chose this inquiry question […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog! Today I will be reflecting upon my research this semester and thinking about the impacts of my Inquiry question! What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I encountered some challenges throughout this […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My Inquiry question is, “How does disease affect the world?” but in order to fully understand the answers to this big question we first must know what disease is, which was previously discussed in my previous blog post, along with how disease impacts the […]
Hi all, and welcome back to my blog. As you know, my action project surrounds the idea of school systems and how putting effort back into the community through younger schools has an impact. If you’ve been following along, you know I haven’t had the opportunity to do much lately […]
In this final research post, I plan to research my last sub question, when and what causes a scientific theory to change? As previously discussed, when new scientific evidence is discovered, a scientific theory may either be modified or rejected if it does not fit the new findings. (1) When […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Hello everyone! To recap once again, my action project is volunteering at my local library as a reading buddy. As a volunteer reading buddy, I help kids in elementary school practice their reading skills and help them enjoy reading! In my last blog […]
Hello everyone, this is my fourth blog post for my inquiry project, “How does the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?” This is my second step of the research, about how the dissemination of knowledge helps shape our societies, this will help me to […]
Hello, all! Welcome back to my blog. I have previously shared my experience of volunteering at a local elementary school and my challenges within it. Unfortunately, I still have yet to hear from the PAC about future opportunities, but I recently volunteered with a local medical center and was able […]
Hi everyone! I’m so sorry I haven’t been posting lately, but my action project is still underway, as I’ve said in the past, I have volunteered with the elementary school multiple times and have been assured I have made a difference in their community. Recently, in October of this year, […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My Inquiry question is, “How does disease affect the world?” but in order to fully understand the answers to this big question we first must know what disease is, which was previously discussed in my previous blog post, and we must know how disease […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog post! My inquiry question is, “How does disease affect the world?” but in order to proficiently understand the many answers to this question, we must understand the key word in the question, disease, which is why today we will be answering the sub-question “What is […]
Round 2 of Research What is the theory behind optical illusions? In the previous post, I explained and introduced what optical illusions are and the role they played throughout history. Now, following my second sub question for the second round of research, I will dig deeper into the theory behind […]
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 […]
Welcome back to my inquiry project! In my last Blog post I ventured into the deep world of fashion and explained some of the history and foundation of our current understandings of the culture which surrounds fashion. Today I will be delving even deeper and researching the relationship between the […]
This blog post is more focused on Andy’s social life, including school and friends. As stated in the last blog post, Andy has few friends due to prioritizing studying and grades. (1) This stems from his family being influenced by Confucianism, a series of teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. […]
I’ve worked on the script to a point where I’m ready to release it. But Now that I am happy with it I’m not really sure about where to go. Its apparently really helped out a friend who was working on a school assignment on online economics and he told […]
Thank you for tuning in with me for this blog post! Today I will be talking more about writers and why they continued to write, despite possibly encountering many difficulties along the way. I will also be talking about how some authors became more famous and loved rather than other writers. […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Hello everyone! To recap once again, my action project is volunteering at my local library as a reading buddy. As a volunteer reading buddy, I help kids in elementary school practice their reading skills and help them enjoy reading! There have been seven […]
Welcome back! Following the steps I have mentioned in my project plan, i will begin with my first foot of my research with the former post as an outline. In this blog post I will mainly be giving a history lesson on the history and growth of creative directors […]
After working on my little script for over a few months I got it to a point where I am happy with it and am excited to show it to the world. So I turned it into a quick executable file which can take the Youtube link of a creator […]
In this blog post, I plan to research how scientific theories are created. Scientific theories are the foundations for furthering scientific knowledge (1) and are accepted as a scientific truth. (6) They provide an accepted explanation for something (7) and a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world. […]
In this blog post, I will expand on some of the main themes in my story. This part specifically focuses on Andy’s parents’ parenting style and the effects on Andy, as well as how his “only child” status comes into play. Andy’s parents primarily use the Authoritarian Parenting style, the […]
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 […]
How do optical illusions uncover parts of our personality? Hi everyone! For the third post of my inquiry project, I will be diving into the first step of my research question which was, how were optical illusions created? This question will allow me to branch out into understanding the foundation […]
Hi Everyone! Thank you for joining me today for the start of my research for my inquiry project! Today I will be researching about the question, What influences did authors have? Specifically, what caused them to write what they did, and how were they taught to write (if they were […]
In this Blog Post, I will dig deeper into my big inquiry question, “How does disease affect the world?” by asking three smaller questions. 1. What is disease? Although this may seem like a broad question, it is the base of my inquiry question and allows us to gain a […]
Blog #2: Project plan 1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. For my three steps, I decided to go through not only a visually appealing representation of my topic but also the historical aspect of it […]
Hi everyone! For the second post of my inquiry project, we will be looking at the three next steps towards my question: how do optical illusions help us uncover parts of our personality? 1. How were optical illusions created? This first subquestion will give me some background information on how […]
Hi everyone! Thank you for joining me on this second step to my inquiry project! Today I will be explaining what my inquiry project will be focused on and what areas of my question I will be researching in detail! What gave authors the influence they have? (Did they have […]
So after some time working on my program I finished the collection portion of the code that writes down all the donation messages from a stream and that was the main focus of the project and I am happy its doneso now I will shift my focus on the Log […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my story project! This post will have the rough outline for my story. So, instead of the traditional start-building-climax-falling-end type of story, I have decided that this story, which features themes like coming of age, bullying, teenage drama, and all the other things associated […]
My inquiry question for this semester one project is “when and how do scientific theories change?” To research this question further, I plan to investigate three sub questions: How are scientific theories created? What makes a scientific theory “correct” and accepted? When and what causes a scientific theory to change? […]
While doing the values activity, I read through the different definitions and compared them to a part of my life. I thought about my life experiences, and the things I cared about in certain situations, like if I cared about getting recognition on a project or felt like others needed more compassion. […]
Hello everyone! Today I will be introducing my project for this semester! I am doing an inquiry question and my question revolves around famous authors we are all familiar with! These authors can range from writers such as Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, Hemingway and many more, but I am more […]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my Blog. I am so exited to be sharing my inquiry question, which is, “How does disease affect the world?” I picked this inquiry question because it fulfills my interest in health sciences and allows me to broaden my knowledge about the topic through […]
Hi everyone! For my inquiry project, I will be doing “How has the integration of celebrity figures taking in roles as creative directors of high fashion houses affected the growth and trajectory of the fashion industry?” a question revolving around the fashion industry, specifically the integration of high fashion and […]
For my inquiry project this year, I plan to research the question “When and how do scientific theories change?” To research this, I plan to separate this question into three sub questions that I will research in their own individual blog post. In my next post, I’ll introduce these questions […]
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 […]
1 – 3) Overall, I believe it is important to find new and creative ways of doing things because forcing an individual to do things in a certain way could subtract a method of doing a job in a more efficient, undiscovered way from the individual (Innovation.) And I believe […]
My project for this semester will be a story project called “two minutes”. Through telling a tale of first-generation and second-generation Chinese immigrants this will detail the hardships that Chinese face in Canadian society and their journey to the west. I chose this as my story topic because as a […]
Hi there my name is Sanam Moazed and I am a grade 12 at Dr. Charles Best Secondary. I’ve been in this class since grade 10 and have been interested in the inquiry process ever since. I’ve done topics ranging from economics, art history, auto-immune diseases, and more! My passion […]
Hello! My name is Negar and I am in grade 12! I attend Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, and my favourite subject is English! I have taken this class in previous years and always enjoy doing the blog posts, and many more activities with it along the way, which is […]
Hi everyone and welcome to my first post of the year, my About Me Post! My name is Perla Halime and I am super exited to kick off the semester! I am currently in grade 11 and I just turned 16 less than a week ago. I attend Dr. Charles […]
Hello! My name is Amy Zhang, I am fifteen (I turn sixteen near September’s end) years old, and I am an eleventh grader at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. My favorite subject is English, specifically Creative Writing. I started taking this course last year and this is my second year […]
Hi, my name is Aniela Guzikowski. I’m sixteen and a grade eleven student at Charles Best Secondary in the English program. I’m really looking forward to taking this course this year because I want to discover more things and connect with more people. I’m planning to either do an inquiry […]
Blog #7 metamorphosis: why is Impressionism important in art history? What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project and how did you overcome them? When researching for this inquiry project I struggled with choosing what information to use etc. Due to the large popularity of the impressionist […]
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for reading all of my blog posts about my inquiry this semester! I really enjoyed being able to research a thought that was always in the back of my head, and am glad I was able to reflect on all the possible options […]
Hey everyone! Today I am reflecting on my final project of this course! For anyone new, my inquiry question was: What Impact Does Social Media Have on Teens? I learned a lot over the course of the semester. Now, lets reflect: What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How […]
Reflection a) What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? As I mentioned in my last project’s reflection post, the main challenge I encountered while completing this inquiry project was biased information. The topic I chose to research is incredibly polarizing […]
Throughout the course of this inquiry project on the positive impact of technology on the sports industry, I encountered various challenges that required adaptability to overcome. Firstly, one significant challenge was navigating through the vast amount of available information and ensuring that the sources I utilized were reputable and reliable. […]
Hello everyone, this is going to be the last blog post of the school year here in Canada and I will be reflecting upon my work throughout the semester. I have had lot’s of fun learning about new topics alongside many wonderful students and reading their Blog Posts. Thanks for […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? A challenge I had was logic. For Kaya’s little flashback about Jun, I knew that Jun used an underhand tactic to get the gift that Kaya had given him, and which […]
In today’s post, I will discuss the importance of impressionism in modern art. In order to do this I will delve into the meaning and distinguishing of today’s modern art, its roots, and impressionism’s influence within it, as well as some of the modern pieces of impressionism-esque pieces from our […]
How and why does a democratic country transition into a dictatorship? Hello and welcome back to your favourite inquiry project. In my previous posts, I went into depth on the differences between dictatorship and democracy and the historical examples of strong democracies falling to tyranny. Today, I will be touching […]
Hi everyone!! Thank you for joining me for another blog post! Today I will be talking about The financial components of a gap year. However, this will be specifically targeted towards gap years in general, but the situation will be taking a gap year right after high school, or taking […]
Hey everyone! Today I am closing in on my research for my final research project! I will be gathering a few more facts and making my own conclusions on my three sub topics. Depression and Anxiety As we have learned from my last two research rounds, depression and anxiety takes […]
“I got you something.” It was a chilly mid-winter afternoon, nearly 5 pm. The sun had set, and the once-aquamarine sky was slowly fading to sapphire. Two high schoolers stood at a Starbucks’s doors. Kaya and Hyuck were on their first date, a day after their unexpected but welcome confession. […]
My big question is how does technology affect our relationships? This big topic question is vital for others in our community on a global level because we will learn how much technology is sufficient for our relationships with others. I want to help others thrive in this technology-based world. Healthy […]
Hello everyone! Today’s topic is very straightforward for my larger question of are taking gap years worth it. This question is targeted towards those who like me know they are not going to take a gap year, but are considering every option possible! It is whether not taking a gap […]
My inquiry question: How can the different types of abuse in sports be diminished? What is the nature of the problem? Protection of their image What is an institutions image and why is it so important? An institutions image is a set of an individual’s perceptions about the institution. (8) […]
Hello everyone, in this post I will be expanding on the latter half on my story and picking up where I left off. At the start of their gift exchanges, Kaya gives Jun a box of agates(1), and abalone shells (2). Jun notices a Geode (3) and re-gifts Kaya one […]
Hey Everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I am continuing research on my inquiry question: What Impact Does Social Media Have on Teens? I will continue to unfold my three subtopics to go more depth into my research! off my research! 1. Depression and Anxiety Last research round I learned […]
In my previous blog post, I researched what consequences there could be from not learning about history. In this blog post, I plan to research if learning about history helps us learn about our previous mistakes. History gives us the opportunity to learn about our previous mistakes (1) as well […]
Hello everyone! Today as mentioned from the title, I will be talking about how a gap year may be good for some to take and how it may be bad for others. The main aspects I will be writing about today are some pros and cons of gap years and […]
What is a democracy and what is a dictatorship? I know what you are thinking to yourself. Isn’t this the most obvious, self-explanatory topic ever? While this may be true for those who are interested in politics, a surprising number of people still lack an in-depth understanding of these two […]
My project is a story of a young girl and her first experience with love and growing up. Short summary of my story: High Schoolers Kaya and Hyuck are on a date, but not all is as well as it seems. Exposition: The story starts with Kaya and Hyuck finishing their […]
Hey Everyone! Welcome back to my blog. Today I am started research on my new inquiry question: What Impact Does Social Media Have on Teens? I will start to unfold my three subtopics to start off my research! Depression and Anxiety My first topic is depression and anxiety. In the past […]
Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. For my question “Why is impressionism important in (art) history? I will begin my three rounds of research by breaking down the main components of this question. This is so […]
Blog Post #2 I plan to research three different sub questions to help me research the question: How does the study of history help us to understand consequences? What consequences could there be from not learning about mistakes in history? Does learning about history help us learn about our previous […]
Hello everyone! Welcome back to my project plan! I will be focusing on Gap years for my inquiry question this semester because I want to be able to see if it might be worth taking a gap year before starting post-secondary, or directly going to post-secondary! The 3 main sub-questions […]
For this semester my chosen question is: Why is impressionism important in (art) history? This question is important to me because recently I was able to see some essential impressionist artists and their works. It made me think how much of an effect this category has made not only in art […]
Hello everyone! Today I will be introducing my new inquiry question for this semester. I have decided to pick inquiry becasue this was a question that came to mind as i thought more about my future. The question I decided to choose is whether it is worth it to go […]
Hi everyone! As the new semester has rolled around, it’s time for a new inquiry question! My new inquiry question is: What Impact Does Social Media Have on Teens? This topic interests me because social media and technology have become a key factor in our lives today. Most of the […]
1. How do democracies turn into dictatorships? 2. This is a fascinating and multifaceted question that has been at the back of my brain for quite some time. How do societies and governments, some of which have considerable sway on global affairs, fall from a democratic system of governance to […]
For my second inquiry project this year, I chose to research the question: How does the study of history help us to understand consequences? I’m interested in this question because it could be considered that by not learning about history, we are doomed to repeat it. What determines whether we […]
Hello All, I have decided to do a story project again this semester. This story will also be about a real person whose name has been changed to protect her privacy. The story’s focus is on Kaya, a girl who has just gone on her first date with her first […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project, and how did you go about it? The number one challenge during my inquiry project was not the research necessarily but the articulation. Because the investing world is full of different tips and tricks, and there are so many different ways […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Some challenges came with my action, the rain is a constant factor in Vancouver of course. I overcame this was I stopped using my hands with the gloves and instead using the tongs. […]
Hi everyone, Today I will be talking and summarizing everything that has happened regarding my inquiry question this semester! I am excited to say all the great ways this inquiry has affected me and how it can affect others as well as point out the struggles and great ideas I […]
I’ve finally come to the end of my first ever Butterfly Effect inquiry project! I cannot believe it! As you all probably know by now, my inquiry question was: How does gender inequality affect/impact sports? I loved researching something that fascinates me, and something that has been and is still […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? The challenges that I had to overcome throughout this inquiry project included finding different resources and finding sources that weren’t biased. To find different resources, I had to change the way I […]
Reflection a) What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? The main challenge I dealt with throughout this inquiry project was navigating through biased sources. The topic that I chose to research is already a multi-billion dollar industry that benefits many […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I originally wanted to go with something more abstract and fictional but decided instead to retell the interesting experiences of someone in real life. It was kind of a struggle to get them to remember the details, and we […]
What are the advantages/disadvantages of VR/AR and will they prove to be net positives for humans and society? The last time I was here, we delved into the history of virtual reality and augmented reality. This technology has advanced significantly and quickly throughout recent years, which has worried many people […]
When should you invest in stocks? Many individuals invest in stocks instead of other commodities as the probability of return compared returns at a higher and faster rate is more of a reality as opposed to commodities such as valuable minerals or land. In addition, many take up investing as […]
My inquiry question this semester is “What is the impact of school on students’ mental health?” In my previous posts, I have explored the different kinds of mental health disorders that school can cause in teens, as well as how schools contribute to students’ mental health, whether it be positive […]
Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog! I’m so excited to be wrapping up my Semester 1 inquiry question. In my last research round, my goal is to conclude on my research and get one or two new pieces of information for each of my mini topics/questions. My inquiry question […]
Hello! Today as one of my last research posts instead of writing about how animals benefit humans and how they help us improve, I will be talking about the opposite! Instead lets ask eachother this….How do we make our pets feel, and how do they usually feel. This can become […]
Miri rummaged through her backpack anxiously. It was a sunny afternoon on Thursday August 4th. Miri and quite a few other teenagers were currently in a classroom attending Summer School, which ran from 12: 00 pm to 3: 30 pm on weekdays. Normally Miri would be paying attention to the […]
What is the history of virtual/augmented reality and how has it advanced? Hello everyone and welcome back to my inquiry project. In my last blog post, I spoke about what constituted virtual/augmented reality and helped define and explain it to people who didn’t know. Today, I will be delving into […]
Inquiry Question: How does our mental health affect our physical health? Round 1 Research: How is our mental health related to our physical health? What link can we make between these two very relevant topics? We often think of our mind and body as separate, but our mental health and physical […]
