1. Three Steps for My Research Step 1: Understanding How Ultrasound Technology Works and Its Importance in Healthcare (Blog #3) For my first round of research, I will focus on understanding how ultrasound technology works and how it is used in healthcare today. I will research how ultrasound machines use […]
For my action project, my friends and I want to visit a senior home and spend time with the seniors in our community. We want to help them feel included and cared for, especially those who may not get many visitors. Some activities we could do include playing bingo, colouring, […]
I have decided on on the question “Why is religion essential for a society?” for my inquiry project. Here are my 3 steps in my reaserch: Step 1: I’d start off by researching about how religion was and is used to bring people together by creating a sense of belonging. […]
My story, “Room 201”, features a male main character (name TBD). The story is set in a solitary confinement cell, where the protagonist is being held. I think withholding the reason he is there will add to the scary element later on. The point of attack for the main character […]
1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. Hi everybody, today I will be talking about the steps that I will be taking in order to start volunteering in a hospital so that I can start learning new things that will […]
I will research how sleep affects a teenager’s ability to remember information, focus on class, and learn new things. This will help me understand why sleep is important for the brain. How sleep affects emotions and mental health I will research how getting too little sleep affects a teenager’s mood, […]
Hi my name is Kylee and my action is to hold a food drive for pets. My plan is to organize a food drive where students at Charles Best can bring in items or money to donate. I would put up posters advertising the event (plus stating appropriate item […]
Hi everyone, this is my first blog so thank you so much for reading! For my butterfly effect, I decided to do the inquiry project. I was thinking of doing something about modern feminism or a social commentary for my inquiry question so eventually I landed on the question: How […]
Hi, my name is Samia Cheng I am 14 years old and this year I’m in grade 10 at Charles Best secondary school. My ethnicity is Chinese, but I live in Coquitlam British Columbia, and my favourite subject in school is English. Like I mentioned earlier, I am Chinese, so […]
⋆⊱༻𖥸༺⊰⋆⋆⊱༻𖥸༺⊰⋆⋆⊱༻𖥸༺⊰⋆ Hello, and welcome! ⋆⊱༻𖥸༺⊰⋆⋆⊱༻𖥸༺⊰⋆⋆⊱༻𖥸༺⊰⋆ This is my second blog post concerning my inquiry project, and like the title states, my question revolves around how women are represented in media, whatever media that may be, and my question focuses on how common misrepresentation is, and whether there is a solution […]
Research Round #1 – What is AI? In my first round of research, I will be looking into what AI really is. Where it began, and how it became what we know it as today. I will be researching its benefits and downsides, and taking a look at some studies […]
How do daily things like sports, technology and environment/school affect child development? My steps of research: The impact from sports and extra curriculars The first step for my inquiry, I will research on how sports/extra curriculars affect the child’s development. Most children start a sport at a young age, whether […]
In this post, I will be continuing my discovery and research about why humans care about what other people think of them. I will be finding three steps for research and provide sources i can use to answer my questions. My three steps of research: 1: Ancestral psychology research will […]
For my inquiry project I have decided to focus my interest in, How repeated head injuries in youth sports affects brain development over time? This question was chosen for numerous reasons, some connecting to my past and hopefully mu future. For this topic I have decided to focus my interest […]
Coaching styles can strongly influence how confident teen athletes feel and how well they perform in their sport. To understand this topic, it helps to look at three important questions about supportive coaching, controlling coaching, and athlete independence How do supportive and encouraging coaches affect teen athletes confidence? Supportive coaches […]
To examine my question, “Can teenagers influence younger students to avoid drugs and other harmful behaviour?” I am sorting my research into three stages. #1: Understanding how teenagers influence younger students For my first round of research, I will be understanding how teenagers influence younger students. Younger students often look […]
My question this semester is: “How much does a person’s past shape the life they have today?” I look forward to researching more about this question and the different factors that can influence a person’s life. Research Round 1: Understanding how a person’s past can affect their future I will […]
1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. Hello everyone welcome back to my blogs! Today I will be going into the planning stages of my volunteering so I will be able to start helping the community. Firstly, to start of […]
Welcome to my second blog post of the semester! The action I am planning on doing is volunteering at LAPS (Langley Animal Protection Society) animal shelter, I chose to volunteer at an animal shelter for my action because I want to help animals in need and make them feel loved […]
Hi, welcome to my 2nd action blog post!! For my action project I am planning to volunteer with the theatre company Theatrix. I have already started with this, and I have helped out with 2 classes so far. I started my action by reaching out to the artistic director of […]
In order to research my Inquiry question to the best extent, I have come up with three steps to guide my research and help me find the answers I’ve been seeking. Step 1 – Research how people’s background and life experiences fundamentally change their identity and beliefs. As people live […]
To address my overall question “Why are literacy rates dropping and what does this mean for us?” I will divide my research into these 3 smaller steps: evidence of rates dropping In blog post #3 I will find evidence to support the decline of literacy, I use studies from all […]
For my semester 1 project, I have decided to dive into the inquiry question “How does sleep really affect students’ behaviour in their daily lives?” I have decided to explore this inquiry question because sleep is something that is essential, especially for students who have to balance school, extracurricular activities, […]
For my inquiry project, I decided to research the question: How did Cornell University’s response to the Cornell 7 incident raise questions about accountability and student safety? I chose this topic because it involves serious allegations and raises questions about how universities deal with situations that affect their students. When […]
For my inquiry project this semester, I chose the question, “How well can we understand what someone is feeling and thinking through their body language and facial expressions?” This question will explore how people communicate, mostly subconsciously, with non-verbal cues like hand gestures, eye contact , posture, and facial expressions. […]
Inquiry Question: How has ultrasound technology changed the way medical conditions are diagnosed and treated, and how could future advancements improve patient care? I am interested in this question because I have always wanted to pursue a career in the medical field. Since I was younger, I have been interested in […]
Hello everyone and welcome to my first blog post! This year, I chose to explore the connection between intense emotions and their effects on the human heart. Inquiry Question: Since happy heart syndrome and broken syndrome tigger similar physical symptoms, what does this reveal about how the brain processes intense […]
Part 1: Values activity 1. My three most important and least important values My three most important values are integrity, compassion, and community. Integrity means staying true to my beliefs, being honest, and doing the right thing even when nobody is watching. Compassion means caring about others and being willing […]
Part 1: Values Activity Reflection In evaluating my values based on the provided list, the three that stand out as most important to me are Compassion (M), Justice (N), and Community (W). I place a high priority on extending genuine kindness and care to others, particularly vulnerable or isolated groups […]
Hi my name is Nina, my 3 most important values are equality, justice, and courage. My 3 least important values are power, tradition, and spiritual growth. I agree with these results, I believe no matter who you are, everybody deserves to be treated the same, there shouldn’t be any reason […]
The Inquiry Question I picked: Why do certain memories stay with us longer than others? 2. Why is this question interesting to me? I am interested in this question because I find it fascinating how the human brain works and how people remember certain experiences but forget others. For example, […]
For my inquiry project this year, I have decided to look into diseases that affect the brain. My question is, why are neurodegenerative diseases and prions diseases so difficult to cure? The brain is one of the most complex organs in the body, which makes diseases that affect it very […]
Hi my name is Kylee, my 3 most important values are equality, justice, and integrity My 3 least important values are tradition, power, and spiritual growth. I agree with these results. I believe no matter your race, gender, sexuality, etc. Everyone should have the same rights, treatment, and opportunities. Plus, […]
Hello everybody and welcome to my first action blog post. I hope you enjoy reading. After doing the values activity, I found that my three most important values were equality, freedom, and justice. Upon receiving these results, I can definitely agree that these are much stronger values. However, my least […]
My inquiry question is how does sleep affect a teenager’s brain. I decided to choose this question because I am 14 years old, playing sports, and have noticed that I require more sleep to focus on school and be able to play at my highest level. This inquiry is […]
Hi there! This is my first blog post for this semester! I have decided to do an inquiry project, and after some brainstorming, I have decided to research why students choose to do low-priority tasks, such as cleaning or organizing over higher-priority academic tasks, such as studying for exams when […]
Hello! My name is Dylan Khakh, and I am a Grade 11 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Coquitlam, BC. I would describe myself as a funny person who likes to have a good time with my friends, but I also care about working towards my future. One […]
I’ve chosen to do inquiry this semester, and here is my following question: Why is religion essential for a society? I chose this question because it makes people think and dive deeper into where our social values and views of right and wrong come from. It prompts discussion about how […]
How is AI effecting consumers? Pricing for consumers Ever since around 2022, AI has been talked about constantly. How it’s improving, how much money is being invested in it. But what does this actually mean for us? AI data centre’s are being constructed everywhere, they require a massive amount of […]
I did the my values activity and I found that I value, innovation, tolerance, and community. My three least important values were tradition, power, and competence. I do find that these values describe me. If I were to pick words to describe me, I would probably pick something similar. I […]
This year for my inquiry I have decided to chose a question that is connected to my passion for my future and my past from sports. The question I’ve chosen is, How does repeated head contact in youth sports affect brain development? This question will focus on head contact, for […]
Hello! I’m so excited to start and present the beginning of my inquiry project for this semester! The question I have chosen to explore is tied closely to gender roles and societal norms. Like stated in my title, my question is: Will women’s media misrepresentation ever end? Throughout my life, […]
Welcome to my first blog post of the semester. Part 1: My 3 most important values are equality, freedom, and family. My 3 least important values are power, risk, spiritual growth. I definitely agree with these results. Equality is a main value of mine because I believe that every person […]
Inquiry Project: Child development How do daily things affect child development? My category for this semester is on child development. I’m interested in working with children when I am older and hope to learn more about their development. I usually do an after-school assisting program for skating and I want […]
The question I have chosen for my inquiry project this semester is “why are people finding it increasingly more difficult to avoid the use of AI?” This question interests me because as a student in today’s world who has sworn off AI, I am noticing a constant increase in the […]
My Inquiry question for this semester: Why do people care so much about what others think of them? Why this is interesting for me: Psychology questions have always made me curious. These past couple of years I have always noticed that everybody cares about what other people think of them. […]
Hello everyone, this semester I will be doing an inquiry project. I wanted to choose a topic that was connected to something I had personally experienced, while also being relevant to how people live their lives today. My question is: “How much does a person’s past shape the life they […]
Why this question interests me:This question interests me because coaching is a big part of many teen athletes lives. Coaches help athletes improve their skills, but their words, attitudes, and teaching styles can also affect how athletes feel about themselves. Some coaching styles may help athletes feel more confident and […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first official blog post of the semester. My three most important values are spiritual growth, family and integrity. My three least important values are recognition, risk and power. I completely agree with these results. Spiritual growth is number one for me as a Muslim […]
Hi everyone! My name is Ishani Balachandran, and I am currently a Grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary! I have always been extremely passionate about leadership, staying involved, and working with others to create positive change across my community. Being apart of a diverse and engaging school has allowed me […]
Welcome to my first blog post for my first action project of this semester! I can’t wait to start impacting my community in a positive way. I hope you will enjoy my post. 1) What are your 3 most important values? What are your 3 least important values? Do you […]
My inquiry question for this semester will be: Why do people sometimes become more interested in something when they are told they cannot have it? Why this question is interesting for me: I chose this question because I find psychology and human behaviour really interesting and something I want to […]
Hey! I’m Brayden, I’m 15 years old, and I attend school at Charles Best Secondary. My heritage is entirely Chinese, but I was born and raised in the Vancouver area. I enjoy writing and video creation, with English being my favourite subject. When it comes to passions, the one I’m […]
Hi, my name is Diya, I’m a 16 year old student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam, BC. My favourite subject is Science because there is so much to learn about. A little bit about me is I was born in India, and I moved here when I was […]
For my project this semester I wanted to research a topic I’ve been hearing a lot about in the past few years: the decline of literary in younger generations. I’ve heard this topic be mentioned when relating to the use of AI, of social media, the decline in quality of […]
Presley Godin My inquiry question: Can teenagers influence younger students to avoid drugs and other harmful behaviour? This question is an interest for me because I think it is important to show our future generations that they don’t need to seek help from substances or feel the need to use […]
Hello! My name is Timothy Liu. I am a grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, in Coquitlam, BC. A huge part of who I am is that I am a very extroverted person. I always love having friends around me, and they really get me through the […]
Hi all! My name is Jennah Brar, and I’m a 15-year-old girl who is in grade 10 and enrolled at Dr Charles’s best secondary school. A little bit about me is that I was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, up until the age of nine, when I and my […]
Hi! My name is Sophia, I’m 17 years old, and I attend Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam, BC. My favourite subject is English because I enjoy reading, writing, and expressing my thoughts and ideas. In my free time, I love reading books, especially fantasy and romance, and I sometimes […]
Hi, my name is Bernice Lee, and I’m currently in Grade 10. I live in Coquitlam, British Columbia. This is my second year attending Dr. Charles Best Secondary, and my second year of being part of IDS Social Responsibility. One thing I’ve been hoping for lately is to get a pet…preferably a cat, […]
My name is Joelle Lee. I am a 15-year-old sophomore at Charles Best Secondary School. I’ve had a wonderful experience last year at this school, and I’m looking forward to another year here. I live in British Columbia, Canada. As always, my favourite subject has always been English, but once […]
Basics About Me My name is Aria, and I’m a Grade 10 student-athlete at Charles Best in Coquitlam. My favorite classes are PE and Culinary Arts because I like being active, working on hands-on projects, and taking a break from sitting at a desk all day. Surprising Traits & Personal […]
Hi, my name is Kylee! I am 14 years old, I live in Coquitlam, BC, Canada, and I attend Dr. Charles Best in Canada. This is my first year in secondary school, so I have not experienced many classes, but my favourite subjects so far are textiles and social studies. I […]
Hi! My name is Kylie and I am a grade 10 French Immersion student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Canada. I have 2 brothers and a dog named Chippy. What is one thing about you that might surprise others? One thing about me that might surprise others is […]
My name is Jaeda Joelle Wanjiru Kihara, and I just recently turned 15. I live in Coquitlam, British Colombia and I am a sophmore at École Charles Best Secondary. My favorite subject at the moment, is science because I really enjoy learning about how the world around me works. I’m […]
My name is Benjamin Mah, and I am currently 14 years old, but I will be 15 in January. I am a grade 9 student attending Charles Best Secondary High School. I live with myself and 4 others, my sister, my mom, my dad, and our dog Jumbo. My favorite subject in school […]
Hi! My name is Valeriya, I’m fifteen years old, and this is my second year being apart of the Social Responsibility/PA-MOJA program! I go to Charles Best Secondary School, where I am a sophomore, or in other words, I’m in grade 10, and I live in Coquitlam, near the Charles […]
Hi! My name is Elizabeth, and I’m a Grade 10 student in French Immersion here at Charles Best Secondary. I live in Coquitlam, BC, and one of my favourite subjects in school is Marketing and Promotion because, I’m really interested in pursuing this career later on. One important part of my life […]
My name is Vashti and I’m 16 years old, I am currently a student at Dr. Charles best senior secondary school. I live in Coquitlam BC and I have my whole life, my favorite subject in school is science and I hope to do something with science when I graduate. […]
Hi! My name is Zoe Popa. I’m a grade 11 student at École Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, which is in Coquitlam, BC, Canada. My favourite subject is usually art which I took last year but unfortunately I don’t have this year. Out of the course that I am taking […]
My name is Presley Godin, and I am 14 years old in grade 10. I live in Port Moody, BC and attend Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in the French Immersion program. My favorite subject of all my courses is English. I enjoy writing and sharing my opinions on philosophy and […]
My name is Chloe, and I am a 17 year old student that goes to Dr. Charles Best in British Columbia, Canada. I have one younger brother who is in grade 9, who just recently started attending Charles Best as well. On a day to day basis, my school schedule […]
Hi! My name is Lina and I’m 15! I live in Port Moody and go to Charles Best Secondary. My favourite subject is English, but I also like the other humanities such as socials. My mom is from Romania, my dad is from Iran, and I was born in Vancouver. […]
We made it to the end, which means we need to reflect on this semester’s project. This semester I decided to choose an inquiry project with the question of “How does the way a writer uses different writing styles in the same sentence alter the context of a question?” To […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? The main challenge I had throughout this project, which I mentioned before, was that when I sent out my email I did not get as many responses as I expected. I got many […]
Hello everyone! My question this semester was what are the physiological and psychological effects of technology addiction? Today, we will be reflecting on how this project made me overcome challenges, changed the way I thought, impacted my future decisions, and impacted others around me to finish off this semester! Question […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my last blog post with my topic of “How does storytelling through movement and performance create a deeper impact than spoken language?” In this blog post, I will be reflecting the journey of my inquiry project, regarding challenges, and impact. One of the biggest […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to my last inquiry post of the year! This past semester, I began understanding whether food is considered healthy based on science or is generally influenced by trends across social media platforms. This inquiry post allows me to reflect on my research journey further; a. What […]
This is my final blog post for my short story, The Whispers, They Scream. In this blog post, I will be reflecting on my short story and it’s writing process to hopefully learn and improve form the experience. One challenge I overcame during my story project was finding and understanding […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I think that one of the biggest challenges that I had to overcome throughout my inquiry project was finding reputable sources that answered my specific questions, instead of broad, general answers. I wanted […]
a. One challenge was finding reliable information and understanding the science behind flow state. I overcame this by comparing different sources and focusing on research-based information. b. This inquiry showed me that focus is a skill that can be improved. I learned that the right environment and habits make it […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? During this inquiry project, I had one main challenge that made writing my blog posts more difficult: finding reliable resources. The reason for this was that no one knows exactly how AI […]
A. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? One challenge I faced was balancing historical accuracy with creative storytelling. Since the story takes place on the Titanic, I needed to make sure the events matched real history while still creating […]
Ethan lived an ordinary life in the modern world. One evening, while crossing a busy street, he was hit by a car and lost consciousness. When he woke up, he was no longer in a hospital. Instead, he found himself in a small cabin on a large ship. Confused, he […]
Hello everyone! My question this semester was “How much influence does social environment have on the advancement of women?” Today, we will be reflecting on how this project made me overcome challenges, changed the way I thought, impacted my future decisions, and impacted others around me to finish off this […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to my final blog post for this inquiry project. Over the past several weeks, I have researched how the loss of a parent affects teenagers emotionally, socially, and academically. This topic was very important to me because my dad passed away from cancer in January. I […]
Our first major hurdle was that coordinating the schedules of three people proved surprisingly difficult and sorting out the timing took a lot of effort. Once we arrived at Lafarge, we faced an unexpected shift in the project’s scope: there was a lot less general litter than we had anticipated, […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Some challenges that I had to overcome were the lack of resources, websites, statistics and images that I could use for the research aspect of my blog posts. Deindividuation is a fairly […]
Hello and welcome to my final blog post of this year! Unfortunately, this project is coming to a close very quickly, but I look forward to coming back to Butterfly Effect in later years to continue doing research and starting new projects! As I reflect on my final project, I […]
1.) What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Finally, the updates on this project must come to an end for this semester, though I will be continuing to volunteer at the Madison Care Center. Throughout this project my partner, Valeriya and […]
Throughout this project, I focused on how the amount of sleep individuals get affect their performance and mental health. I used many different sources to come to the ending result that other factors such as the quality of sleep, stress, and the amount. As this project has taken half of […]
My inquiry question: “Does society influence fashion or is it the other way around?” A challenge I overcame during this project was coming up with my initial inquiry question. My question is “does society influence fashion or is it the other way around”. I was originally planning on the question […]
Initial question: “When does protecting people begin to limit their freedom?” Throughout this inquiry project, one challenge I had to overcome was learning how to stay balanced (looking at both sides equally) instead of choosing one side right away. At first, I wanted to say that protecting people is always […]
Hi! welcome to my last blog post for this school year. In the last couple of post I’ve been looking into my inquiry question : why is there conflict in the middle east and how did it get that way? My general conclusion was that many of the same causes […]
Hello there! This is my last and final blog post for this semester on the inquiry question: “How does daily screen time affect the sleep quality of teenagers, and what factors can determine whether its effects are harmful or manageable?” In this blog post, I will reflect on my learning […]
Throughout project number 2, I came across 2 main problems: Procrastination and finding a starting point. ProcrastinationWhile this is a personal issue, it is one that many students fall succumb to, including myself. During the semester, I found myself moving away from writing the blog posts. This was because I […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? During this inquiry project, one challenge I overcame was finding trustworthy information because there was a lot of different opinions about social media and teens. I solved this by using reliable sources and comparing […]
To understand what it means for a government to control its economy, a proficient understanding of what an economy itself is also necessary. An economy is the system through which goods and services are produced, distributed, and consumed within a country. Government control over an economy is the amount of […]
