Hello Everyone! Another aspect of my story deals with friendships, specifically friendship break-ups. Friends, defined as people attached to one another by affection or esteem, (1) are import figures in our lives. Friends offer each other emotional support, which includes listening without judging, validating your feelings, offering words of comfort […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My main inquiry questions this semster is, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes? To answer this big questions I will focus my research around the question, What role does early childhood nutrition play in shaping long-term health outcomes? Early […]
In this blog post, I will connect and piece some of my research together from my last blog post. I am specifically looking at childhood experiences, but diving deeper into memories. Good or bad. How do they affect our identity, personality and behaviour? Lets look at memory… Memories are combined […]
I went to my elementary school, Ranch Park, to volunteer in Mrs. Menard’s class again for my action project. This time, I helped the grade three students with their Daily 3 assignment, which consists of reading, writing, and vocabulary on their iPads. I also signed their planners at the end […]
hi everyone, im so sorry for the late post. action overview: for people who have not read my previous blog posts, my action is helping future generation care for the environment by educating them from a young age about our beautiful planet and the problem’s affecting it ( I am […]
HI everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My main inquiry questions this semster is, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes? To answer this big questions I will focus my research around the question, How do adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact physical and mental health in adulthood? […]
In this blog post, I will research some topics that connect back to my question, that include… EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: early childhood education is vitally important and should be talked about with more understanding. Early childhood education affects who we are as human beings, but also how we can treat […]
Inquiry Question: How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students? Research Step 1: Among high school students, what mental health issues are most commonly associated with excessive social media use, and how do they impact academic […]
The action I are taking is the process of educating younger children on the importance of recycling. So far we have had two meeting and are looking for more dates people are available to discuss and plan future events. We are looking to have one meeting a month. We are […]
Hello, my name is Eden Geddes and this is my first blog post. After doing the values activity I discovered my three most important values are equality, compassion, and belonging. My three least important values are risk, responsibility, and innovation. Personally, I agree with the results of the most important […]
Hello. My name is Eden Geddes, and I am a grade ten student who attends Charles Best Secondary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. My favorite block in school is lunch because I get to spend time with my friends and just talk and have fun. When I am not […]
Hi there! This is the current story plotline for my short story! Hope you enjoy reading it! Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Climax: Falling Action: Resolution: This is the basic plot of my story, though I might change a few parts when I’m writing […]
As I stated in my first post my action will address Development Goal 15, life on land. We will run a bottle drive, do a park clean-up and recycle the bottles at Return It Depo. Then we will send the money we raised to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC, […]
Hello everyone! This is the general plot of my story, it contains significant spoilers so read at your own risk. Exposition: Who: Main Characters: The POV switches between Caris and Avery, but Avery would be the main character Supporting characters: Professor Moose, Lady Amaya, Tress, Adawnis, Galiena, Caris’s mom and […]
HI everyone! Today I’m going to be breaking down my big inquiry question, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes, into three sub-questions that will help me better answer the Inquiry question. This sub-question is essential because it helps to identify how negative environments and traumas in childhood […]
THE PROCESS IN ANSWERING MY QUESTION: To answer my inquiry question… Step 1: I have to ask questions and research relevant topics Some topics that I would like to research that are centralized around my question are … I need to research these topics as my goal is to research […]
My Inquiry question this semester is “How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students?” I look forward to discovering how social media impacts the mental health and academic performance of students. Research Step 1: Among high […]
Hi and welcome back to my Blog! I chose to do an Inquiry project this semester and the question I will be working on answering is, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes? Early childhood is a critical period that shapes the foundation for health and well-being throughout […]
In my inquiry project this semester, I want to research more about early childhood, specifically how experiences and environment affect the memories of children. We are all influenced in our actions, which make us the people that we are today. Our first 7 years of our life are the most […]
My story idea for this semester is a study on friends. SPOILER WARNINGS AHEAD As stated this will contain spoilers because this is my 5-minute rambling summary. The characters Avery and Caris are neighbors and best friends, until they go to different high schools. Avery finds a job coaching fencing […]
Hello everyone! My name Amy Zhang, or Zhang Aimi. One thing about me that surprises others is that my name has the same pronunciation and meaning in both the languages I speak. The meaning, in case you were wondering, is “loved by all around the world” which is slightly ironic considering […]
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. […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I experienced challenges like actually writing part of a speech for Faye to recite. I wanted to depict something realistically related to youth crime, and it was kind of hard to link youth […]
Hi all! I am so sorry this family incident has taken my attention away from my blog but I needed time with family during these hard times and I thank you all for your understanding. My most recent action was being a big buddy. This was outside of my leadership […]
Hi everyone, as I mentioned I have been dealing with a family emergency that ended up stemming out through the last couple of months here so please bear with me! Recently I have been working on my action project through my leadership class, which allowed me to attend and volunteer […]
Hi everyone, I just want to apologize for the tardyness of my last post quickly, I had a family emergency. Everything is well now and I’m back to posting! As some of you may remember, I am continuing my project from the first semester and carrying it into the second […]
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 […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to my final blog post for this year! Today, I will be reflecting on my experience through my inquiry project this semester. a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project, I struggled with […]
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 […]
Smile as pretty as a poison apple Faye sat at her desk, scrolling through her presentation slides. It was the end of the semester, and the students of Law 12 had been assigned a semester-end presentation project based on what they learned. While bullying wasn’t directly in the curriculum, its […]
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be continuing my research of the concept of innocent until proven guilty. In this post, I plan to investigate the Canadian legal system and how innocent until proven guilty is used in it. The law affects almost every aspect […]
Step Two Blog Post Action Post: Hi all! Welcome back to my blog and today we are talking about my plan of action for my semester 2 continued project. My action project revolves around the topic of education systems and how to ensure the community is involved in them. I […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog! In today’s post, I’ll be researching my first sub-question to help answer my question: how does the concept of innocent until proven guilty protect individuals in the legal system? My first sub-question is what exactly is the concept of innocent until proven […]
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, […]
Hey guys welcome back to my blog, today I am going to discuss my action project that I worked on all throughout semester 1. I worked with the company children believe (1). I created posters that I put up in person and online to create awareness about this company. They were […]
Hey, welcome back to my blog. Today I will be discussing my plan for researching my big question, which is how does memory works. A couple questions I am going to ask along the way is 1. Why do we forget about What is the difference between long term and […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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