Hello everyone! Today I will be introducing my project for this semester! I am doing an inquiry question and my question revolves around famous authors we are all familiar with! These authors can range from writers such as Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, Hemingway and many more, but I am more […]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my Blog. I am so exited to be sharing my inquiry question, which is, “How does disease affect the world?” I picked this inquiry question because it fulfills my interest in health sciences and allows me to broaden my knowledge about the topic through […]
Inquiry Project Hi everyone! My inquiry question is: How do optical illusions uncover parts of our personality? Why this is a question of interest to you? The idea of psychology has always been quite interesting to me. The study of the human mind and functions as well as how it […]
Hello everyone! My name is Dara Casillas Mora and welcome to my first blog post. My inquiry question is “why/how has cars evolved over time”? I hope to learn and teach others more about cars this semester. It is amazing how cars have changed over the years. For many cars […]
Question: Are supplements and supplementation necessary for our health and performance in the gym? My question for my inquiry project is “Are supplements and supplementation necessary for our health and performance in the Gym?”, I had many reasons to why I choose this question. My reason for choosing this question […]
Blog #1: This semester, I will be doing an Inquiry project on the concept of time, subjectivity, and what it means to be a certain age. The concept of time and how it affects the brain is a topic that has been studied for decades. We are surrounded by time, […]
Hi everyone! For my inquiry project, I will be doing “How has the integration of celebrity figures taking in roles as creative directors of high fashion houses affected the growth and trajectory of the fashion industry?” a question revolving around the fashion industry, specifically the integration of high fashion and […]
My 3 most important values are risk, reliability, and equality. My 3 least important values are tradition, leadership, and power. I somewhat agree with my results. I believe all of my important values were correct. This is because I believe it is crucial to take risks to become a better […]
Hello everyone! My name is Ishani and for this semester’s topic, I picked the inquiry question “How has fashion changed and developed throughout history and how does that impact us?”. As I’ve grown older, I have realized how substantially the way we dress and act impacts our daily lives. Whether […]
One of the reasons I chose this question is because I’ve been researching how billionaires became rich, and the internet played an important role in their success. Two people in 1989 created the guidelines for data transfer for data to go to another computer, and today it plays a gigantic […]
Blog #1: Inquiry project 1. State your inquiry question. (Please refer to the Essential Questions page for examples) To what extent do modern philosophers contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and how does their work compare to the contributions of philosophers from the past? 2. Explain why […]
For my inquiry project this year, I plan to research the question “When and how do scientific theories change?” To research this, I plan to separate this question into three sub questions that I will research in their own individual blog post. In my next post, I’ll introduce these questions […]
Things that can influence or form a human What can influence or form a human? What will effect their emotions and actions? What I believe influences and forms human behavior the most is the people around them. For example, if someone looks happy, you will follow their lead and feel […]
What influences/forms human behaviour? This is an inquiry I’ll be looking into this semester. My name is Lily, and I’m very excited to investigate this topic because it has always piqued my curiosity. In addition, I want to look at the difference between a value and a belief, as […]
This semester, I am doing a story project. I had no idea what I wanted my story to be about before I did the brainstorming. I set a timer for five minutes with a blank piece of paper in front of me and started to brainstorm what my story could […]
Hello everyone, my name is James and I’m excited to be part of Social Responsibility and to do this project My inquiry question is “Are We Living In the Most Peaceful Period”. I’m interested in this question because it reflects our progress as a society. Despite the war in Ukraine […]
Hi! Everyone, I am excited to do this project and to be part of butterfly effect students. We are finishing on our project by the end of October and therefore we do not have enough time to do a full inquiry project. I am going to teach on democracy and […]
We are finishing this term at the end of October so we don’t have enouth time do a full inquary project. Instead we are going to teach about a topic in one of our courses that we find difficult. My topic is Farm Structures. Under farm structures, we have many […]
Hello ! I am Najma Ibrahim and I’m so happy to start a new inquiry project. Last term I was able to do a project about organ transplants. This because I love biology and I will do an inquiry project from a biology topic next time, but I’m finishing […]
We are finishing this term at the end of October,so we don’t have enough time to do a full inqiry project instead we are going to teach about a tpoic one of our courses that we find difficult. My topic is communication (mordern means) in history grade 9. Why some […]
Hello guys am Elsa last time my research topic was How computers are programmed to perform their functions but this time am planning to do a topic in agriculture on Selection and breeding. The reason I chose an agriculture topic is because it is my favorite subject. The reason for choosing […]
Hi! We are finishing this term at the end of October, so we don’t have enough time to do full inquiry project. Instead we are going to teach about a topic in one of our courses that we find difficult. My topic is on rocks and minerals, this topic is […]
Hi everyone! I am exited to start a new project. This round I’m doing a school topic that challenges me a bit . This is because we have a very short school term so we could not finish a whole butterfly cycle, instead we chose and also helpful approach to […]
hey, my name is savannah. I’m in 9th grade and I go to dr. Charles best and I’m in French immersion. this is my first time taking social responsibility. I love sports like soccer gymnastics, rock climbing and more. my favourite subject in school is either math or English because […]
Hi everyone! My name is Penelope Zaitsoff-Choy. I am currently 14 years old. I am a grade 9 student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary in Coquitlam, British Columbia. I am super excited to start this course. When I found out about this opportunity back in January of last year at […]
Hi there my name is Sanam Moazed and I am a grade 12 at Dr. Charles Best Secondary. I’ve been in this class since grade 10 and have been interested in the inquiry process ever since. I’ve done topics ranging from economics, art history, auto-immune diseases, and more! My passion […]
Hi, my name is Frederick Han, and I am a ninth grade French immersion student and École Charles Best Secondary School. It is my first year in sicial responsibility, and I am looking forward to this program. I amm a sporty person, and I play many sports such as hockey, […]
Hey everyone! My name is Mahdiya Adnan, and I am currently a grade eleven student at Dr. Charles Best Secondary. This is my third year taking this Social Responsibility class. The reason I keep taking this class is because I want to keep making a difference in my community. Also, I want […]
My name is James Zhang, I’m in grade 9 and I go to Dr. Charles Best Secondary School in Coquitlam. This is my first year taking Social Responsibility. Some things to know about are that I love soccer, programming, technology-related, and listening to music. I started trying coding with Scratch […]
Hello everyone! My name is Marisa Ciulla, I am currently 16 years old but will be turning 17 in less than a week. I am a grade 12 student at Dr. Ecole Charles Best Secondary school, and look forward to graduating this year, and I live in Coquitlam BC Canada. […]
Hi and thank you for visiting my “About Me” page!! My name is Sarah Gamar and I’m an eleventh-grade student at Dr. Charles Best. Currently, I am a part of the French Immersion program and along with my continuous learning of this language and, of course, English, I have recently […]
Hello everyone, My name is Po Yiu, and I am 13 years old, in Grade 9 French Immersion. I go to Dr. Charles Best Secondary, which is in Coquitlam, B.C., Canada. This is my first year in taking this course, and I am hoping to learn a lot, as others […]
Hello everyone, I’m Sammie and I am a 15-year-old French emersion grade 11 student at Dr. Charles Best secondary school which is in Coquitlam BC. This is my third year in social responsibility which means I’ve been doing it since 19th grade. One of my favorite subjects in school is […]
My name is Lily Phan, thirteen years old and attend Charles Best Secondary School. My favourite subjects are English and French. This is my first year in this program, and looking forward to researching and writing about issues that interest me. Some information about myself, I was born in Vietnam […]
Hello! My name is Ava Vukovic and I am a grade 11 student at Charles Best; this is my second year taking Social Responsibility. This class taught me about abstract topics hardly touched on in core classes, all within independent research. Therefore, I am extremely excited to come back to […]
My name is Julie Wang, I am seventeen years old, and I am a twelfth grader at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School. My favourite subject is English. I took this course when I was in Grade 10 and I quite enjoyed it, so I am taking it again in Grade 12. […]
Religion with wars has been going hand in hand for a very long time. Warriors or enemies, prayers and offers sacrifices before wars hoping to defeat their opponents having God by their side. Religious causes of war include: the spread of faith, bringing back or rescuing believers that were once […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Some challenges that I was faced with was that almost all of the websites that I could find seemed to have very biased opinions about AI, some extremely positive, and some extremely […]
Blog #7 metamorphosis: why is Impressionism important in art history? What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project and how did you overcome them? When researching for this inquiry project I struggled with choosing what information to use etc. Due to the large popularity of the impressionist […]
As I mentioned in all of my previous blogs, our main challenge throughout this action project, was being able to meet up. As we both have our own individual schedules, meeting up was very difficult for us. Our solution for that was to constantly communicate. Although we did communicate at […]
Hello everyone! Thank you so much for reading all of my blog posts about my inquiry this semester! I really enjoyed being able to research a thought that was always in the back of my head, and am glad I was able to reflect on all the possible options […]
Hey everyone! Today I am reflecting on my final project of this course! For anyone new, my inquiry question was: What Impact Does Social Media Have on Teens? I learned a lot over the course of the semester. Now, lets reflect: What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How […]
Hello and welcome to my last blog post of this semester. This semester I researched the inquiry question, “How are values and beliefs developed?” If you have been following my research, you would know that I did end up going very in depth about it which is something I was […]
Blog #7: Reflection What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? My inquiry question: Why do we try to fit in society’s standards? Some challenge I overcame through my inquiry project was coming up with 3 smaller questions to lead up to […]
1.) a.) I have faced and overcome multiple challenges during my action project of volunteering at different schools. One obstacle I faced was walking around Hillcrest Middle School to help in various classes because I had a sprained knee. I overcame this by doing stretches for my leg and taking […]
Hi everyone! In this last blog post, I will reflect on my research and its process What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? There are many current social movements and I struggled to decide which ones to research about, and […]
My inquiry question this semester was, “How fears and phobias evolve from childhood to adulthood?” What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? I struggled to find specific information or websites about the evolution of fears and phobias from childhood to adulthood. Most websites I found would talked about […]
Blog #7: Reflection My question was What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming […]
Hello and welcome to my semester 1 inquiry wrap-up reflection post for my question – Does Pretty Privilege Exist and If It Does, How Does It Affect Life Outcomes and Possible Opportunities? This question taught me a ton about Pretty Privilege as a whole, how it pertains to celebrities and […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I researched how childhood trauma impacts child development. This is a topic that is very personal and important to me, and researching the effects of childhood trauma could be emotionally challenging at […]
1. What challenges did you overcome during this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? During this inquiry project I feel like I struggled with finding information because some things that you search up can be a little too specific for websites to answer. I also had […]
Reflection a) What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? As I mentioned in my last project’s reflection post, the main challenge I encountered while completing this inquiry project was biased information. The topic I chose to research is incredibly polarizing […]
Throughout the course of this inquiry project on the positive impact of technology on the sports industry, I encountered various challenges that required adaptability to overcome. Firstly, one significant challenge was navigating through the vast amount of available information and ensuring that the sources I utilized were reputable and reliable. […]
Like mentioned in many of my previous blogs, Mai and I’s major challenge in this project was coordinating our times so we can go out to pick up garbage. At first we were stuck in a loop where we tried to text each other all the time, but there never […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this action project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Finding solid evidence about abuse instances that went beyond allegations was difficult for me to find when conducting my research on abuse in sports. It became clear that gathering verifiable accounts and actual […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? During this inquiry project, I struggled to find a variety of different sources to derive my research from. To overcome this, I worked to change the questions I asked. This helped me […]
Hello everyone, this is going to be the last blog post of the school year here in Canada and I will be reflecting upon my work throughout the semester. I have had lot’s of fun learning about new topics alongside many wonderful students and reading their Blog Posts. Thanks for […]
As I was doing research on symbiotic relationships, so far I am done with mutualism and parasitism. Now I want to know more on commensalism. What does it involve? This a relationship between individuals of two species in which one species benefits without harming or benefiting the other [1]. The […]
On my first research I did about mutualism, today I would like to understand more about parasitism. As in general understanding, it is an interaction in which parasite benefits while a host is harm, but deeply. What is parasitism all about? Is a kind of symbiosis, a close and persistent […]
I just did my second round of research on how words are gained, lost and changed over time. In this round of research I am going specifically to learn how slang has affected language in different ways for example in the 21st century when the internet and SMS text rose. […]
I am very happy for the previous research that I have been doing and I am very delighted to start my research round three. I have learn a lot from this research and I am ready to start my research round three and I know that it will be […]
In my round two research I focused on economic reasons. In this chapter I will talk more about political. Political caused wars is one of the most popular reasons for wars in many nations. What makes war inevitable, is the politicians competitors who have different perspective in leadership position. In […]
Hi everyone! For this last round of research I looked into environmentalism to answer inquiry my question: “What’s the role of the media in current social movements?” First, I’d like to explain what environmentalism is, as some of you might not know this movement. Environmentalism: A “political and ethical movement” […]
In my first round research I was looking at how digestive system work together with circulatory system. This time I am interested to know how circulatory system works together with excretory system. Many different system in human body work to provide essentials for living however they must interact with one another […]
Systems in the body have to work together for internal stability and balance. In my first research I got to know how digestive system work together with circulatory system to provide nutrients in the body. I proceeded in learning how circulatory system work together with excretory system in research round […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? The challenges I overcame were finding reliable and accurate sources that were not biased. I overcame this challenge by looking through the reliable sources tab provided by Ms.Martin to find tips on how […]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! Last blog post, we discussed how and why social media has such a huge impact on how we view ourselves and each other, and whether that is in a more positive or negative light/way. We answered this question to figure out how […]
In my second round of research ,it was all about the overview of the impacts of climate change . In my third round of research I will talk about two impacts that I think are the biggest, in more detail; the impacts on agriculture and heat waves. Agriculture Climate […]
In my last round of research, I talked about how emotions influence our behavior. Having very intense feelings is not always bad, it make us embrace life and express our natural reactions (1). So how do you know when there’s a problem? If one has physical and emotional outbursts […]
I just did my first research round about the history of English and for my round 2 research, I am specifically going to study on how words have gained, lost and changed over time. Generation by generation, pronunciations evolve, new words are borrowed and the meaning of words drift and […]
In my previous post, I was researching about the effects of colonization in East Africa and I have learnt a lot on the effects that I never knew about. And for my third round of research, am researching about the impacts of colonization. Colonization led to the introduction of Western […]
In today’s post, I will discuss the importance of impressionism in modern art. In order to do this I will delve into the meaning and distinguishing of today’s modern art, its roots, and impressionism’s influence within it, as well as some of the modern pieces of impressionism-esque pieces from our […]
Hello and welcome back to my blog! My semester 2 inquiry question is, “How are values and beliefs developed?”. My mini-question for this post is, “How are values and beliefs different? Why are they often grouped together?” I will be answering this question in todays post and look forward to having you […]
How and why does a democratic country transition into a dictatorship? Hello and welcome back to your favourite inquiry project. In my previous posts, I went into depth on the differences between dictatorship and democracy and the historical examples of strong democracies falling to tyranny. Today, I will be touching […]
Inquiry Question: Has Technology Positively Impacted the Sports Industry? Introduction: In the previous rounds of research, we explored the positive impact of technology on sports broadcasting, athlete performance, and fan engagement. In this third round of research, we will further investigate how technology has positively influenced the sports industry, focusing […]
Hi everyone!! Thank you for joining me for another blog post! Today I will be talking about The financial components of a gap year. However, this will be specifically targeted towards gap years in general, but the situation will be taking a gap year right after high school, or taking […]
During the last week, Jade and I decided to meet up again at Town Centre to collect more garbage for about 30 minutes. It was a good experience as we were able to help out our community again. Although we had picked garbage previously, the amount of garbage in the […]
In the first round of research I studied the religious causes of war, in this post, I will focus on the economic causes of conflicts. Economic causes of wars, are wars that ere caused by governments aiming for political and economic supremacy (1). The developing countries yearn for development hence […]
Research round 3: Are society’s standards advantageous for us? I believe this question must be researched to answer my inquiry question: Why do people try to fit in society’s standards? Maybe society’s standards are set for a reason. Maybe they are there for us to follow and become the best […]
My big question is how does technology affect our relationships? This big topic question is vital for others in our community on a global level because we will learn how much technology is sufficient for our relationships with others. I want to help others thrive in this technology-based world. Healthy […]
Hi everyone! This is my third round of research on my inquiry topic this semester Fashion Throughout History. Why does fashion change over time? Well, the simple answer to this is that people change throughout time. Many fashion designers like to include emotion into fashion. You will see this when you […]
Hi everyone! For this second round of research, I looked into anti-racist movements and the media to answer inquiry my question: What’s the role of the media in current social movements? Media and the amplification of anti-racist activism: Similarly to feminism, platforms on the internet have allowed many anti-racist activists […]
Inquiry Question: Does pretty privilege exist, if so how does it affect life opportunities and eventual outcomes? Research Step 3 – How does race play a role in pretty privilege? Are racial stereotypes part of the reason it exists? Members of the majority culture in much of North America are […]
Hi everyone! For this first round of research, I looked into feminism and the media to answer inquiry my question: What’s the role of the media in current social movements? The importance of media: The media, especially after the surge of internet, has allowed many feminists to share their ideas […]
Hey everyone! Today I am closing in on my research for my final research project! I will be gathering a few more facts and making my own conclusions on my three sub topics. Depression and Anxiety As we have learned from my last two research rounds, depression and anxiety takes […]
In my previous blog post, I researched if learning about history helps us learn about our previous mistakes. In this blog post, I plan to research if understanding the cause of problems in history helps us to avoid problems in the future. History helps students grow and develop as students. (2) […]
Blog post #5 As a reminder my question is What are the key principles of Marxism as a social, economic, and political theory/how it has influenced various societies and movements throughout history? In my last blog post I talked about how Marxism has been involved in revolutions and societies throughout […]
How do fears/phobias evolve from childhood to adulthood? I can only answer this question by answering another one first. “How long do fears last?” This question will tell us how long a typical fear/phobia will last, showing us which ones stay with us into adulthood and which ones evolve, change, […]
Hello, everyone, my inquiry question is “What is the impact of automation and artificial intelligence on the future of work and employment?”, this is my third round of research, and the topic I will focus on is “Will people trust AI enough to let it do jobs like being their […]
So far in my action project, I have gone to Hillcrest Middle School on November 23rd to volunteer since it was Pro D Day at my school. I had the opportunity to help in Mrs. Carston’s grade 7/8 class, a Home Ec class, and a P.E. class. In Mrs. Carston’s […]
In the past week, Mai and I have met up at Town Centre Park again and picked up garbage for 30 minutes. It was a similar experience to our previous garbage pick up. We started from the parking lot, walked along the side walks, and headed towards the busier areas […]
Hello everyone! My inquiry question this semester is “how does childhood trauma impact child/adult development?” Today I will be focusing on how childhood trauma can impact the mental health of children, and also teenagers. General effects: Childhood trauma can have a significant impact on mental health, both in childhood and later in life. Trauma can alter the way […]
My inquiry question: How can the different types of abuse in sports be diminished? How can we prevent abuse in sports? Breaking the code of silence Breaking the code of silence surrounding abuse in sports is crucial for ensuring the safety and well-being of athletes. (3) By shedding light on […]
This is my second round of research about climate change, in my first round of research it was all about how greenhouse gasses cause climate change. In this round I will be talking about the impacts of climate change. Climate change causes high temperatures that increase heat related diseases. […]
