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 […]
Hello everyone! Today I did some more research for my short story. For the climax of the story, it will be set in the archives of a small town. I’ve never written about archives so I had to do some research about it! Originally, my plan was to make the […]
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 […]
Inquiry Question: Round 2 research question: How has society made getting adequate nutrition and physical activity less of a priority over the years? How does a sedentary lifestyle affect mental health? Exercise serves as an extremely powerful enhancer of physiological, mental, and physical well-being. (1) While promoting health and longevity, […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) As of right now my action project just finished handing out the bags we created in Downtown Langley. We also went into a Tim Hortons and left a few gospel tracks for […]
Hellow everyone! Welcome to my fourth blog post for my inquiry question, ” What would a perfect society look like?”. Today, I will be addressing the second subquestion for my main question, ” What factors may create a certainty of peace, unity of purpose, religious principles, justice, ethical values law […]
How much influence do the people around us have on our values and beliefs?This question is essential to research as our lives are influenced by the people around us all the time. Our friends, families, and peers are constantly giving us influence on values and beliefs. For example, I can […]
Hi everyone, today I will be researching about certain influences that may affect the way we recall information, events, and our surrounding environment. I chose this question specifically since I have some background knowledge of the influences of human mind and I wanted to incorporate this into the topic I […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) If you have read my past blog posts, you would know that I volunteered with the greater Vancouver food bank sorting food. But since my last blog post I have been able […]
How does urbanization contributes to habitat fragmentation, loss and the ecosystem? In the past small groups of people have come together with the goal of settling in one area and to advance agriculture. Overtime some theme settlements become what we know as cities today. Urbanization is when cities expand and […]
As mentioned in previous action blog post me and my other classmates are planning on doing a presentation and a fun activity to teach younger kids the importance of recycling and how it is properly done. we are trying to see which elementary schools will let us do our presentation […]
Hey guys welcome back to my blog. For everyone who has not read my past blogs I will give you a quick catch up. My plan is to educate children middle and elementary aged on how to properly recycle by doing a fun and interactive presentation. So far my progress […]
Welcome back to my inquiry research! For this blog post, I will create the foundation of my inquiry question as it will be my first round. To create this foundation I will be breaking down my first big question into smaller pieces of information and a summary to make the […]
Hi! Welcome to my first research round about my project! Im going to be researching firstly, about How caffeine affects mental health, or if it affects mental health at all? I also want to get into the actual affects it has, and what it can cause! Caffeine is known to […]
Sports play a pivotal role in shaping the physical, social, and cognitive development of children (1). Whether it’s team-based activities or individual pursuits, each type of sport offers unique benefits and challenges (1). In this blog post, I will delve into the pros and cons of both team and individual […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my page. In today’s blog post, I will be reflecting on my action project so far as well as sharing some of my next steps moving forward. Since my action project is all about teaching kids how to properly recycle and about recycling’s […]
Hey guys, welcome back to the blog. Reminder this is my question – How does memory work? Before we answer the big question, I want to go through a process that revolves around memory first. Why is short term and long-term memory so important? Why do we need both and […]
Blog post #4: What are the roles of an assistant teacher? My big topic inquiry question is how does an assistant teacher affect the classroom environment? This big topic question will have implications on a global level because 90% of the world has completed a primary education. This shows that […]
My inquiry question is “”What are the effects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem health?” and the subtopic I will be researching in this blog post is “What is the impact of and light pollution from urban areas?” Light pollution can be considered a pollutant, however in a different manner […]
Hello everyone! In this blog, I will be talking about my first subtopic which is physical health and endurance. One of the things playing sport changes a person is their physique and body endurance. In this subtopic, I will give specific physical fitness components that sports help improve and how […]
How does social media hook us and make us attached? One of the main contributors to social media addiction and our dependence on it, is the way social media ties us to the point where we can’t let go. But how does it do this? How are the contents we […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog post! Today, I have decided to focus on the more societally-relevant parts of my story rather than what makes my story unique, as this sets the foundation for what I will write in the future. Bullying, defined as the abuse and mistreatment […]
In this blog post, I will be doing some research to back up my outline. This will give me a better understanding on how I want my story to look, as I hope for my story to have some real life aspects to it. Specifically, I will look into how […]
I am writing a story for my project this semester. I have broken it up into chunks of how I want it to be written and here is a rough outline on how I want it to look: Exposition: I have decided to write my story about my experience being […]
I am writing a story for my project this semester. I have broken it up into chunks of how I want it to be written and here is a rough outline on how I want it to look: Exposition: I have decided to write my story about my experience being […]
This question is essential as we need to first understand what values and beliefs are. It is also significant that we know what the difference is between the two. There are also many of us who may not know the exact definition of values and beliefs. With this research step, […]
Hey everyone and welcome back to my third blog post! For my main inquiry question, I chose to discuss “How and Why Does Music Impact Our Lives, and In What Way?”. In this post, I chose one of my three sub-topics to further explain its relation to my main question. […]
Inquiry Question: How Does Physical Activity and Nutrition Impact Individual Brain Chemistry? Research Step 1 – How does physical activity and nutrition affect body image? Is this the sole cause of issues such as body dysmorphia? Body image encompasses one’s thoughts about their physical body in a multitude of mental […]
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 […]
With my action project so far I did a park clean-up around a school named Pacific Academy. I invited my dad and brother to help me collect garbage. We walked around for 1 hour picking up litter on Tuesday evening after my practice. One success I had was good weather […]
On my soccer team, we have a dietitian who created a meal plan for before games and when we are competing in tournaments. Because everyone is different, it is only the kinds of food that you must eat, such as carbs. The meal plan goes all the way back to […]
hello, welcome back to my action project called blessing bags! 1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) As of currently with my action project, the process of planning what will go in the bag has finished and all the […]
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 everyone, welcome to my third blog of the second semester. Today, I will be addressing the first question out of the three that I posed for myself: What are the good and bad traits of a society? Good: 2. Technological Advancements:In a society, we share ideas and materials, rendering […]
Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog post, today I will be researching the functions of the brain that contribute to our long term and short term memory. This leads me inquire about the influences in our daily lives that shape the way of our own thinking and experience of our […]
Hello everyone! Today I did some research for my short story. For the exposition, I wanted to include how snow is formed. Snow is going to be a big motif for secrets in my story, and it has a lot to do with the death of the main character and […]
The word dynamic can also be expressed as energetic, strong, spirited, and active. In more scientific concepts, dynamic can also mean continuous, evolving, constantly growing, etc. Family dynamics should generally be positive and uplifting. Otherwise, they could have negative impacts upon the members of a family. (1) By definition, family […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) I was able to volunteer at the greater Vancouver food bank Burnaby warehouse on April the 19th because it was a Pro-D Day. That day I was sorting all the donations into […]
The first subcategory to answer my question “what defines a car as a good car” is: What are the main sectors of types of cars and which cars/brands dominate those sectors. This subcategory will help me better understand which types of car groupings there are and what people look for […]
My big topic inquiry question is how does an assistant teacher affect the classroom environment? This big topic question will have implications on a global level because 90% of the world has completed a primary education. This shows that many people are interested in learning! I hope to increase the […]
Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog post. My inquiry question is “What would a perfect society look like?”. Today, I will be laying out the plan for my next few blog posts. I will be posing three big questions toanswer across my blogs to formulate a final answer to my […]
1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. 2. Provide 5 valid sources that might be useful to address the question. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-does-some-fashion-repeat-while-others-fad-ayushi-shukla#:~:text=The cyclic nature of fashion,resulting in a cyclic fashion. https://www.fibremood.com/en/blog/trends/20-years-does-the-trick https://baylorlariat.com/2023/10/12/gen-z-called-digital-cameras-are-back/#:~:text=Dr.,to do with our experiences. https://sartorialmagazine.com/lifestyle/2023/7/24/the-resurgence-of-digital-cameras https://www.miragenews.com/why-we-long-for-the-past-the-science-behind-1013752/#:~:text=Research indicates that […]
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for joining me today for my inquiry project! As stated above, I wanted to do a question regarding caffeine and its effects on youth, because as someone who is addicted to caffeine, I want to know more about what it does to my body, […]
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, […]
Hi everyone and welcome to my Blog. This semester, I have chosen to research and write about the Inquiry. In this Blog Post, I will write about my sub-questions to answer this question, why they’re important, cite some future sources I may use, and how this question impacts my community. […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog post page! this is my second blog post for the second semester. in this post i will explain a little more on my action project i will be doing and my reflection on the TED talk video i watched! My action project […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my page! This is my second post of my semester two action project. In this post, I will provide information about the action I plan to do and reflect on a TED talk I watched. Let’s get started. The action I plan to do […]
Hey everyone and welcome back to my second blog post of semester two! For this Inquiry assignment, I chose to discuss the question “How and Why Does Music Impact Our Lives, and In What Way?”. For this assignment, I will be splitting my work into three parts. Since this question […]
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 […]
Hi everyone! For the second post if this inquiry project, I will provide the next three steps for my research with a brief explanation of how that information can help address my main question: How does family dynamics affect the mental health and overall well-being of an individual within the […]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my page! This post is the first post of my semester two project for this course, which is going to be an action project! In this post, I will share my top and bottom three values from the Values Activity on the action page, […]
My inquiry question is: What makes social media so addicting and how can we break this cycle? The three steps I will be taking to answer this question are: 1. How does social media hook us and make us attached? First, I will look more closely at how social media […]
Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Climax: Falling Action: Resolution:
1.) For my action project this semester I plan to do park clean-ups. The parks I will pick up garbage from are Blackie Spit Park, Semiahmoo Park, and Redwood Park. Most of these parks are in Surrey because that’s where my basketball practices will be and it will be easier […]
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 […]
How do different foods affect you health? Question 1: What kinds of food should athletes eat at different times before a game? This question is about what kinds of foods athletes should eat at different times before a game, such as 2 hours, a half day before, a full day […]
Hello everyone and welcome back! Here is my story for this semester Exposition: Main Character/Protagonist = Faye, a high schooler who wants revenge against her bullies. A studious wallflower in her school, she has a mischievous streak and is good at getting her way Bullies = people who have bullied […]
I am looking forward to exploring this very applicable topic in the realm of personal health and well-being. This exploration is conducted with the goal of providing general answers to a topic touched on time and time again by every health conscious individual. Research Step 1 – How does physical […]
Hello, welcome to my blog post #2 about my action project. Below you can read about my action project, enjoy! 😊 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. My action project is to create a outreach bags within my youth […]
As this question has many possible and valid answers, I will be looking at the factors that have the biggest benefits for us. For obtaining the most solid and convincing facts, these will be my 3 steps: Physical health and endurance Playing a sport can improve one’s physical fitness and […]
My Inquiry questions: How do study habits and techniques influence memory recall in school? To research and answer this question I chose three subcategories to study: How does our brain store and categorize long and short memories I want to first understand how our brain processes our daily experiences into […]
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. […]
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog post, today I will be identifying the three subcategories that I will be dividing my inquiry question into to help my find an answer. My inquiry question is “What are the effects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem health?”. I can split this […]
My big topic inquiry question is: How does an assistant teacher affect the classroom environment? My three steps for my research will be: What are the 4 different learning styles? I would like to research more on the 4 different learning styles because I hope to find more strategies to […]
Hello everyone welcome back to my blog post! Today I will be splitting my research into three subcategories which I can shape towards finding a good answer to my essential question. The three subcategories I chose to get closer to my answer are: These three questions will lead me closer […]
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 […]
Do some research on your possible action areas (or your specific action you have already chosen) that you listed in your Action Post #1. 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. I plan on volunteering with the greater Vancouver Food […]
Project plan My inquiry question: How do individuals develop values and beliefs? My three steps to research are: What is the difference between values and beliefs?This question is essential as we need to first understand what values and beliefs are. It is also significant that we know what the difference […]
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, […]
Three Steps for Research: a. Literature Review: I will begin by conducting a thorough literature review on the role of family in shaping values and beliefs. This step will involve exploring scholarly articles, books, and research studies that look into the dynamics of familial influence on individual ideologies. By understanding […]
1.) Complete the Values Activity. 2a) What are your 3 most important values? Equality, compassion, friendship b) What are your 3 least important values? Spiritual growth, risk, and recognition 3.) Do you agree with the results? What do these values mean to you? I would say that I agree with […]
Hello everyone welcome to my blog post one of semester two. This semester I chose to do an action project. After completing the values activity these were my results For my most important values I got: Family, Innovation, Reliability. And for my least I got: Justice, Responsibility, Power.I feel like the least […]
Hi there! My name is Sanam Moazed and for this semester’s inquiry project, I will be taking a different route and researching the cycle of trends and societies’ tendency to revert back to past trends. Specifically, “As a society, why do we revert to past trends?” This is almost an […]
Hi everyone, my name is Peter I am 17 years old. I come from Nanyuki town Kenya. I won my Kenyan citizenship through birth. I live in the central part of the country with my parents and siblings with me being the last born. I study at Thome Boy’s high […]
Exploring the question of how family shapes our values and beliefs is interesting and crucial for me to investigate this semester. Family holds immense importance in my life, serving as the steppingstone of my upbringing and identity formation. I have noticed that I often replicate the traditions and values practiced […]
Hi everyone, for my project this semester, I have decided to do another story project. I have always loved creative writing and I wanted to put my skills to good use by writing another story. Before writing this blog post, I already had a general idea of what I wanted […]
This is the reflection part of my first project. After I finished writing my story, there have been many challenges that I have had to overcome, as well as many thoughts that went through my head throughout the process. I will address them below: One of the biggest challenges I […]
Communication technology is evolved and advanced communication gadgets and skill used in the world today. The improvement of communication has been gradual through the years since the time of the stone age. Round one# Evolution of communication technology through the existence of time The use of technology in communication can […]
Hello guys? My name is George Wahome. I was born in the year 2008.I come from a village called Kijabe which is in Ngobit. Am the last born in a family of three. I study in Thome Boys’ High school which is located in Laikipia. My favorite meal is chapatti, […]
Hi guys my name is Meshami Musa Lempiris. I am a student at Thome boy’s high school. I come from a family of two brothers and two sisters in Laikipia county segera ward. My hobby is playing football since it is interesting to me and I love watching the matches […]
Hi guys ?My name is Joseph Maina Wamiru .I come from Laikipia county , Tigithi ward .I am a student in Thome Boys’ High school , Nanyuki .I come from a family of three ; my sister , my brother and I being the oldest . I love singing, dancing, […]
The evolution of communication technology has been a defining force in shaping the trajectory of human history, profoundly impacting various aspects of society, culture, politics, and economics. From the earliest forms of oral tradition and cave paintings to the advent of writing systems, the printing press, telegraphy, and the internet, […]
Hey, my name is Clare Wangari. Am fifteen years old. Am from Marura community just near Ol Pejeta Conservancy. I am a first born in a family of three. I have two brother. I studied in Matanya Primary school and joined Loise Nanyuki Girls High School. In my free time, […]
My name is Lucy Wanjiru. I was born on February 28, 2008. I am now 16 years old. I have five sisters and one brother. My family and I live in Nanyuki. I belong to the Bantu community specifically a kikuyu. I did my primary education in, Trichy primary school […]
I am Annet Wanjugu. I live in Marura village, Nanyuki together with my parents and siblings. I am in form two in Loise Nanyuki Girls. Our school is located at Nanyuki, Laikipia County. I love Mathematics a lot because it makes me jog my mind making me not to be […]
Hello everyone, I am Joan Wangari. I am 15 years old. I was born on 17th July 2009. I have an elder brother and sister. I joined pre-primary school in 2013 in Munyaka Primary School and completed my primary school education in 2013 where I scored 360 out of the […]
Hello everyone, my name is Grace I am sixteen years old. I come from Kenya in Laikipia county. I am from a family of five, I study in Loise Girls’ High School. My favorite subject is mathematics because it aligns with my dream career. A want to get a minimum […]
Hey everyone, my name is Mary from Loise Nanyuki Girls and I am in form two. I live in Segera, Laikipia county. I am sixteen years old. I am from a family of five and am the third born. One of my hobby is farming. In school, I water the […]
Hi everyone Thank you for joining me today for my next inquiry research. As an avid caffeine lover, I am very dependant on caffeine, and cannot start my day without it. Though this sounds very bad, and it probably is not the best, I have always though about why there […]
Hello Everyone! My inquiry question for the second term is “What would a perfect society look like?”. I chose this question because I feel like society as of now has many flaws; some evident, some discreet or obscure. Some countries or towns may have more freedom than others, or some […]
How do sports benefit people? The biggest reason why I chose this question is because of my dad, who’s always wanted me to do badminton, but did not force me to. When I was in 7th grade, I noticed that my skills in dance would be incomparable to those who […]
My name is envy i’m a high school student. My essential question is, what species will be most resilient to climate change?
My inquiry question: How do individuals develop values and beliefs? I chose to do research on this question because of how I noticed everyone around me believed and valued different things. For one, I think this is based on how you were raised. But could values and beliefs also change […]
Research United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals: a) Which one aligns with your values most? Goal #1: End poverty b) Which one is your passion Why? (This may or may be the same as (a)) Goal #1 is my passion, Ever since I was little, I grew up watching my […]
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 […]
Hello everyone, my name is Scott Lyu, a grade 11 student at Ecole Dr. Charles Best in Canada. For my second-semester inquiry project, I have decided to do an inquiry project, on how people gain respect from others, and how culture affects how people respect others? This topic has always […]
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 […]
