Charles Best (CANADA)

Blog Post #7

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 […]

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Blog Post #1 – What White Lies Told in Early Childhood Impact Children as They Grow Up? 

In my new inquiry question, I want to explain what white lies are told by parents in their child’s development, why and in what cases they are told and how it impacts their development. I will talk about a few common lies that are told and the importance of them […]

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Blog Post #1 – Inquiry Project: What does it mean to “live in the moment,” and how can we actively focus on embracing the little things in life?

Hello and welcome back to my blog! My Inquiry question for Semester 2 is “What does it mean to ‘live in the moment,’ and how can we actively focus on embracing the little things in life?” I chose to do a topic regarding mindfulness as I am very interested in […]

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Blog Post 7 – Stage Management – Melea C. R.

“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 […]

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Blog Post #7 – “How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students?”

Why I chose this question: Social media is absolutely fascinating. The ever-changing nature of each platform makes the consumer hooked to their phone. With social media growing at rapid rates, I was always curious about how it could affect a high schoolers mental health specifically. In addition, I chose to […]

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Blog Post #7 – How Do Childhood Experiences Influence Our Identity as Individuals? (Reflection)

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I had some challenges relating to the fact that it was my first ever project in this class. Such as the stricter criteria for each blog post. Even if there weren’t direct […]

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Blog Post #5 – How Do Childhood Experiences Influence Our Identity as Individuals?

In my final blog post, I am going to summarize my research and attempt to answer my big question, “How Do Childhood Experiences Influence Our Identity as Individuals?” I have been researching some main topics that I have used to help me answer this question: I can say that during […]

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Blog Post #5 – How does social media influence high school students’ social interactions and relationships, and how does that impact their overall well-being?

Inquiry Question: How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students? Research Step 3: How does social media influence high school students’ social interactions and relationships, and how does that impact their overall well-being? Individuals incorporate social media […]

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Blog post #5: “Is the cause of ADHD more effected by genetic or environmental factors?”

Question: Is the cause of ADHD more effected by genetic or environmental factors? Current topic: Whether the environmental factors or genetic factors are more important to developing ADHD symptoms. Research findings: After researching about both the impacts of genetic factors and ADHD factors, I am able to conclude that environmental […]

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Blog Post #4: Round 2 of Research – How Instagram Affects Teen Mental Health and Academic Performance

Hello readers, and welcome to blog #4! Today, I’m very excited to show some insights from my latest research project, which brought about amazing discoveries. So, to get straight to what I’ve been doing and what’s next for my inquiry question “How does Instagram affect teenagers self-esteem and relationships?” Recourses: […]

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Blog Post #3: Round 1 of Research – How Instagram Affects Teenagers’ Self-Esteem and Relationships

Research: First Round of Findings 1. Instagram’s Features and Their Effect on Self-Esteem Instagram is has things such as likes comments and filters and these can really impact teenagers and their selfview. Take filters as an instance; they have the power to transform pictures into flawless portraits. This often sets […]

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Blog Post#3 – Recycling Project and Teaching Elementary Schools About the Environment

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 […]

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Blog Post #4 – In what ways does social media use correlate with academic performance metrics like grades, attendance, and focus?

Inquiry Question: How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students? Research Step 2: In what ways does social media use correlate with academic performance metrics like grades, attendance, and focus? According to a 2019 study on […]

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Blog post #4: “Is the cause of ADHD more effected by genetic or environmental factors?”

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 […]

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Blog Post #4 – What role does early childhood nutrition play in shaping long-term health outcomes?

Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My main inquiry questions this semster is, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes? To answer this big questions I will focus my research around the question, What role does early childhood nutrition play in shaping long-term health outcomes? Early […]

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Blog post #4 – How Do Childhood Experiences Influence Our Identity as Individuals?

In this blog post, I will connect and piece some of my research together from my last blog post. I am specifically looking at childhood experiences, but diving deeper into memories. Good or bad. How do they affect our identity, personality and behaviour? Lets look at memory… Memories are combined […]

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blog post three: update on meetings and future plans (environmental education club)

hi everyone, im so sorry for the late post.  action overview: for people who have not read my previous blog posts, my action is helping future generation care for the environment by educating them from a young age about our beautiful planet and the problem’s affecting it ( I am […]

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Blog Post #3 – How do adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact physical and mental health in adulthood?

HI everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My main inquiry questions this semster is, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes? To answer this big questions I will focus my research around the question, How do adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) impact physical and mental health in adulthood? […]

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Blog post #1 – How does Instagram influence the way teenagers perceive themselves and others?

This question interests me because Instagram is a huge part of my life and the lives of many people around me. I’ve noticed how it can impact self-esteem, confidence, and even relationships, and I want to understand why. It’s important to know how social media affects our thoughts and behavior, […]

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Blog post #3 – How Do Childhood Experiences Influence Our Identity as Individuals?

In this blog post, I will research some topics that connect back to my question, that include… EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION: early childhood education is vitally important and should be talked about with more understanding. Early childhood education affects who we are as human beings, but also how we can treat […]

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Blog Post #3 – Among high school students, what mental health issues are most commonly associated with excessive social media use, and how do they impact academic performance?

Inquiry Question: How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students? Research Step 1: Among high school students, what mental health issues are most commonly associated with excessive social media use, and how do they impact academic […]

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Blog #1 values activity and United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Hello, my name is Eden Geddes and this is my first blog post. After doing the values activity I discovered my three most important values are equality, compassion, and belonging. My three least important values are risk, responsibility, and innovation. Personally, I agree with the results of the most important […]

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Blog Post #2 – How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes?

HI everyone! Today I’m going to be breaking down my big inquiry question, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes, into three sub-questions that will help me better answer the Inquiry question. This sub-question is essential because it helps to identify how negative environments and traumas in childhood […]

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Blog post #2 – How Do Childhood Experiences Influence Our Identity as Individuals?

THE PROCESS IN ANSWERING MY QUESTION: To answer my inquiry question… Step 1: I have to ask questions and research relevant topics Some topics that I would like to research that are centralized around my question are … I need to research these topics as my goal is to research […]

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Blog # 2 – Project Plan – “How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students?”

My Inquiry question this semester is “How does continuous engagement with social media platforms, without regular breaks, influence the mental health and academic performance of high school students?” I look forward to discovering how social media impacts the mental health and academic performance of students. Research Step 1: Among high […]

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Blog Post #1 – How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes? 

Hi and welcome back to my Blog! I chose to do an Inquiry project this semester and the question I will be working on answering is, How do early childhood experiences influence long-term health outcomes?  Early childhood is a critical period that shapes the foundation for health and well-being throughout […]

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Blog Post #1 – How do childhood experiences influence our identity as individuals?

In my inquiry project this semester, I want to research more about early childhood, specifically how experiences and environment affect the memories of children. We are all influenced in our actions, which make us the people that we are today. Our first 7 years of our life are the most […]

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About Me – Amy

Hello everyone! My name Amy Zhang, or Zhang Aimi. One thing about me that surprises others is that my  name has the same pronunciation and meaning in both the languages I speak. The meaning, in case you were wondering, is “loved by all around the world” which is slightly ironic considering […]

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Blog Post 7

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? I experienced challenges like actually writing part of a speech for Faye to recite. I wanted to depict something realistically related to youth crime, and it was kind of hard to link youth […]

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Blog Post #5: Story

Smile as pretty as a poison apple Faye sat at her desk, scrolling through her presentation slides. It was the end of the semester, and the students of Law 12 had been assigned a semester-end presentation project based on what they learned. While bullying wasn’t directly in the curriculum, its […]

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Blog Post #4 – How is innocent until proven guilty used in the Canadian legal system?

Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! Today, I will be continuing my research of the concept of innocent until proven guilty. In this post, I plan to investigate the Canadian legal system and how innocent until proven guilty is used in it. The law affects almost every aspect […]

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Blog 1# Does expanding your political views make you a more hateful person

The biggest problem that I feel that society: Absolute freedom of speech is often not allowed which hinders more conversation from both sides The biggest problem that I feel that society is facing is the lack of acknowledgement that other people with their own political, socioeconomic, social, cultural, ideological views […]

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Blog #1: “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?”

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 […]

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Blog post #1  

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 […]

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Blog #2: How does participation in team sports impact children’s development?

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, […]

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Blog post #1-Action

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 […]

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Blog Post #1 – How does family dynamics affect the mental health and well being of an individual within the family?

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 […]

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Blog post #1 – How does participation in team sports impact children’s development?

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 […]

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Blog Post #1 – How do Environmental Factors Impact People’s Well-being?

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 […]

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Blog Post #4 How does the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?

Hello everyone, this is my fourth blog post for my inquiry project, “How does the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?” This is my second step of the research, about how the dissemination of knowledge helps shape our societies, this will help me to […]

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Blog Post #4: How has the integration of celebrity figures taking on roles as creative directors of fashion houses affected the growth and trajectory of the fashion industry?

Welcome back to my inquiry project! In my last Blog post I ventured into the deep world of fashion and explained some of the history and foundation of our current understandings of the culture which surrounds fashion. Today I will be delving even deeper and researching the relationship between the […]

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blog Post #3: how has the integration of celebrities in creative director roles affected the growth and trajectory of fashion?

  Welcome back! Following the steps I have mentioned in my project plan, i will begin with my first foot of my research with the former post as an outline. In this blog post I will mainly be giving a history lesson on the history and growth of creative directors […]

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Blog Post #3 – When and how do scientific theories change?

In this blog post, I plan to research how scientific theories are created. Scientific theories are the foundations for furthering scientific knowledge (1) and are accepted as a scientific truth. (6) They provide an accepted explanation for something (7) and a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world. […]

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