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 […]
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 […]
My 3 most important values are reliability, personal growth, and opportunity. My least 3 important values were community, power, and tradition. I somewhat agree with these results. I believe my most significant values were correct because I believe it is crucial to be able to rely on and be relied on […]
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! Today, I will introduce my new inquiry question for the semester and provide some background information on the topic. My inquiry topic for this semester is “What are the effects of urbanization on biodiversity and ecosystem health?” Urbanization is the growth and […]
For this semester, I have chosen to do a story based on true events. The main character, Faye, is a high schooler, born with very obvious heterochromia – her left eye is olive green and her right eye is medium blue. A couple of guys in her 10th English class […]
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 […]
This semester I will be looking as to what makes social media so addicting, and how can break this ongoing cycle of addiction and dependence which we have with social media. This topic has been important since the mid-2000’s but has raised more concerns especially in the past decade, as more […]
Hi everybody! this is my first blog post for the second semester. i decided to do an action project for the last semester. the website was suspended but bases of what i read form other blog posts the top 3 would be spiritual growth, helping and family and my least […]
I was inspired to do this research because I noticed assistant teachers are very helpful in my classroom. For example, my chemistry assistant teacher is very beneficial in our classroom. She provides a different learning perspective than a teacher because she has different teaching styles. For example, my chemistry teacher […]
For my semester 1 action project, I chose to take part in the Reading Buddies Program at Coquitlam Public Library. This program entailed Big Buddies (middle school-high school kids) helping their little buddies (elementary school kids) develop a passion for reading. This was done through weekly sessions that took place […]
This is my first blog post of term 2. I for my inquiry to be about how different foods can affect you health. This includes your physical and mental health. My main focus for this project will be to determine why certain foods might affect you a certain way, and […]
Hi everyone, and welcome to my first blog of semester two! For this semester’s inquiry question, I chose to learn about music. After much research and further investigating this topic, I chose to specifically look into how music affects our daily lives. For my main inquiry question, I will research […]
Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! For my semester two inquiry project, I will be researching the inquiry question of how does the concept of innocent until proven guilty protect individuals in the legal system? In my first semester, I took Law 12 and discovered how much I […]
Hi everyone welcome to my blog! For my semester two blog post I chose to look at a more concrete concept. I have recently gotten very interested in cars, however one thing I came to realize is that people, especially car fanatics, are very picky with which cars they like. […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project, I ran into issues finding research material for my blog post, because this topic is not widely discussed by people as the topic about spreading knowledge is thought to […]
How do study habits and techniques influence memory recall in school? Hello everyone.This semester, I’ve made the decision to investigate the effects of studying—specifically, how different learning strategies can influence memory recall in an academic context. I picked this subject because I’ve always had trouble figuring out the “best” approach […]
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 […]
Hello everyone and welcome to my final inquiry blog post! For this post, I will be recapping and reflecting on my inquiry process about “How [fashion has] changed and developed throughout history and how does that impact us?”. To reflect on my work, I will be answering a few questions. […]
As I wrap this round of research up, I am excited to reflect on my journey and see how much I have grown in terms of answering my questions as well as the opinions I have had in relation to this topic. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my final inquiry blog post on the question “What is the root cause of gender wage discrepency in Kenya?”. In this post, I will be reflecting on my inquiry project and the process of answering this question. Let’s get started! First, I will be […]
hi everyone welcome back to my blog, today i will be going over another product category, plastic cutlery and also a bit of why it is so important that we learn more about sustainable products. Why is it so important that we learn about sustainable options? Plastic is a world-wide problem […]
Semester 2 Inquiry: This semester, I will be exploring the correlation between measures taken to care for and nurture our bodies, and their inherent connection with the mind. The concept of both physical and physiological impact on mental health and cognitive functioning is a profound topic that as been alluded […]
Blog Post #7: Reflectiona. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? As a Chinese immigrant like the subject of my story, I have a wide range of experiences that I struggled to fit into my story. Some chapters are longer, some […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog. This is the final post of my inquiry project on the question “What is the root cause of gender wage discrepancy in Kenya?”. In this post, I will summarize my research and provide a final answer to my inquiry question. In my […]
Hello and welcome to my final blog post on my semester one inquiry question of “What is the most peaceful period in human history?”. In this post, I’ll reflect on the process of my research and share some of the key learnings and discoveries I’ve made along the way. A) […]
Reflection: This project has been a joy to create, and I have really enjoyed learning about my topic. Hello everyone, this is my final blog post for semester 1. These are a few answers that will conclude my project for semester 1. The first challenge that I had to overcome […]
Blog #7: Reflection In the process of completing my inquiry project, my biggest challenges were finding recent, reliable sources for my research as well as making connections between optical illusions and personality. There weren’t a ton of recent studies about optical illusions especially when it came to gathering theories about […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? A challenge that i had throughout this inquiry project was the fact that my question was very broad, which is my fault, but after getting deeper into my research I realized just how […]
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 […]
A challenge I faced throughout this project was dealing with having a new reading buddy each week. The idea of the program was to have the same buddy for the entire thing. That way, you would get to know them well, and you’d learn their reading strengths and weaknesses over […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? During the course of this project I faced many challenges that I had to learn to navigate. These challenges included finding unbiased research articles and reflecting on if an article I as reading […]
Hello everyone, welcome to my last blog post on my semester 1 project! Here are my answers to questions that will help me conclude my research and end my semester 1 project. While there were many challenges, one that took time to overcome was finding sources that focused on the […]
In my final blog post, I will be adressing three reflection questions. 2. How did this inquiry change the way you think?This inquiry changed how I thought about the people who used social media. Before, I followed many stereotypes about people who used social media, such as how everybody used TikTok, […]
Hi everyone, and welcome to my final blog post for this project! a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project, I struggled to find enough research that was relevant to my topic. In order to overcome this […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? My inquiry topic: Bonds with pets. One of my challenges was not being able to find the answers to more unpopular pets such as geckos. Most of the research was related to […]
Hi and welcome to my last blog post! to conclude this inquiry question i will do a reflection. my inquiry question was “why has cars evolved over time?”. a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? There was a couple of […]
[Corruption in relation to development] Hello, welcome back to my research on; to what extent would Kenya develop if there were less corruption within the government. I will like to start with how corruption is related with development. In researching on how corruption is related to development, I will use […]
Hi everyone! Today I will be answering some questions about my research during this semester, so I just wanted to say thank you so much for joining me on my last blog post for my project! First off, some challenges that I had to overcome through out my inquiry project […]
For my semester one project I analyzed and researched the question: What role(s) do one’s thoughts play in influencing one’s physiological responses? While conducting my research, I focused on one of three subtopics and read articles and documents on the topic, gathering knowledge and data to be used in my […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout my research project, a significant challenge I faced was when I found that most information focused on cliché and well-known strategies. Determined to uncover unique approaches, I expanded my sources to include […]
During my inquiry research I notice that I had trouble consistently writing and coming up with ideas for my blogs, For instance, in my last posts, I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to finish writing my blog entries in the last couple because I felt like I couldn’t […]
This topic has been extremely insightful for me to learn how the central concept of time carries out into everyday life, spanning cultures and regions thorough fully. It has taught me so much in terms of research I never would have thought about in the scope of my learning during […]
Blog #7: Reflection 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? The challenge I overcame was finding reliable sources. For example, I overcame this challenge by using Ms. Martin’s tip on looking at the credibility […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this project, I had a difficult time finding sources that gave me the information I needed and not different information. To deal with this, I would find bits of information to answer […]
In this blog post I am specifically going to discuss on the functions of the brain and this is going to help me relate the functions and our thoughts as human beings. The human brain serves several functions and it is a very important organ as far as human survival […]
Hello Everyone! Welcome again to my blog post 2 and I would love to split my entire topic into small sub-topics. First, is the function of the brain and second is the human thoughts and emotions and third is the relationship between our brain as far as our thoughts and […]
To simplify my work I will break my inquiry question into three parts and work on one after the other that is ; This information will be useful to all the people because after knowing why people behave differently they will be able to understand the reasons we have different […]
Hey every one am so happy to start my research. Am interested to know how human civilization would have thrived without the tools and conveniences of technology. Why I am interested in this topic is because I am Interested in understanding the origin of technology and am eager to learn […]
This is important because: With the growing climate crisis and rising sea levels, tides will impact coastal communities even more than they historically have.
Rather than analyzing tides in recent times, I wanted to explore the impact of tides throughout history. I want to explore the impact of tides on coastal communities and their impact on the future.
My inquiry question is: Is it worth exploring our oceans further? I find this interesting because we have more information and have explored more of outer space than our oceans. I chose this topic because I would like to know the extent of our research and what it would take […]
I have an extreme interest in space and what happens in space. And it’s important to know and understand what Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) are. So we can understand that the odds of a GRB hitting us are extremely in our favor. But that doesn’t make it impossible. And that […]
Two Minutes I Andy He is born as Andy Wang. Wang(王) – A common Chinese surname that meant “king” or “royalty”. Andy (安帝) – 安 (An) for平安 (peaceful) and 帝 (di) from the phrase 皇帝, meaning emperor. Safe to say, his parents had high hopes for him. He’s also one […]
