Hello and welcome to my new post about mars, today I am going to go over the priorities of short term set up on mars. But first, I will be talking about the evolution of mars colonization technology. Thank you to Rhea Manhas for this awesome suggestion. So a lot […]
Hi everyone! Last week, I looked into some breakthroughs in the history of veterinary medicine and technology and how these technologies work. I did research on stem cell therapy, anesthesia and anesthetic monitoring, and 3D printing. This week, I want to continue on the same topic, looking into more breakthroughs such as laser surgery and […]
Hey everyone, In my previous rounds, I covered the basic information retaining to physical activity as well as positive aspects the education system has provided teenagers. Sadly, it has come to the end for this cycle so for my last round of research, I will be investigating the negative impacts […]
In my last blog post, I did research about how the school starting time affects students. Now, it’s important that there are examples from other countries who have changed their school starting times. School in Finland is very different than schools in Canada. In Finland, students can choose to graduate […]
How does music effect us psychologically, and why do some producers get more recognition than others? Since I’ve found it difficult to word my posts properly, I’m going to change the way it is formatted. Hopefully, this makes it easier for the audience as well. Production of Music: (Record Labels […]
A brief history on computers and robotics and their evolution over time… Electronic computers weren’t a thing until the year 1943 when two people named John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, with the help of colleagues from the moore school of engineering at the University of Pennsylvania received government funding […]
“Why can’t AI currently experience true feelings? What is holding it back and will it ever be able to?” To be quite honest, this question is quite complex and quite simple at the same time. Humans, other animals, and even some bacteria, and therefore their consensuses, are very intricate, with […]
Hey everyone! This is my fourth action post for the year. In this post, I’ll be talking about some of the complexities I face in my action, why I believe my action is sustainable, and how it is providing opportunity. In Ms Stuart’s TEDx talk, we learned about how ‘Everything […]
Hi everyone!! This is my third action post for my new initiative I have decided to name “One With Nature.” Just to quickly recap on what my action project entails, I am planning to lead nature walks, park clean ups, and scientific explorations in Mundy Park as a way to […]
Hello and welcome to my second research round for my question “where does personality come from”. In my 1st research round, I covered some of the various theories as to how personality is formed and I talked about where in the brain controls our personality. One of the main theories […]
Hello, this is my first round of research. In this post I will be talking about what we need to bring to mars to survive while we set up longer term solutions as well as how we would get to mars. How do we get there? If you want to […]
Hey everyone, For the second post of my inquiry topic, I will be focusing on the positive physical impacts the education system provides teenagers. In my last post, I mentioned some benefits school has on improving the physical aspect of children’s lives such as making physical education classes mandatory until […]
Poverty Action Project Step 4, 1/4: The Budget For my project, I have decided to put together multiple care packages which include basic hygiene products, foods, first-aid materials, clothing and water. To be able to accomplish this, I must start off with a budget to know what I can buy, […]
Hi everyone! This is my second round of research with my question “How is one’s personality formed?” For this round, I am going to be researching about how genetics(nature) and the environment (nurture) can have an influence on personality and how the two differ. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————- (7) Nature vs Nurture (4) […]
Hi everyone! In my last round of research, I looked into the history of veterinary studies, discovering when formal (and “informal”) veterinary education began and for what reasons. In this round, I will be researching what the most innovative breakthroughs and advances in veterinary medicine have been over the years, going into as […]
How does music effect us psychologically, and why do some producers get more recognition than others? So, in the last round we looked at how the music effects us psychologically, and a brief message as to how producers get recognition. Now, I’d like to start branching off from those topics, […]
My question is: What will the next art movement be? Hello! In my second round of research I will be asking “What information could help find where the next art movement will start?” I must look to see where it would be most likely to have an art movement. I […]
What is the History of Modern Artificial Intelligence? While there are many recorded instances of very basic AI well before modern times, the true field of Artificial Intelligence wasn’t founded until 1956, at a conference hosted by John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky, at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire. [3] […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to another Action post. To give everybody a background on my project, I lead a club called Miracle Movement at school. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small fundraisers in support of BC […]
What starting time for school will benefit students the most academically, mentally and physically? How the starting time for schools impacts students: A study done by Science Advances shows that school starting later lets teenagers sleep more which improves student’s physical and mental health, attendance and academic performance. Teenagers should be […]
Just a quick recap for those of you that haven’t read my action plan, I am going to be coming up with one things I can change in my day to day life to help the environment each week! I am also going to be logging everything I do into […]
Hello again! This is my first research round for my inquiry question “where does personality come from“. Today I hope to be looking into where in the brain personality is controlled and some of the theories as to how we gained our own individual and unique personalities in the first […]
Hello everyone! I am super excited to share what I have accomplished so far for my action, and what I am planning in the next upcoming weeks. In my previous post, my action project plan, I discussed the details of my action and what I will be trying to raise […]
My inquiry question is: In the future, how will languages converge and influence each other, and will the world one day end up with one single global language? In order to find an answer to this question, I will start — for my first round of research — to look […]
Hi everyone, This is my first round of research with my question “How is one’s personality formed?”. For this round, I will be looking into different parts of a personality. This includes different personality traits, personality types, etc. (10) What is personality? A personality is all the characteristics/qualities that combine […]
To tackle the global issue of poverty, we have to get rid of the discriminatory separation between classes, and help each other in times of trouble. A quick recap on what my action project is about: People who live in poverty are a large group of people who experience other […]
Hi everyone! My inquiry question is “How has veterinary medicine, technology and education evolved and what has been its impact?“ To start off my research, I will be looking a bit into the history of veterinary medicine, all the way back to the very beginnings of veterinary medicine. I will be delving into […]
Hey everyone, For my first round of research I will be giving a general introduction on the physical aspects for the first cycle of “How does the Educational System Affect Teenagers?” Without recognizing it, sometimes we overlook the impacts school has on teens because an education is a stepping stone […]
My question is: What will the next art movement be? Hello! In my first round of research I will be asking, “What has affected movements in the past?” Here are 5 art movements of the past and what has mainly affected them. (was it society, politics, religion, societal norms, technology, […]
What is AI? When defined at a superficial level, AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is quite a basic concept. It is the concept of getting machines to complete actions or jobs that when completed by a human, would force them to use their “human intelligence”. AI will normally show or attempt […]
Hey everyone! This is my second action post of the year, and I’m so excited to update you all about how it’s going so far. If you look under the tab, “Action Instructions,” it describes how this post should give a step-by-step plan to accomplish my goal and to give […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my second Action post of the year! To give everybody a background on my project, I lead a club called Miracle Movement at school. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small fundraisers […]
How do improvements in computers and robotics affect us in both positive and negative ways and what does this mean for the future? By: Josh Vas From an early age, robots and computers have always fascinated me. This invention is relatively new and has had a profound impact on the […]
By Giulia Bianchi How does music effect us psychologically, and why do some producers get more recognition than others? The reason I chose this question, is because I’m generally curious as to how music works. There are several different genres of music, yet the ones that are most played, by […]
Inquiry Plan. Question: Should the use of Physical/Written material continue to be used when there is the option of Digital/Electronic material? Why I chose this question: I got the idea of this question sometime in the last week when I was reading a book, and I remarked on the fact that […]
Written by Ellen Piasentin My three steps for research are: Research dead languages, how they are preserved and how languages die Research what languages are currently going out of style and what people are doing about it Research how languages are currently influencing each other, terminology in one language from […]
Written by Ellen Piasentin My inquiry question is: In the future, how will languages converge and influence each other, and will the world one day end up with one single global language? As a bilingual person growing up in a multi-cultural family, I have always been conscious of all the […]
What starting time for school will benefit students the most academically, mentally and physically? This question interests me because school takes up most of my time. I get home from school around 4:30 but school work doesn’t end there. Depending on the amount of homework I get, I usually go […]
Hi everyone, This is my project plan for my first research cycle of the year and I’m happy to start researching about my question. The anatomy and physiology of the brain is a topic that I have always been interested in. That being said, psychology is definitely a part of […]
Action Plan Noah Berg My action plan is to help kids who are first starting hockey. I will make sure the have the support they need to help develop skills, love the amazing sport and continuing to play it through their life. I have always been involved in hockey […]
Hello everyone! Returning to Social Responsibility this year, I am super excited to create my own action based project! After looking at all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, I found 2 main ones that I am really passionate about: “Life on land” and “Gender Equality.” Taking these 2 goals, […]
Hi everyone, As some of you may know, I’ve had my heart set on becoming a veterinarian for a long time now. Seeing as this year is my last year of high school, I figured that it would be wise if I were to do research that is relevant to […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my first Action post of the year! Last year, I focused my action project on “Personal Growth” where I decided to become a teen tutor for elementary school students in my community. However, this year I’ve decided to switch gears and focus on the goal “Good […]
My action project is based on the global issue of poverty. Poverty is one of the leading causes of many global issues, such as hunger, illness, thirst, bad health and hygiene, lack of housing, lower life expectancy, violence, abuse, discrimination and overall vulnerability. Poverty is also “hereditary”, which means that […]
Hello everyone! My name is Madison Ciulla and currently I am in grade 12 at Dr. Charles Best Secondary. This is my second year in Social Responsibility/Butterfly Effect. I joined in grade 10, and after missing the amazing opportunities I was involved in, I wanted to re-join for my grade […]
Hello, I’m Shieva. This is my first year in Butterfly Effect and I’m excited to be a part of it. My favourite subject is science; specifically biology. Something about me that may surprise you that I am an oil painter; I have been for seven years. I actually recently started […]
My question is: What will the next art movement be? This question is of interest to me because to find the next movement you need to know what factors affect popular art. I thought that it would be interesting to look back throughout art movements to see the different environmental […]
Hey everyone. For my final year in Butterfly Effect, I wanted to continue my theme of teenagers but, take a different approach towards my topic. Throughout the whole semester (or even the year) I will be researching “How Does The Educational System Affect Teenagers?” With a question this broad, I’m […]
For this semester of Butterfly Effect, I have chosen to do an inquiry project. My question for this inquiry project will be “Will Artificial Intelligence ever be able to experience authentic feelings?”. I decided to go with this question because I find artificial intelligence is currently a very interesting and […]
I have decided for my inquiry question, I am going to ask “where does personality come from?” I decided to do this question because I find learning about different personalities very interesting. Everyone is different but still, we have our similarities. I wan to discover where personality is derived from. […]
Hey there! My name is Rhea Manhas, and I’m going into grade 12 at Dr Charles Best Secondary school. This is my fourth year doing Social Responsibility/Butterfly Effect, I’ve been in it since I started high school in grade 9. Something about me that might surprise others is that I quite […]
Hey everyone! For my first project of this year, I decided to go with an action project! I’d say I am someone who is fairly involved in my community, both in and out of school. So, I thought exploring how some of my work affects myself and those around me […]
Hello! My name is Bogdan Badea, and I go to Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. I’m in grade 12 and my favorite subject’s are Maths and Sciences. I like them mostly because they follow the most amount of sense, like in the way that you have proofs in math they […]
Hey! My name is Noah Berg, I am a grade 12 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary, and this is my first year with Butterfly Effect. One thing that might surprise you about me is that I skipped a grade. When I was in 5 years old my daycare […]
Hello! My name is Sunnie Kim. I am 14 years old and a grade 9 student at Charles Best. I have been in French immersion since I was 5 years old and I also speak Korean at home with my family. My favourite subject is English and my least favourite […]
Hi! My name is Jasmine. I am 15 years old, and I go to Dr Charles Best Secondary school. I am on a soccer team, and I really like staying active. Some other things I do in my spare time are: reading, writing, and art. This is my second year […]
Hi there! My name is Jessica Scott, and I am in grade 12. I go to Dr Charles Best Secondary school, and I have been in Butterfly Effect since grade 9 and French Immersion since preschool. I am extremely passionate about science and animals, my goal being to study veterinary medicine after […]
Hey Butterfly Effecters, My name is Lauren Jang and this is my fourth and final year within this amazing course. Currently, I am 17 years old and attending Dr. Charles Best Secondary for my grade 12 year. Butterfly Effect was introduced to myself during my grade 9 Science class with […]
Hello! My name is Jessica. I’m 15 years old in grade 10 at École Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam, BC. In school, I am enrolled in the French Immersion program (Which means classes such as Gym, Career Life Education and Social Studies are classes I take in French), my […]
Hey everyone! My name is Heeva Chavoshi, I am a grade 12 at Dr Charles Best Secondary School, and this is my fourth year on this fantastic website! I am an Iranian-Canadian who loves travelling, learning, and experiencing as much of the world as I can. Some of my favourite […]
Hello, my name is Matthew and I am in grade 9 at Charles Best. Right now I am 13 years old and my birth day is in October, my favorite subject right now is science. In Canada we eat a lot a maple syrup on our pancakes, or at least […]
Hi there everybody! My name is Alison Wu, and I am in grade 12. I’m a trilingual French Immersion student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. My passion to work with new people and try new challenges. In other words, I enjoy exposing myself to new ideas. For me, tackling new […]
Hi! My name is Victor Tenea, I’m fourteen years old (turning fifteen in late February) and I’m in Grade 9. I currently attend school at Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam, BC, Canada, and am enrolled in the french-immersion course. My favorite subjects at school are English and Math and […]
