Hi there! My name is Isabella, and this is my second year of attending IDS – Social Responsibility. I feel excited to be back on this course and explore the many different categories of IDS. I am 15 years old and am currently in grade 10 at École Dr Charles […]
Hello everyone! My name is Elizabeth, I’m 14 years old, in grade 9 and this is my first year attending the Social Responsibility course here at École Dr Charles Best Secondary School. I feel very excited to begin this program so that I can learn and meet new people. I […]
Hello, my name is Kylie and I’m a grade 9 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Canada. I have 2 brothers and a dog named Chippy. I love spending time with family and being outside in nature. My passion is rhythmic gymnastics. I started when I was 5 […]
My name is Vashti and I’m 15 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. […]
My name is Chloe Mah and I am currently 15 years old; however, I will be 16 in October. I am a grade 11 student attending Charles Best Secondary School and I live with myself and four others. I live with my brother, mom, dad, and dog named Jumbo. One […]
Hi there! This is my last blog post of the year. In this blog post I will be reflecting on my inquiry post and addressing some questions surrounding it. Firstly, I will explain why I selected the question “How do human efforts and attempts to fix nature compare to letting […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Late on a Friday evening of CAIMUN, I received an emergency text at midnight from one of our delegates, which read, “IT’S AN EMERGENCY.” I was concerned, and when I heard what had […]
Over the course of this second semester, I encountered plenty of challenges in my action including choosing and casting our spring production, having actors drop out of the production and a few rough assemblies, but with the help of the teachers at Charles Best and my crew, I managed to […]
Hey guys! This is my last post. Thank you all so much for tagging along this journey! 1a. Challenges in Writing the Story The biggest challenge was writing about grief in a way that felt real but not overly emotional. The story explores missing someone you never really knew – […]
For this project, I researched Canada’s major cities’ traffic issues and ways to fix them by seeing what other places around the world do. A big challenge I had to overcome was finding concrete answers to my questions. At first researching and finding good information was difficult since every site […]
As of May 29th, I have, with my crew: Since the play closed, we have still been busy, just with a different goal in mind. We are now roughly six months away from our next fall play, which means that we have got to set everything back to a blank […]
As of May 15th, I have, with the help of the cast, crew and my assistant stage manager: We had many successes since April 17th, including having a full run of our spring play Tom Jones. When comparing to last year’s spring play, and our recent fall play, Tom Jones […]
As of April 17th, I have, with the help of my assistant stage manager and crew: We succeeded in multiple ways, made good progress and even completed t-shirt designs in record speed. Tom Jones marked the Best Players’ first foray into online advertisement, with multiple posts and videos made to […]
I will be continuing Stage Management as my Action this semester. In this second semester, Stage Management will include aiding the cast and crew to put on our spring play. In Alison Stuart’s TEDx talk, “Not All Giving is Good,” she brought up the lesson that to best help a […]
Blog post #4 for a story is the same as #3. Again, because what I’m writing is more of a personal essay than a fictional story with a clear plot line, Instead of studying how my story applies to a standard narrative (which would be difficult, because it doesn’t) I’ll […]
Hey guys! I’ll be putting a twist on my 3rd post because what I’m writing is more of a personal essay than a fictional story with a clear plot line. Instead of studying how my story applies to a standard narrative (which would be difficult, because it doesn’t) I’ll be […]
Hi there! This is my fifth inquiry blog post. In this blog post, I will address the third step of research surrounding my inquiry question: “How do human efforts & attempts to fix nature compare to letting nature heal itself? “ My step 3 of research: Find expert opinions on nature-based solutions […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) Since my last blog post about my Action, I have attended the final major conference of the year, CAIMUN, as both the Head Delegate of our school’s delegation and as an individual […]
The afternoon sun shines through the window of your physics classroom as you walk in. You don’t particularly care where you sit, and there’s no arranged seating plan either, so you choose the table in the front and center of the room, close enough to the whiteboard that you don’t […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) Since my last blog post about my Action, I have participated in YLSBCMUN as the Under Secretariat General of Committees, in charge of overseeing the 2 committees that it had, and as […]
Hey y’all! welcome back. In my last posts, I went over what’s causing the major traffic problem and what other places around the world do to control their traffic. Now I’m going to bring everything I learned so far to find possible solutions and innovations to fix the issue. here’s […]
Hi! Welcome back to my blog. Last post I looked at what the 5 main issues are causing the major traffic problem here in Canada. Them being: construction, incidents and accidents, the urban core, dependence on cars, and undeveloped public transport. In this post, I will look at what other […]
Hello! This is my inquiry blog post #4! In this blog post, I will explain the second step of research from my project plan regarding the question: “How do human efforts and attempts to fix nature compare to letting nature heal itself?” Inquiry question: “How do human efforts and attempts […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) I have already went to 3 MUN conferences this year, the first one being the CAHSMUN Horizons, where I not only acted as the head delegate of the school, but also brought […]
Being identified as a gifted student often comes with high expectations from teachers, parents, and even peers. These expectations can lead to significant pressure, which may impact mental health in several ways. Gifted students might feel the need to constantly perform at a high level, which can result in anxiety, […]
Hey everyone! This post is just a plot point of my story and will include some ideas I have for symbolism that could be integrated. Ideas for symbolism: Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action One: Rising Action Two: Climax: I don’t exactly want a climax to this story, but I’m […]
Hi there! In this blog post, I will be addressing my first step of research from my project plan surrounding my question: “How do human efforts and attempts to fix nature compare to letting nature heal itself?” Inquiry question: “How do human efforts and attempts to fix nature compare […]
Everyone knows what grief feels like if you lose a deeply loved one, but no one talks about grief for a stranger – especially if that person was your grandfather. Hey guys! This is the first post of my second topic this year. This time I’ll also be writing a […]
Hello! After breaking down my question in the last post, I decided that firstly I will figure out what’s wrong and what’s causing the problem. That is what I will be discussing in this first round of research. Even though in the future I will be focusing mostly on Vancouver […]
Hi everyone, if you haven’t yet read my blog post #1, the question I will be researching is “How can being classified as a “gifted student” affect your mental health and wellbeing?”. I chose to do research on this question since I am in the ‘gifted program’ myself and would […]
Hello everyone! This is the general plot of my story, it contains significant spoilers so read at your own risk. Exposition: Who: Main Character: You, aka the reader/protagonist Supporting characters: Unnamed classmates Point of Attack: We know nothing about the protagonist other than that they are in high school, and […]
Hello everyone, welcome to my second action blog post, where I will be addressing the following questions: 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. I started my action in September as the Model United Nations club president. Through a summer […]
Hi there! In this blog post, I will provide three steps to my research surrounding nature and the environment that will help guide me in my later posts. Additionally, I will provide 5 valid sources that may be useful to address my question: “How do human efforts and attempts to fix […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? One of the biggest challenges I faced while working on this story project was figuring out how to follow the typical structure of a narrative while staying true to my personal experience. […]
Hello everyone, through the values activity, I found my 3 most important values are Reliablity, Compassion, and Leadership, and my 3 least important values to be Pleasure, Power, and Competence. While I do not disagree with the results of the activity, as it is a rather accurate depiction of my […]
Through the Values Activity, I have found that some of my values have changed since I started this action back in October of 2024. I am continuing Stage Management as my action, however, with a focus on documenting information to be passed down in a physical book. My three most […]
Honestly this story was a little difficult, because it hit a bit close to home. I especially struggled with the “dreamscape” descriptions, the characters, and transitions and I don’t think I quite nailed the vibe I was going for, so I apologize for any confusion. Then again, this is also […]
Hi everyone, and welcome to my blog! In this new inquiry project, I will be looking into Canadian infrastructure and how it could be developed to lessen traffic. Traffic congestion is a major problem especially in big cities like Toronto, Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver. This topic interests me because it […]
“What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges?” Throughout this action project, I encountered, reencountered and overcame many challenges. These challenges came in two categories: communication and time management. I navigated communicational challenges with a professional attitude, not letting personal interactions […]
Hello! This is my last story post, and I will be sharing my thoughts and reflections on my story project! a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I had multiple challenges that I had to overcome throughout this story project. […]
Hi there! This is my first inquiry blog post of this semester, and I will be stating my question and the reason why this question interests me. My inquiry question: “How do human efforts and attempts to fix nature compare to letting nature heal itself?” Why this is a question […]
For those who are new, my and my partners decided we wanted to donate money to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. This is an organization that helps injured, orphaned, and pollution-damaged wildlife. To get the money to donate, we donated the bottles we had at our houses and did a […]
Hello everyone, welcome back to my blog post! Today I will be reflecting on my inquiry project! a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I faced a lot of challenges throughout this inquiry project and I have successfully tackled all […]
Hello everyone, and welcome to my last post for this project! In my action my two partners and I collected bottles, recycling them at Return-It Depo and then took that money and donated it to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. I recycled my own bottles, one of my partners […]
Hey! Welcome to my story! Dear Laura, My parents were bringing me back to Canada for around two months. In their words, it was called “reconnecting with my culture” – but I never knew much of Canada at all. I didn’t even know Canada existed as a country until a […]
For those who are new here my action is collecting bottles, then recycling them at return it depo and then taking that money and donating to the Wildlife Rescue Association of BC. So far, I have recycled my own bottles, one of my partners recycled their bottles and the other […]
Since December 13th 2024, here are the tasks and events that have been accomplished by me and the Stagecraft department: I have been involved in all of these tasks, however, did not complete them alone. We have had successes in the past 9 weeks as well as a couple challenges. […]
Hi there! This is my blog post #5, and this is my short story draft! “I don’t really know what I plan on doing yet, I have so many dreams about traveling and discovering new places around the world. Since the social studies class with Mr. Stevens, I can’t stop […]
Hey guys! Re-doing my blog post #3 here. I’m going to be analyzing the specific theories behind adolescent psychology and more specifically peer pressure. I made sure to include references to my own story as well! Exposition: Laura, a young girl visiting Vancouver for a short stay, finds herself in […]
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog post number three. My action overview: for people who have not read my previous blog posts, my action is focused on helping future generations to care for the environment by educating them from a young age about our beautiful planet and the problem’s […]
Hey guys! I’m here to explain my story by offering some more detail on how it will go and backing my points with some research. Exposition: Laura, a young girl visiting Vancouver, Canada, for a short stay, finds herself in the unfamiliar environment of Chaffey Burke Elementary School. Raised in […]
Since November 21st, 2024, here is the list of events that me and the stagecraft department have accomplished: As previously mentioned, none of these things would have been possible by myself, I am nothing without my crew even if I have knowledge and experience. Running a circus alone ends with […]
Hi there! This is my Blog Post #4, and I have added more details and sites to my story plotline to prepare for my story to come together soon! I hope you enjoy reading it!
Question: Is the cause of ADHD more effected by genetic or environmental factors? Current topic: Research about the environmental factors and their effect on ADHD. Research findings: After finding the impacts of genetic effects on ADHD, I was ever more curious about the environmental factors and their effect on ADHD […]
Hello Everyone! Another aspect of my story deals with friendships, specifically friendship break-ups. Friends, defined as people attached to one another by affection or esteem, (1) are import figures in our lives. Friends offer each other emotional support, which includes listening without judging, validating your feelings, offering words of comfort […]
Hi everyone! My blog post may be a little jumpy, as one needs to know a little about a lot for my story. My story features landscapes in the subconsciousness, inspired by inside out(1). The mental figures and spaces, however, do not represent emotions, but parts of the brain. Two […]
Here is the plot point outline for my story! Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Rising Action One: Rising Action Two: Climax: Falling Action: Resolution: Themes and Takeaways: Let me know if this is alright! Thank you!
Hi there! This is my revised version of the story plot for my short story. I have provided some citations that inspired me to create this story and added a few finishing touches to the plot Hope you enjoy reading it! Exposition: Point of Attack: Rising Action: Climax: […]
As of today, November 21, 2024, I have been involved in running 3 schoolwide assemblies, 1 music concert, orchestrated the haunted house, all while being present and in charge of stagecraft and rehearsals. We have had a successful opening of our MetFest the setup for which included running build-in, tech […]
What is “Stagecraft” Stagecraft or “Technical Theatre” is the prep work and behind the scenes work that makes a production of a play, show, concert or musical possible. Technical Theatre includes duties such as designing of posters, billboards, t-shirts, tickets or other advertisements, props, costumes, set design, lighting and sound […]
Hello everyone! This is the general plot of my story, it contains significant spoilers so read at your own risk. Exposition: Who: Main Characters: The POV switches between Caris and Avery, but Avery would be the main character Supporting characters: Professor Moose, Lady Amaya, Tress, Adawnis, Galiena, Caris’s mom and […]
Big topic question: How does anxiety affect our mental health? My 3 sub-questions: 1)What is anxiety? My peers and I are very anxious, especially in the final year of high school. I wanted to know why we feel anxious and if it is beneficial to our mental health. For example, […]
Hello everyone, my name is Scott Lyu, a grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. My inquiry project of choice is “Is the cause of ADHD more effected by genetic or environmental factors?” After the research, hopefully I can use the knowledge of the cause of ADHD […]
Values I have learnt to value certain ideas over others in my time in the education system and as an adolescent. According to the Values Activity in the Butterfly Effect site, my most important values are equality, courage and recognition. I agreed with the wording of the statements that correlated […]
Although my story is a real-life event that had previously occurred during my life, I decided to continue with a free-write anyways to capture some emotions that may have occurred or events that I may have forgotten. It was a pretty interesting experience picking up new details of an event […]
Hello, my name is Melea, and I am a grade twelve student at École Charles Best Secondary School in British Columbia, Canada. Stage Management This year is my second year as Stage Manager at Charles Best, meaning I am the student in charge of just about everything relating to the […]
Hello everyone, my name is Xiaoyu Lyu, preferred name being Scott, I am currently 17 years old, and I live in Burnaby, B.C., Canada. I am currently attending Ecole Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, and my favourite subject is any subject that I can learn from! As a grade 12 […]
My name is Chloe Mah, Im currently 14 but soon to be 15 in October. Im in grade 10 and attend Charles Best Secondary School, and live in Coquitlam, BC. I live with my family, which is my mom, dad, brother, dog, and I. When I attend school, my favourite […]
For my second semester inquiry project, I chose to research the topic, “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I really enjoyed researching this project as it taught me a lot more about the topic that does affect many […]
Blog #7: ReflectionAddress the following questions:a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout my inquiry project, I had two main struggles that I had to overcome while researching. Firstly, my topic of choice for my inquiry research is a very […]
For my inquiry project, I chose to research the topic of “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose to research this by breaking my inquiry question into 3 sub questions, and I will be addressing the third sub-question today. […]
Hello everyone, welcome to my blog post 7, where I will be answering questions about my inquiry project. a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I had a lot of trouble researching the differences in respect between countries, as there […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I discussed some of these challenges in my blog posts. One major challenge I faced during this action project was falling ill when I was scheduled to volunteer. Unfortunately, there was no […]
Welcome back to my inquiry research! Today I will be conducting my last research round for my inquiry question and hopefully gaining a better idea of the answer to my question and getting one step closer to understanding more about this topic! For my research round today, I will specifically […]
Hello, and welcome back to my blog! For my inquiry project, I chose to research the topic of “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose to research this by breaking my inquiry question into 3 sub questions, and I […]
Hello everyone, this is my fifth blog post for my inquiry project, and my inquiry question is “How do people gain respect from others, and the effects of culture on how one gains respect.” This is my last round of research, and I will be researching and summarizing how to […]
Moving onto some story specific facts! There are a lot, so this blog may be a little scattered. Heterochromia is when a person or animal has more than one eye color. (1) Heterochromia is relatively rare and is caused by a mutation in the gene that affects melanin, the pigment […]
Welcome back to my inquiry project! Building off of what I wrote in my last research round, for this research round I will be going more in-depth into the actual trends that rise and fall in our current society. First I will be looking at the life cycle and the […]
Hello! Welcome back to my second round of research for my question, how does caffeine effect youth, and how it generally affects people! Today I will be going into detail about how certain people are very much impacted by caffeine, and it causes for them to stay awake all night […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! 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! 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 […]
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 […]
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, 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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
