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After completing the values activity, I have learnt that my most important values are equality, tolerance and opportunity. My least important values were tradition, power and spiritual growth. I agree with these results. I think that equality, tolerance and opportunity are very important in the world we live in. I […]

My inquiry topic is on how social media influences mental health and self-perception. I chose to research this topic because of how much I realized social media consumption took over my high school years. Social media plays a crucial role in shaping how individuals view themselves. The constant exposure to […]

My three most important values are equality, helping, and compassion. Equality is an important value for me as I believe everyone is equal to one another no matter your race, gender, what you’re going through, what you, or even what you were. Everyone is equal to one another. Another important […]

Hello everyone, my name is Scott Lyu, a grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. My inquiry project of choice is “Is the cause of ADHD more effected by genetic or environmental factors?” I chose this because I’ve had ADHD my entire life, and what caused me to […]

For this semester’s Inquiry Project, I decided to focus on the impact of mental health disorders on the academic performance, social interactions and overall well-being of high school students. Mental health is an ongoing issue individuals worldwide face daily. Research shows that 70% of mental health disorders emerge during adolescence […]

My inquiry question is how does housing prices affect the economy in Canada. My reasons for choosing this inquiry question are I am interested in finding more about the economy in both places and how housing is affecting it, I also want to learn more about housing and how housing […]

Hi there! Here are some ideas for the first part of my story:  How I felt when brainstorming ideas for my story:  During the process of brainstorming my ideas for the story, I experienced both excitement and frustration. Sometimes, I could feel a rush of excitement as I thought about all […]

My 3 most important values are risk, reliability, and equality.  My 3 least important values are tradition, leadership, and power.  I somewhat agree with my results. I believe all of my important values were correct. This is because I believe it is crucial to take risks to become a better […]

Semester 1 Inquiry: This semester, I will be exploring the concept of academic validation, and why it is so strongly tied to the young person’s ego. What has caused this phenomenon and why? The concept of academic validation extends beyond the realm of school alone. It carries over into everyday […]

Hello and welcome back to my blog! My Inquiry question for Semester 1 is: “How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students?” I chose to do a topic regarding Social Media for my Inquiry Project as […]

Hello everyone, my name is savannah, I am 15 years old and I go to Charles best.  I love sports, at one point I had 5 going at the same time but, sadly I no longer have time so for now I’m just doing soccer. I have been playing soccer […]

Hi everybody! My name is Parmis Deishidi and I am 14 years old. I am attending Charles Best Secondary School. English is my favourite subject because I love creative writing. I can speak 2 languages fluently, and two I am currently learning. I can speak Persian and English fluently while […]

Hi. I am Andre. I live in Canada, British Colombia and I attend Dr. Charles best secondary. I am currently 13 years old, and in grade 9. Some of my interests are reading, chemistry and finances. My interest in chemistry started when I did my own research on what an […]

  Hi there! My name is Isabella, and I am 14 years old. I live in Coquitlam, BC, and attend Charles Best High School. This is my first year as a member of the Social Responsibility Course, and I am looking forward to being a part of it. I hope that […]

My name is Ariana Rehmat and I am 14 years old. I live in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada and I attend Charles Best Secondary School. My family consists of my dad, my mom and my 18 year old sister. I have a good relationship with my family as we are […]

Hello! My name is Ava Vukovic and I am a grade 12 student at Charles Best; this is my third year taking Social Responsibility. This class taught me about abstract topics that often aren’t touched on in core classes, all within independent research. Therefore, I am extremely excited to come […]

My name is Kiara and I am in grade 12. I attend Dr. Charles Best secondary school and this is my fourth year taking the IDS course. My favourite school subject is Spanish.  What might surprise others is that I had/have four geckos so far. The first one died after […]

Advancements in transportation technology have the potential to revolutionize both environmental sustainability and global connectivity. By innovating cleaner energy sources, optimizing vehicle efficiency, and improving infrastructure, these advancements aim to mitigate environmental impacts such as carbon emissions while fostering greater global integration through faster, more efficient travel networks. This inquiry […]

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? During this inquiry project, one of the main challenges I faced was gathering relevant and reliable data. I overcame this obstacle by analyzing a variety of sources, including google scholar articles, journals, research […]

I have faced multiple challenges, but I have overcame each one while doing my action project of park clean-ups. One obstacle I faced was picking up the litter effectively because I was only wearing gloves and each time I had to bend down to pick a piece up. I overcame […]

as a mentioned we reached out to meadowbrook, they sent a response letting us know that they have some classes to present to. so after some organizing and discussion we agreed that the best presenting day would be Thursday . after som finishing touches and some scrambling on our presentation […]

since my last blog post we have decided on a school and reach out to the administration. after looking at our options we decide on meadowbrook elementary, which Dara, Karan and me all attended. in our email we explained our plan to present to as many classes as they would […]

Through my inquiry project, I had difficulty being able to find answers that were different from each other because most of my research was found from only a few articles and this caused me to not be able to find different professional opinions, for me this was important because depending […]

Hi, this is my final blog post about my journey working on my inquiry project about how foods affect your body. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges?During my inquiry project, my main issue was that there are so many […]

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog post, in this blog post I will be reflecting on the process of answering my inquiry question of “What are the Effects of Urbanization”. Some challenges I faced a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go […]

As the semester comes to an end I have finished researching my essential question and have found a broad answer to it through my subcategory research. Reflecting on my experience I will talk about the challenges I overcame, how the inquiry changed my thinking, how it impacted my future decisions, […]

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Through out this project I encountered many struggles along the way and in the process; for example, running out of some supplies, and others in the community being unreceptive to what we were […]

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges Sometimes when I wrote my blog posts, I found it difficult to express my ideas on the blogs because I could not find the words to fully communicate the message I wanted to […]

This topic is one in which I have shown increasing interest in over the years. I am fascinated by the idea of movement and fuel working simultaneously to sharpen cognitive abilities, and overall functioning as a human being. I look forward to implementing some of my findings into my own […]

In this blog post I will be reflecting on my inquiry project by answering the following questions:  1. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges?  The concept of social media addiction is extremely broad, and different resources allude to different […]

Hi everyone, this is my last blog post, and I will be explaining my last sub question, why is caffeine so addicting! Caffeine is something many people rely on in the morning, and during the day, it ensures that some get energy in order to do their daily activities, and […]

While writing my story, I faced a lot of challenges, and also challenges the way I think in a variety of different ways. Therefore, I will address everything by answering the three questions down below: There are a couple challenges that I had to overcome while writing my story. One […]

In this blog post I will be answering the second part of my inquiry question of what makes social media so addicting and how we can break this cycle.  Now that we know how and why we tend to get so attached to social media and end up in its […]

For my final blog post, I decided to discuss how music can impact and affect our brains. To understand HOW and WHY music can impact a person’s life, I need to understand how it truly affects us physically. WHAT makes us like a certain song over another? Or feel a […]

Can values and beliefs change as we mature?Do we hold the same values forever? Do our beliefs change as we mature? This question is essential to research because we must understand that changes are possible as we grow. I really want to research this question because I have seen some […]

n my last blog post i explained how I was going to work on the other side of things, because in the past I had just done the sorting of donated foods, but this next time I was supposed to help put together the hampers with the sorted food and […]

Inquiry Question: How Does Physical Activity and Nutrition Impact Individual Brain Chemistry? Research Step 3 – What is the most evolutionarily suitable diet for longevity of the brain? What does diet culture disinformation say about capitalism as a whole? The toxicity of diet culture as a whole affects every generation […]

Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! Today I will be completing my final round of research and I’m excited for this project to come to a conclusion. In today’s post, I plan to research: how does this concept protect individuals in the legal system whether they are guilty […]

1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) Over the past week I had to chance to make and print out all my Gospel tracks and get them laminated! After finishing creating them I went and placed them around the […]

For my action project, I recently conducted another park clean-up, this time at Semiahmoo Park. I executed my project twice last week, spending about an hour each day on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, right after my practice. On the first day, my brother joined me, and on the second day, […]

The third and final subcategory to my essential question “what defines a car as a good car” is: What does the interior of cars (Engine etc.) consist of and what differences in the interior targets what specific trait? (speed, durability etc.) This subcategory will help me understand the actual making […]

Here is my story: The Snowbound Spirit Aspen Rivers died on January 19, 1923. She was only 18. That January was warmer than usual, almost lukewarm compared to the frigid temperatures and biting wind chills that normally plagued her small town, North Tide, during the winter. Although it was a […]

After doing my outline and all the research required for writing my story, I will finally write my story and put it together. This is the good copy of my story after I have done all the editing. Enjoy reading it!      Mr. Chad slowly opened the envelope in his hands. […]

Hello everyone, this is my third blog post for my inquiry project, and my inquiry question is “How do people gain respect from others, and the effects of culture on how one gains respect.” This is my first round of research, and I will be researching about how respect is […]

In the last blog post we delved into how social media hooks us in and makes us attached, and eventually causes us to become addicted to it.  Now we will be looking at what makes teens more susceptible to social media addiction.  Why do the ways of social media affect […]

Family is often considered the cornerstone of our social fabric, playing an important role in shaping our values and beliefs. This blog post dives into the inquiry question: How does family play a role in shaping our values and beliefs? To explore this, I will follow three research steps: a […]

In this blog post, I will be continuing my research for my story project. This time, I will be researching about the rehearsal process of a musical after you are casted, and I hope that my research will make my story more true and come to life. First of all, […]

Question 2: What are healthy alternatives to normal unhealthy foods that taste just as good? The 2 most common factors when it comes to craving unhealthy foods are biological and physiological factors. As humans have evolved, we no longer have to consume certain levels of foods to survive harsh winters […]

So far with my action project, I have been able to do another park clean-up. I implemented my project last week at a park around Surrey Christian Secondary School. I went out after practice on Tuesday during the evening; however, this time I had to go without my family and […]

Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. Today I will be researching my second subcategory to my essential question: What defines a car as “a good car?” I will be researching the most valuable/best materials to have in the interior and exterior of vehicles that give them a higher […]