Social media has become a constant part of daily life, especially for teenagers. To better understand the larger question “How does social media influence teenagers self esteem?” it helps to break it down into three key supporting questions that explore different aspects of this issue. How do likes, comments, and […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my final blog post for this inquiry project. Throughout this project, I looked into how social media affects today’s generation, especially in terms of mental health, behaviour, and how people see themselves. In this post, I’m going to reflect on the challenges I faced, […]
For my second project, I again chose storytelling. This is not only a personal hobby, but also a responsibility we all have to society. Written records document the transmission of human civilization, are the crystallization of human wisdom, the life experiences of our ancestors, and are a treasure trove we […]
Hello! Welcome to my first blog post for my second project. For my blog post i chose to inquire about our imaginations because it feels like we don’t talk about them anymore especially with the rise of ai people, can feel as though their imaginations and those of their children […]
Welcome to my second project of the year! I decided to do an inquiry project again for my second project and my question will be “Why do humans procrastinate even when they know the consequences?” This question interests me because procrastination is something that affects many people, including myself. Even […]
Hello there! Welcome to my first blog post for project two, where I will begin researching around my new inquiry question about the relationship between screen time and teenagers’ sleep quality. For this semester, I wanted to learn more about how daily screen time impacts teenagers’ sleep quality, especially since […]
My 3 most important values are Equality, Freedom, and Compassion. My 3 least important values are Tradition, Tolerance, and Power. I agree with the results for the most part, some values may have changed since doing the activity last semester, but overall I believe I kept the same core values […]
After completing the values activity I found out that my most important values are justice, equality, and freedom. Also that my least important values are tolerance, spiritual growth, and power. I think these results are spot on, and they represent my personal values correctly. The descriptions were accurate to what […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to my first blog post for project two! For this semester’s inquiry project, I wanted to expand on the topic of healthy eating to truly understand how the media and other external factors impact our individual understanding of what it means to be “healthy”. To do […]
After completing the activity, I learned my top 3 most important values are courage, recognition and personal growth. My top 3 least important values turned out to be tradition, belonging and equality. I agree with the results, and I think the statements are good descriptions of the values. I do […]
Thank you for taking the time to read my first blog post! For my semester 2 project, I have decided to dive into the inquiry question “How does storytelling through movement and performance create a deeper impact than spoken language?” I have decided to choose this inquiry question because it […]
For my second project this year, I’ve decided to do a story. It will definetly be a different experience than my first inquiry, but I am very excited to try a new type of project, especially since I love creative writing and haven’t done it in a while. I first […]
For my project two, I chose to do another inquiry project. The question I chose is “How does the amount of sleep students get impact their learning and focus?” because I’ve noticed that when I don’t get enough sleep, it becomes harder to pay attention and remember information during the […]
For the second progect of this year I chose to do another inquiry post but it’s going to be alot different from the ones ive done previously. I plan on reasearching and creating a historical timeline that explains the conflict in the middle east from the begining of society to […]
My inquiry question for my second inquiry project of the semester is “How does one lose themselves in group settings due to deindividuation?”. I chose this question, as I find it so hard to believe how many people change their personalities, morals and personal responsibilities when they are in group […]
The question I have chosen for my inquiry project this semester is “how does stress affect student learning and performance?” This question interests me because as a student in today’s world, we are taught a lot about our emotions, how they affect us, and how we can manage them. I […]
Hello everyone, my name is Jennah, and today I’ll be presenting my inquiry question for blog post #1 that I’ll be continuing to pursue and research over the course of this semester. I’ll be stating my question, why I picked it, why it interests me, and finally a little more […]
Hi! My name is Lina and for my second project I am going to be doing an inquiry with the question ‘Does society influence fashion or is it the other way around?’. I decided on this topic because fashion has always been one of my interests and hobbies. I enjoy […]
Hello, this is the very first blog post in this second semester, marking the beginning of my second project! I plan on continuing an Action project with my friend, Vicky, due to our connection and shared passions, but this time we have brainstormed many different ideas for a new project. […]
Throughout this inquiry project, I faced several challenges. One of the biggest difficulties was finding reliable and accurate sources that clearly explained both the environmental and human impacts of fast fashion. There is a lot of information online, but not all of it is trustworthy or detailed enough, and some […]
Welcome to my first blog post for my second action project, I can’t wait to continue creating a positive impact in my community. Likewise to my last project, I am creating it with my friend Valeriya. So, I hope you can enjoy reading! 1) What are your 3 most important […]
Question: How does sleep and what you do beforehand affect your body, and mind? This question interests me because sleep is something everyone experiences, yet many people don’t fully understand how important it is. I’ve noticed that when I don’t get enough sleep, I feel more tired, unfocused, and sometimes […]
a. Challenges and how I overcame themOne of the biggest challenges I faced while working on this story was showing Vaeloria’s internal struggles in a way that felt real and engaging, without slowing down the action. I wanted readers to understand her fear, self-doubt, and perfectionism, but I also needed […]
For my second inquiry project, I decide to research the question “how does the amount of sleep individuals get affect the performance and mental health?” I found this question interesting because sleep is very important to me and I wanted to understand the deeper effects that it has on everyone, […]
Why this question interests me: This question interests me because social media is a big part of many teenagers daily lives. Many teens spend a lot of time on apps where people share pictures, opinions, and parts of their lives. This can affect how teenagers see themselves, especially when they […]
Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog. Today, we are starting a new project, following the end of my previous posts about feminism. So, my question for this semester is; what are the physiological and psychological effects of technology addiction? I decided to choose this topic because it has become […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? One of the main challenges I faced during this project was transforming a complicated historical conflict into a symbolic story that uses animals instead of humans. The real events behind the conflict […]
Welcome to my final blog post concerning my Inquiry question; ‘How does the country a child is raised in affect their childhood development and their values and beliefs into adulthood?’. In this post I will be reflecting on my Inquiry and answering some questions about my experience. Throughout this inquiry […]
Now that this project is wrapping up, I wanted to reflect on what I learned about helping the elephants because I learned so much. I hope you enjoy this final post for this project. a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my last blog post with my topic of “Do I shape my personality, or is it shaped by others.” In this blog post, I will be reflecting the journey of my inquiry project, regarding challenges, and impact. One of the biggest challenges I encountered […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? During my action project, I faced a few small challenges. One challenge was the weather because it had been raining a lot, and that could have made the clean-up harder. To overcome this, […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my last blog post regarding the Justification of Murder under various moral frameworks. For this post, I will be discussing barriers and challenges I encountered throughout this inquiry project and how I worked to overcome them. a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? One of the biggest challenges during this action project was scheduling. Our goal was to volunteer by teaching first aid skills to elementary school students, but the session happened during a period when […]
Hey! Unfortunately, this is the final blog post that I will write concerning my volunteering project that I had started with my friend, Vicky, in our very first semester. Though we are sad that it’s coming to it’s final close, we also acknowledge that this a great opportunity to reflect […]
Hi everyone 😛! This is my final post and reflection about this project, I handed out the cards and flowers on January 2nd right after New Years. I have a few interesting stories which I will talk about later on into the post, so keep reading to hear them. Throughout […]
As I reach the final stage of my research, I have come to the conclusion that passion plays a powerful role in shaping who we are and the choices we make. Throughout this inquiry project, I explored how people’s interests and passions can influence their goals, motivations, and the paths […]
1) What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? In our action project, volunteering at an elementary school, the main challenges that Valeriya and I faced was communication. Thus, gaining trust, respect and learning how to productively talk and act with young […]
Hello and welcome to my seventh and final blog post, in this post I will answer some questions. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges During this project, I had to overcome many challenges, the main one being understanding and […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I had to overcome some challenges while completing this project. Some challenges that I faced were explaining my research in a simplified manner, tying in research with some of my opinions and […]
The question I chose to try and answer this semester with my inquiry project was “How might climate change affect life in my community in the next 50 years?” What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges A big challenge I […]
From a young age I have always been interested in money and shopping, when it comes to buying clothes or even experiences. I was often told the common saying “Money can’t buy happiness,” so I decided to look into tat question to strengthen my understanding on the affect money has […]
Hello there! This is my last and final blog post for the inquiry project surrounding the question: “How does the changing season from summer to fall and winter affect our mood, what we eat and what we do?” In this blog post, I will be reflecting on all these blog […]
My question for this inquiry post was How much do we really use and what are the impacts of all the things we don’t? Challenges I overcome throughout this inquiry project A big challange I came across when doing this inquiry project was finding reputable sources of information. Alot of […]
Hi! My name is Lina, and this is my final blog post for my story project. In this post I reflected on my journey of writing this story. I hope you enjoy! 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you […]
One of the challenges I faced during this inquiry project was finding reliable and relevant information about homelessness and housing policies. There is a lot of information online, but not all of it is clear, accurate, or directly related to the topic I was researching. Sometimes different sources had different […]
One challenge I faced during this inquiry project was finding reliable information about how social media affects people’s confidence and self-worth. There are many opinions online, so it was sometimes hard to know which sources were trustworthy. To overcome this, I focused on using trustworthy articles and research instead of […]
Blog post #7 We finally finished! Our first semester-long project of the year. To reflect, this is my 7th (actually 6th) and last blog post for my story, “Beyond the Pom-Poms, It’s More Than Just a Hobby.” I hope you enjoy reading! What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How […]
Social media is a big part of almost everyone’s life today, especially for teens. In this post, I want to talk about three things social media affects that we don’t always think about: our behavior, our physical activity, and our sleep. We always hear about how social media can make […]
Hi everyone, this is my final story for my semestre long project. I Hope you enjoy reading it. Ding, ding, ding. It’s May 2nd, 2025. The day that marks 10 years since Zoya tore her ACL and had to end her cheerleading journey. The second day of the cheerleading worlds […]
In my final research post, I will be discussing solutions to income inequality and the positive benefits that may come from a society with almost no income inequality. Income inequality stems from many factors which means there are many potential solutions with varying effects. (1)One proposed solution to solve income […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my fifth and final blog post for my research. If you have not read any of my previous posts, I am doing an inquiry project with the question “Should there be limits to freedom of speech?” In this post, I am going to be doing my […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Volunteering at Ranch Park Elementary is slowly came to a stop, with the completion of the last weeks of helping. Valeriya and I have helped the students for a long duration, since the start of November, and we’ve been able to gain much […]
This is my final draft of my story Unplugged! Hope you enjoy 🙂 Day -1 – Prologue “Lola! Get up you’re going to be late for school!” Lola’s mother yelled from downstairs. “I’M COMING!” she screamed back, rolling over placing her phone on her nightside table. She yawned while looking […]
Your biggest obstacles are often the ones you create yourself. Waking up in the mornings can be tough. Some days, your body wants to sink into the warm covers and never leave. However, responsibilities and tasks loom over your head while you get ready for the day, like a dark, […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog! As I delve into this week’s blog post, I hope to understand how those in positions of power have utilized moral and political reasoning in order to justify the act of killing (murder) throughout history. Leaders often claim that taking a life […]
In the past 100 years, humans have killed over 4.65 million elephants (5). This is why it is crucial that we help them. It is no secret that elephants are likely to go extinct, as well as many other animals like rhinos or lions (5). There are so many ways […]
Hi everyone! Thank you for sticking around for my last research round! For this blog post. my final research step will be focused on Finding the Balance Between Self and Society. This step will support my question, to understand if one’s personality is something we completely control, or if it […]
Hello everyone! Glad to see you all back on my blog for post #5! Today, we will be sharing and conversing about sexual violence, and how it is portrayed in the media. When have we seen it, who does it affect, and what solutions can we come up with today […]
This is my third and final round of reasearch concerning my above inquiry question. In this post is the information I found notable when resarching the third step of my three step reasearch plan. I found the points I cover in this post very beneficial and informative about the role […]
Over the past few weeks, our project teaching first aid and safety to elementary school students has been going really well. We’ve now completed two full presentations, and both experiences were so rewarding. We got to interact with kids from different age groups and hear their thoughts on what “safety” […]
This is a draft story. When we live, we perform. In Blancheur, truth is a document. Folded. Filed. Stamped. Put away. If it’s ugly, we call it “complicated” so it sounds less like someone lied. In Arenthe, truth is water. And water can be made to look clear even when […]
Hi, welcome back to my post! A lot has happened since I last gave an update. I wrapped up my action project during winter break, and have since been reflecting on it. In this post I will talk about what I did and what I have accomplished.😛 One of my […]
Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog! In my last post I focused on the mental impacts of social media, like anxiety, self-esteem, and attention span. For this post I will be focusing on a different effect of social media, which is the social and emotional impacts on today’s generation. […]
Unfortunately, this project is soon coming to a close, but there still remain a few more blog posts as well as opportunities to continue my work towards my action. Thus far, Vicky and I have gone to Ranch Park Elementary School several times -an estimate of around 8-12 times, and […]
Hello! This is my inquiry blog post #5 surrounding the question: “How does the changing season from summer to fall and winter affect our mood, what we eat and what we do?” In this blog post, I will be presenting my third (and final) round of research. In this final round, I will investigate how people can adapt […]
Solutions to Fast Fashion and How We Can Reduce Its Impact Inquiry Question:How does fast fashion impact the environment, and what can we do about it? Round 3 Research: Sustainable Alternatives and Solutions After exploring the environmental damage and human costs of fast fashion, it is important to focus on […]
Step 3: Research how these concepts are intertwined in our sense of self and core beliefs In my last 2 blog posts, I explored the topics of implicit biases and childhood perception. I looked at how these unconscious biases affect us in our everyday life and how it is embedded […]
For my third round of research, I will be focusing on the biggest impacts of climate change and what it has done to our planet and our communities. I will try to find out what it has done to marine life as well as animals on land. My main goal […]
1.) Where are you with your action? We have basically completed our action. Rima and Dara were able to provide Baker Drive elementary students with a helpful presentation about First Aid. I unfortunately was not able to schedule a time, as I had classes. So, we decided to split the […]
Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog about waste. As stated before, my inquiry question is: How much do we really use and what are the impacts of all the things we don’t? In the first round of research I looked at what waste is, the different types of waste, […]
round 3 guiding question: How can people resist or cope with online comparison? What the Research Shows Social media is a big part of everyday life, especially for teens. While it can be fun and entertaining, it also creates a platform where people constantly compare themselves to others. Most influencers […]
Homelessness is a big problem in Vancouver, and many people do not have a safe place to live. The city has different housing programs to help, but it is important to know what the people using them think. Listening to their experiences and ideas can help make these programs better. […]
As a society, we continue to emphasize on wealth and financial success and that happiness is associated closely to money. When money is removed from the equation, we are revealed that fulfilment is influenced by a wide range of non-financial factors such as experiences and non-materialistic items. Happiness is an […]
Hi! Welcome to my fourth blog post. If you have not read any of my previous posts, I am doing an inquiry project with the question “Should there be limits to freedom of speech?” In this post, I am going to be doing my second round of research to understand […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my third blog post. In case you are new, I am doing an inquiry project with the question “Should there be limits to freedom of speech?” In this post, I am going to be doing my first round of research to understanding freedom of speech and […]
1.) Where are you with your action? 2.) What are some successes that you have had? 2. One of the biggest successes has been actually finding a school and specific class that is interested in contributing to our project and learning something from it as well. In addition, we have […]
Welcome to my second round of research concerning my Inquiry question! Today I’ll be sharing my findings from the second step of my three step reasearch plan. This round really helped me understand the scale of which parents and parenting techniques can change a child’s life, and the way that […]
Hi everyone, in my last blog post, I focused mainly on what procrastination really is and the scientific reasons behind it. Today, I will be talking more about the emotional and psychological reasoning behind it. There are many reasons why someone might be procrastinating getting things done, for example, a […]
Hi! In this blog post, I will continue researching my story project. This time I am researching the second half of my story outline. This includes climax, falling action, and resolution. In this part of my story, I am focused on the political aspects of my story and the revolution in my falling actions. I will be researching other places […]
Hi, this blog post will the very similar to my previous blog post. I will be talking about how anxiety, overthinking and self sabotage can affect a person in a high stress situation. I will be focusing on the Climax, Falling action and the Resolution. Climax: Vaeloria (protagonist) is caught […]
Hello everyone! Welcome back to blog post #4! I loved reading all the comments on my last post, and I hope you enjoyed it! Today, we will be introducing a topic that has become international feminist jargon, patriarchy. What is it; how does it function; and is it all that […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog post! As I began exploring the justification of murder and a challenge in defining its complexity, I realized how deep moral, legal, and psychological factors intertwine when we try to understand why such acts occur. This week, I researched my second inquiry […]
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to read my blog post again. The inquiry project that I will be researching is “Do I shape my personality, or is it shaped by others?” In the last blog post, I researched more internal factors of personality development. In this blog post, […]
Hi welcome back! 😊So far with this project I have made about twenty-seven cards to put on cars. This week I have been trying to stick to my original plan and make just one card a day. It has been quite successful and I am on track to finish them […]
The Hidden Side of Fast Fashion: How Workers and Communities Are Affected Inquiry question: How does fast fashion impact the environment, and what can we do about it? Round 2 Research: Exploring the Human and Economic Sides of Fast Fashion Fast fashion’s impact goes far beyond environmental harm; it also […]
For this post, I am doing my second round of research to support the later parts of my story about Jorin, Arenthe, and their justice system. This time I am focusing on the more mythical and symbolic layers of the story, like gods of justice and time, curses, the idea […]
Hello! Welcome to my blog post! For my semester one inquiry, I have decided to research the question “To what extent does daily water intake influence skin hydration and acne occurrence in students?” In this blog post, I will be sharing my second round of research, focusing mainly on the reasons […]
Hello again, my name is Jennah (once again), and this is my fourth blog post! This blog post will be very similar to my last one, other than the fact that I will be covering the second half of my story. This blog post will include the research I did […]
1.) Where are you with your action? So far i have completed my action. I went to the river walked around and picked up some garbage some of the things i found were a hand warmer and a piece of ribbon. There wasn’t much garbage but I expected that because […]
In this blog post I will be researching and talking about what other schools do for breaks during the school day and how does it affect their students? To start off almost every country around the world does something a little bit different from each other. One of country’s with […]
Step 2: Research more about childhood perception In my last blog post, I looked at implicit and social biases that can affect our everyday life and the decisions and judgments that we make. I looked out how these biases make us assume things of groups of people that are different […]
Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog about waste. As stated before, my inquiry question is: How much do we really use and what are the impacts of all the things we don’t? In the last post I looked at what waste is, the different types of waste, where it […]
When I wrote my story about the squirrel being chased out of the forest and returning with hatred, I realized that it wasn’t just a fable about “revenge.” It was really my way of thinking about how prejudice grows and becomes powerful. In real conflicts, people often begin to dehumanize each […]
Welcome to my blog post 4, today I will be addressing why elephants are so important to wildlife and our earth. Last post I addressed why certain species of elephants are going extinct and my next post I will be talking about how we can help them (my final question). […]
For my second round of research, I will be more focused on the biggest factors and causes of climate change and how they affect the speed of its growth. I will try to find ways to reduce these key factors and develop a better understanding of why these factors have […]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! As discussed in my previous post I researched the mental and psychological impacts on both the patient and their family when receiving a cancer diagnosis. Now, I am researching the emotional impact on both the patient and their family. This round of research will dig […]
Hey everyone, welcome back to my blog! In my project plan, I mentioned that this post would focus on the mental impacts of social media on today’s generation. I’ll be looking at how apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat affect things like self-esteem, body image, anxiety, depression, and even our […]
What’s up, guys! As the semester continues to go by, weeks of projects, assignments and studying do too, but within the stress I have been able to do some incredibly cool stuff, like this project. Thus far, Vicky and I have kept up our consistency and we have been visiting […]
Homelessness is something that is still a growing problem today in many parts of the world, Vancouver included. A large part of why this is, is because housing prices are to high for people to afford, leaving people on the street. So what if the housing prices were lower, would […]
1.) Where are you with your action? In our efforts of helping schools and tutoring students in our neighborhood, Valeriya and I have volunteered for approximately six hours total. During that time we more activities with the learners, answering their questions and helping teachers feel less stressed and overwhelmed in […]
