Did you know that Americans are eating 5 times more food colouring now than they did in 1955? Food colourings are seen everywhere from breakfast foods to desserts. In our modern world, it is almost impossible to avoid the hideous trap of these harmful food additives. In this round of […]
My question is ”Are we just a statistic in our Capitalist society?” Step 1: What is capitalism and how does it affect the lives of citizens? This will give me a better understanding of why most developed countries choose capitalism over socialism. Step 2: How do marketers create demand/advertise something […]
What is social media and what is its history? Most of us probably know what social media is. Heck, it is likely that the majority of us use it on a daily basis. For those of us who might not know what social media is, or need a slight touchup […]
Are we just a number in our Capitalistic economy? The reason I chose this question is because I want to know more about our economy and how capitalism affects people. One of the main points that interest me is what role marketers play in a Capitalistic economy, are we just […]
Hi guys! I’m Jasmine Paduraru from Charles best secondary school in Canada. My inquiry question this semester is: What does it take to be happy? First research round – what is happiness? (scientifically speaking) This is the first thing I’m going to look into because it’s important to understand what […]
Hi everyone, this is my project plan for my question, How Does Different Genres of Music Affect Different Living beings? As you know, I have been interested in studying what music does to our brains, and if there are negative or positive impacts that music gives us. My steps […]
My research is about Gender discrimination based on gender (or sex) is a common civil rights violation that takes many forms, including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, and unequal pay for women who do the same jobs as men. It has been proven to be very active in worldwide countries. Whether […]
Hello everyone! My inquiry question is: What are the impacts of being born blind compared to losing sight later on in life? My first round of research will consist of researching the impacts of being born blind. I will look into the physical and the emotional impacts as this will […]
Hello, My question is how will fashion change in the next 20 years. I chose this question because in the year 2040 it is said that the Caucasian population will start to die down. I want to research on how this change in main races will change our fashion standards […]
Should humans and technology be combined? My first round of research will consist of research about the mechanics behind the current plan to merge the mind of humans and technology. This includes research about how this kind of creation may affect the human brain and what possible errors or health […]
Should humans and technology be combined? My interest in this question stems from the recent discoveries that have been made and the long-standing controversies relating to this topic. Scientists have been theorizing about the possibilities and the length of artificial intelligence for several decades and the day that these theories […]
Hello everyone! My project asks are celebrities are toxic to society. My three rounds of research will look like this: 1.Difference between having fame and being a celebrity. This will help me answer my question because I can distinguish the role of a celebrity vs. someone who got attention for […]
Hi! My inquiry question is : What does it take to be happy? Last year, I got the amazing opportunity to travel to Thailand and Hong Kong. I visited many different places there, and saw a wide variety of lifestyles. I was particularly interested in the lifestyle of the people […]
Hi guys! As some of you may know I have chosen to do an inquiry project this semester of Butterfly Effect. My question this time around will be: “What are social media’s effects on society and the people within it?” This in an exceptionally intriguing question for me and was […]
My inquiry question is: How does music affect different living beings both physically and psychologically? I always feel good when I play in a band or sing in a choir, and have often wondered why. It works wonders to lift my mood all the time. But does this only […]
My inquiry question is: What are the impacts of being born blind compared to losing sight later on in life? I am interested in this question as I am in general interested in eyes and how we have different eye colours and how not everyone has 20/20 vision. However, I […]
“Do Laws Affect Morality?” I will be doing my research on whether Law affects Morality. The reason behind why I chose to research about this question is because I believe that both law and morality interconnect with each other and are important factors of our lives. Law and morality are […]
“To what extent does gender discrimination influence the world and people in our society?” I chose to do my research on “gender inequality” and how it influences not just the people in our society, but the whole world. I found it interesting because gender inequality is one of the biggest […]
1. ‘ Why are people drawn to cults?’ 2. I chose this question because I would like to learn more about human instincts and cults. I am very intrigued by such topics, but I have never done a assignment about the. I generally lean towards science and thought it would […]
Hello everyone! My inquiry question is “Are celebrities toxic for society”. This question is interesting to me because I want to explore why we need to have idols. I also want to look into how celebrities set beauty standards. I even want to look at if having celebrities in our […]
What are social media’s effects on society and the people within it? This is a question of great interest to me because of how bizarre the world is now. The US president going on Twitter rant after Twitter rant filled with incorrect information? Check. Teenagers making huge amounts of money […]
Hi! My inquiry question was: Why and how we should help restore coral reefs? I’ve looked into: Why coral reefs are disappearing and why they are so important? What are different actions we can take to help save coral reefs? And what is the sustainability of different coral saving actions? […]
Hi, this is inquiry will talk about what is happening currently in South Africa to prevent poaching of rhinos. poachers in South Africa tend to take advantage of a crash of tourist, to kill rhinos for there horns. In 3 popular game parks they have come up with the decision […]
Solutions for overpopulation… While overpopulation is a growing issue that continues to plague humanity, it still hasn’t garnered as much attention to the general public compared to other worldwide issues like hunger and poverty. But just because the general public is not made fully aware of this issue, that didn’t […]
This is my metamorphosis reflection for my inquiry research on why people join cults. (https://experience.sap.com/basics/8-things-to-keep-in-mind-when-setting-up-a-field-research-project/) a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? The study of cults is one widely debated in the psychology communities, with many differing viewpoints on […]
Hey everyone, This is my final post, with my question “How does color affect mental state?” as well as my last post with Social Responsibility. It’s been a great 4 years with this course, and I can’t believe how much I’ve grown and gained through this course. The skills that […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I started this inquiry project quite late, which I hold only myself accountable for as I was not very organized from the start of the course. Having said that, in order to ascertain […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? One of the challenges I overcomed by doing the inquiry projects was to motivate myself to look deeper into something. I can generate ideas quickly; however, I have difficulty actually starting them, so […]
Hey everyone, Long time, no post! It’s been a while since I have written a metamorphosis and since this is going to be my final post on the site before post-secondary, I would like to reflect on my experience in Social Responsibility. I have been a part of this wonderful […]
Hi everyone! I hope you are all well and healthy. In this final round of research I will be comparing what I learned in the previous rounds to complete answering my inquiry question; How do art and culture correlate one another to develop influence and reflection? In my two previous […]
Hi! I hope you are all doing well. In this round of research, I will be viewing and analyzing aspects of Chinese Art and the tradition and culture it encompasses. In my last round of research, I examined African Artwork, its origins, as well as the thematic elements it is […]
This is my metamorphosis for my project on psychopaths and sociopaths. One of the big challenges that I encountered when researching for this project was that there was a lot of conflicting information when it came to the difference between psychopaths and sociopaths. I don’t mean that the sites I […]
Hi everyone! I hope you are well. My inquiry question is How do art and culture correlate one another to develop influence and reflection? In this post, I will be specifically looking at aspects of art from African culture and be analyzing recurring elements in most art within the several […]
Hi everyone! I hope you are all well. I’m behind on my Inquiry but I’m working on catching up. My chosen Inquiry question is How do art and culture correlate one another to develop influence and reflection? I hope to address several aspects and points within this question throughout my […]
How do art and culture correlate one another to develop influence and reflection? This question is of interest to me because art and culture are at the very roots of human perception and emotion. History has procured its own preservation through various means. Whether it is from the evidence left […]
In my first post, I looked at the problems coral reefs are facing, and why it’s important for us to save them. In my second post, I shared different actions we can all take to protect and preserve coral reefs, as well as some big actions that researchers are taking. […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project, I faced challenges like sustaining my activity. This was because I had other activities going on like work, school, and art. There were some days where I had […]
Hi everyone! I hope that all of you are doing well in this turbulent time, and that boredom hasn’t gotten the best of you. To help with that though, I thought I might post my inquiry reflection a little early to give you all something to interesting (I hope) to […]
Alien Interactions with Past Civilizations Hello. In this round of research, we’ll be looking at a mysterious underground city that some people speculate was created by aliens. First of all, the underground city of Derinkuyu in Turkey is one of the largest in the world. It can house over 20,000 […]
Alien Interactions with Humans Hello, this is my second round of research. In this round of research, we’ll be looking at, how RH negative blood plays a role in the theory of alien-human hybrids. This supports the theory of aliens not existing and existing at the same time, inferring that […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? A recurring challenge I faced throughout all my rounds of research was identifying which pieces of information were most important for the reader to gain an adequate understanding of the topic. […]
How has the World Wars moulded the society we live in today? Could they have been avoided? How did Canadian identity evolve politically, economically and socially after World War I, specifically? And how did it lay the groundwork to how Canada will be affected in the following war? On my […]
Effects of overpopulation of nature… Before diving in on our effects on nature, lets first take a look at the rise of our population over time and see how quick our rise to power was… We start in 10,000 BCE where our population was a measly 4 million people (1), […]
Effects of overpopulation on society… Now before getting into the topic of overpopulation, the issue of overpopulation is not concrete and solid and the belief of overpopulation is only conceived to be a real threat to some people and is dismissed by others as nothing more than fiction and that […]
How has 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? How has the World Wars affected the structure of our world? In my […]
In my first post, I looked at the problems coral reefs are facing, and why it’s important for us to save them. In this post, I am going to talk about different actions we could take to help coral reefs, and what specific problems these actions would address. Let get […]
Why would someone join a cult? So, finally, here is my third research round. This final round will cover different sides, opinions and facts of the scientific reasoning behind cults and their members. Brainwashing? For my first point, I’m going to cover whether or not brainwashing actually happens to cult […]
My inquiry question for this semester is: Why would someone join a cult? It has been so long, and I am so sorry, but here, finally, is my second round of research; hopefully, to be followed quickly by the third. This round, I will be looking into the types of […]
Hey everyone! This is my third round of research with my question “How does color affect mental state?” . For this round, I’m going to be researching about color theory and color therapy. Color theory Color theory is a concept that the colors a person is surrounded with can have […]
Hey everyone, I hope you are all doing well and adapting to our online schooling. Although it is a massive change, we are all in this together so stay safe and continue to do research for Social Responsibility! Within my third and final round for this cycle, I will be […]
In this post I will be talking about how to identify a psychopath and sociopath as well as how to avoid them. I will also attempt to make a conclusion on which one is more dangerous to come across. How do you identify them? Something that I have talked a […]
How can you become an author and what does it take to become one? Seems I’ve been jumping all over the place from my original plan, but the comments had some logical ideas which I actually wanted to expand upon. Furthermore, I’ll look back at my second question, but more […]
Hi everyone! I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy. Under the new circumstances, I have decided to switch from an action to an inquiry this semester! Consequently, I wanted to introduce everyone my new question: “How has social distancing affected the way people socially connect?”. I know that everyone […]
Hey everyone, I hope everyone is staying safe and healthy during this quarantine! Somehow, I missed a week, therefore, I will be posting both research rounds before Friday. Within my second round of research, I will be covering how school has positively impacted teenagers mentally through various courses such as […]
We all know how helpful smartphones can be. They can increase our productivity, let us unwind or let us keep in touch with the people we love. But we also know that smartphones can be detrimental. Most people immediately flock to saying that smartphone addiction is the only way that […]
Hey everyone, First, I’m sorry this is up late; I had posted it way before but I went on the site today and saw that for some reason it was not there so I guess it did not post. This is my second round of research with my question “How […]
Hello! My big research question is: Why and how we should help restore coral reefs? Today, I will be focusing on: why coral reefs are disappearing, because in order to find a solution, you need to understand the problem. I started of my research by reading an article written by […]
Hello! To recap, my project is on meditation. I am asking the question, “Could people integrate meditation into their lives and what effects would it have on them?”. So far, I have researched if it’s possible for people to properly learn to meditate and if that meditation is sustainable. Today […]
Hello everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve posted but I hope you enjoy learning about bizarre events that can be explained to be the doings of aliens. Alien interactions with the military. On May 9th, 2001, 20 military, government and corporate witnesses held a press conference in Washington DC. […]
In this day and age, technology is all around us. In our cars, on our streets, on our desks, in our ears and in our pockets. Technology has a part to play, big or small, in nearly every facet of our lives, and that fact most definitely applies to smartphones. […]
How can you become an author and what does it take to be one? In this round of research, I said I’d look into some successful writers and what their stories were to get themselves started. However, I realized that this is kind of brief and unspecified. I decided to […]
Could people integrate meditation into their lives and what effects would it have on them? Is it sustainable? Hello again! Last time I tested to see if meditation could be learned by anyone. From that testing I think that it pretty successful for only doing 3 activities. Now I will […]
Hello and welcome to my second research round on this topic. In this post I will be talking about what motivates these types of people and how they manipulate others. I turns out that there is no one specific motivation that psychopaths have in common, each individual is likely to […]
Hello everyone, I am Joshua Vas and my 2nd inquiry project is how many people are too many? Currently, the world population is at 7.7 billion people and is rising…fast! and current statistics say that for every death, there are three new births and while life is the most precious […]
My inquiry question for this semester is: Why would someone join a cult? For my first research round, I will look into how people are first introduced to cults, and the manipulation tactics used by the leaders to convince people to join. I will find the type of people that start […]
Hey everyone, This is my first round of research with my question “How does color affect mental state?”. For this round, I thought it would be best to first define what color is, how people perceive color, and finally what typically each color can represent- for an example moods or […]
Could people integrate meditation into their lives and what effects would it have on them? Can everyone learn to properly meditate? In this post I will be trying to learn to meditate to see if the everyday person can learn. Motivation Many people think mediation is meant for specific types […]
Hello and welcome to my first round of research. If you saw my project plan you may notice that the name has changed, this is to make the question more inquiry based. Anyways, as I said in my project plan, I will be talking about what it means to be […]
How can you become an author and what does it take to be one? To start off this research round, I decided to look into the basics with given links. Which then made me realize, that there’s a whole lot of categories for “Writing”. There are many different types of […]
“How Does the Educational System Affect Teenagers Mentally? Hey everyone, For my first round of research on my new cycle, I will be exploring the basic mental effects of my continuing question “How does the Educational System Affect Teenagers?”. Similar to my previous cycle on the physical effects, school does […]
This will sort of be an informal/formal post. I’ve decided to film a 1-2 minute film about a farmers results when they included bees. After looking at many sites from the last post and doing research of my own I think it’s time I start some action. Because although talking […]
Most of us probably know by now what a smartphone is. The little, surprisingly powerful computer that fits in your pocket. For almost all of us, they are one of our most important possessions. We can do so much with them; search the internet, post media, see what is going […]
How can you become an author and what does it take to be one? The reason I chose this as my question is because I am a writer who enjoys making stories. If possible, I’d want to be an author when I’m older since it’s something of interest. I’m not […]
So for this semester, I decided to go with an inquiry project. I’ve always wanted to look into coral reefs, so I figured it would be a great topic for me! After much thought and consideration, I have decided to focus on the problems facing coral reefs and the potential […]
Some future trends that may dictate where technology is headed toward and how it impacts us… The last post was all about technology in today’s society and how it helps shape our lives and impact us as a race. But researchers and engineers all around the world continue to spend […]
Sunnie Kim (Grade 9) My inquiry question is: “How much is too much to forgive?” This question is of interest to me for I had gone through relationship problems and people have different points of view as to what is much too hard to forgive. Forgiveness was a hard thing […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
What are farmers and people doing to bees and does it affect us as well? Even though there are many pollinators out there in the world, none of them can compare to the busy bees. A single bee can pollinate 90 to 100 flowers in one day. “If 20,000 bees […]
Hi, my essential question is: How similar and different Canadian students and Kenyan students are in our daily life. For my essential question, I am planning to make a short film that shows the students’s daily life in Canada and Kenya. For my essential question, I’ve got inspired by a […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
