Values Activity: My three most important values: Part A) I believe that everyone should have the same opportunities and rights. I believe it is important to feel sympathy, care or concern for others. I believe it is important to experience close, ongoing, relationships with others. Part B) Equality Compassion Friendship […]
My inquiry question for this semester is: Why would someone join a cult? My three steps for research are: How people are introduced to cults and the manipulation tactics used by the leaders to convince people to join The types of people that join them and their explanations why The […]
My inquiry question for this semester is: Why would someone join a cult? This is not a question of interest to me because I’ve ever been in a cult or want to start one. Rather, I am interested in this subject because I am interested in the psychology of someone’s […]
Hello Everyone! I am planning to continue with an action project for my second cycle. I would like to continue with my same action from last semester while adding some new things as well, and slightly changing the goals and purpose my action has. Today, I did the values activity, […]
Hi everyone! For semester two of Social Responsibility this year, I have chosen to do another inquiry project. I have chosen not to continue my previous subject though. My new subject will still be one that is strongly related to the overall subject of my last subject; tech. My question […]
Hello! Welcome to my first blog post for semester 2. I will be focusing on meditation… Could people integrate meditation into their lives and what effects would it have on them? This is a topic of interest for me because I often hear students say how stressed they are. I […]
Hi everyone! I’ve decided to do an inquiry project for this cycle, but instead of continuing with my last question “How is one’s personality formed?”, I’ve decided to research yet another psychology related topic. So what I’ve decided on is “How does color affect mental state?”.I personally find this […]
Hello, and welcome to my project plan for my new inquiry project. You have probably read the title which means you know that I will be doing my new project about the psychology of a psychopath/sociopath. The reason was I have said “psychopath/sociopath” is because not only do I want […]
Hi everyone! As some of you may know, throughout last semester, I was doing an inquiry project on veterinary medicine, technology and education, focusing on the history of the practice and its evolution throughout the years. I am very glad I chose that topic because I’m extremely passionate about science […]
Hey everyone, It’s been awhile since we last posted with our semester break; however, we are back and ready to start a new cycle. As I previously mentioned in my first inquiry question and project post, I am planning to continue the same inquiry question throughout the entire year which […]
Is there substantial evidence to prove that there have been extraterrestrials on earth? I love conspiracy theories and one of the most popular ones is that there are aliens. Even more so, that they have been/are on earth. Steps: 1: Alien interactions with the military Having information about the alien […]
Hello everyone! Since my last post I have done a lot of work on my action project, mainly just by going around asking for donations and buying products myself to go towards my project. To summarize what I have done since my last post, I took the winter break as […]
How have the World Wars moulded the society we live in today? Could they have been avoided? Further, what would be the effect on our society if another world war was to take place in the future? What were the origins of World War I and World War II? World […]
My research will consist of 3 rounds of research: In this first round of research, I will try to find the origins of these Wars and what lead them to become a worldwide conflict. How were the World Wars labelled as such? What kind of people were involved and what […]
1. How have the World Wars moulded the society we live in today? Could they have been avoided? Further, what would be the effect on our society if another world war was to take place in the future? 2. These series of questions I found to be interesting after reflecting […]
Noah Berg Hi! This is my fourth action post, for those of you who are unfamiliar with what I have been doing recently I have been helping with a program call the “First Shift.” This program helps kids who have never played hockey before getting on the ice and […]
Hi, and welcome to my final post of 2019. In this post I will be wrapping up this project (at least for now) by talking about long term set up and addressing the question “should we really go to mars?” You may have noticed that this post is late, this […]
The effects of computers and automated machines on today’s world and the public view of these machines… In the last research round, I looked at innovations and some of the many brilliant minds that have helped the computer get to where it is currently. In this research round, I’ll look […]
Hello to all, I view that good education is a highly important tool to future-proof your life. As more children go through the education system and literacy rates have increased, it is key that children get an education in order to get into a career and earn to feed, clothe, […]
Education is very important to me. I have always liked education in school and have always been a quick learner which might have made it easier for me. Education can be hard at times but it is your willingness to push yourself that makes you stronger and the stronger you […]
Hello! There are quite a few things that I’m proud of in my educational experience. That could include projects, results on tests and even just participating in class but what I think I’ll hold on to for forever is my ability to become very passionate. I’ve been through a lot […]
Hello! I’ve been in French immersion since kindergarten and in Canada, most French immersion kids participate in (or have at least heard of) a competition called the “Concours d’Art Oratoire” run by an organization called Canadian Parents for French. I started writing speeches and participating in the competition in grade […]
Hi everyone! When it comes to school, I am sure that almost everyone can agree that receiving high grades are something that give you a sense of pride. However, it is even more satisfying when you feel that you were able to accomplish something meaningful that had an impact on […]
Hi everyone! From my educational experience, I have developed different things I’m proud of. For example, as I’ve mentioned in my previous posts, I’m gratified of my work with Miracle Movement. I am especially proud of how I grew this club into a strong community of people with the same […]
Hi everyone! My hobbies are dancing and participating in theatre productions. I started dancing around the age of 3, where I started doing ballet and then slowly started trying different types throughout the years (hip-hop, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, stage, etc.). I have been doing dance for about 12 consecutive […]
Hey everyone, I’m Giulia and I have two main hobbies which are drawing and writing. I like to sketch on paper, but I mainly do digital drawings with a tablet and pen. I find it easier since you have more options on a computer, rather than a piece of paper. […]
Hello everyone! My hobbies include drawing, (oil) painting, running, listening to music, and dancing. I know there’s a lot but since I was little Iv’e wanted to learn everything I could. Of course, I didn’t succeed though. I tried sports like basketball, swimming, skating and gymnastics but never felt like […]
Hello Everybody! It’s definitely hard for me to pick just a couple hobbies but if I had to pick two I would pick reading and running. They’re two very different things but personally, they’re two of my favourite hobbies. I love reading and I have ever since I can remember. […]
Hi everyone! Like many others on this thread of comments, I have many pastimes and hobbies. But, for the sake of saving you the hassle of having to read four thousand words, I’m going to stick to just one. And that one is basketball. For those of you who might […]
Hi! My name is Jasmine, and I have many hobbies, but if I had to pick two, I would say that my two favorite hobbies are soccer and writing. I started playing soccer in kindergarten, and I started writing around the same time. Soccer has been a huge part of […]
Hello everyone! My name is Madison and 2 of my favourite hobbies are soccer and skiing. I have been playing soccer since the age of 5. I don’t know where I’d be today without soccer in my life. It has shaped me into the person I am today. Over the […]
Hey everyone, Personally, 2 hobbies I have pursued and continue to enjoy throughout my life are golf and watercolour painting. Golf is a sport where the goal is to strike a small ball from a location into a hole within the lowest amount of strokes whereas watercolour painting is a […]
Hello! Here is my daily routine:) 6:00- my alarm goes off and I get out of bed. I grab my glasses and phone, turn on some music and head to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. 6:10- I put on my clothes and pack my backpack […]
Hello, I am going to talk about my time at school: 8:20 – 9:40: I have woodworking class, in this class we cut, sand, and shape wood to make different things. The last thing we made was a folding stool. 9:44 – 11:03: I have mt communications class, in this […]
Hey everyone, This is my daily routine of a typical school day in my life! However, depending on the day, the schedule does change around a bit. 6:30 am – I usually set my alarm for 6:30am so I have time to lay in bed for a little while before […]
Hello everybody I will be running through my daily routine in this comment 7:00-7:15 I usually wake up during this time. I take a long time to get out of bed so I make sure to put my alarm far away from me. 7:15-8:00 This is the time to get […]
Hey everyone! So in this comment, I’m going to walk you through my daily routine for school. 7:25 – My alarm wakes me up at this time and I usually roll around in bed for a few minutes before I actually get up and start my day. 7:30 – I […]
Hello everyone! Heading into the Christmas Break, I wanted to do one last post to cover everything I have been up to lately. At the beginning of the month on December 6th, I participated in my second nature walk with children from Baker Drive Elementary. The trip was really successful […]
In the future, how will languages converge and influence each other, and will the world one day end up with one single global language? For my third and final round of research, I will look into the history of language interactions (how they have historically merged and changed), how languages […]
Hi! 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! Originally, I was going to be logging everything I do […]
In the future, how will languages converge and influence each other, and will the world one day end up with one single global language? For my second round of research, I will continue to search for an answer to my question by researching which languages are currently “going out of […]
Hey Everyone! With this being my fourth action post, I will be focussing on a major obstacle I have encountered recently within my action. Throughout this challenge, I have been able to focus on the positive side of things and understand that sometimes failure is required to succeed. While reading […]
Hello! Today is my third round of research for my question “where does personality come from”. In my last round of research, I started to look deeper into the nature vs. nurture theory. The nature vs. nurture theory looks at two different ways as to how our personality may be formed. […]
Hi everyone, For my third round of research I wanted to look into personality disorders- How/why are they formed? What effects do they have on the individual? How do they affect one’s personality change and development over time? However, once I started researching, I quickly learned that there is a […]
My question is: What will the next art movement be? Hello! In my third round of research I will be asking “Are there pieces that match up with the struggles/tech/past movements? Based on the information gathered (struggles, new technology, and past movements) what/ where will the next art movement […]
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 […]
