For my semester 1 action project, I chose to take part in the Reading Buddies Program at Coquitlam Public Library. This program entailed Big Buddies (middle school-high school kids) helping their little buddies (elementary school kids) develop a passion for reading. This was done through weekly sessions that took place […]
Hello and welcome to my blog post! As mentioned in my About Me, this is my third year taking Social Responsibility and I decided to switch up my type of project this year. In both grade 9 and 10, I chose to research Inquiry questions and write about them. This […]
My project is a story which, with the consent of the subject of the story, I will try to recreate the real-life scene that happened from approximately 2 to 5 pm on August 4, 2022. Short summary of my story: A high schooler is locked outside of her home and tries […]
What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? A challenge that I had throughout this inquiry project was that I kept on repeating certain words or phrases inside of my posts. After reading and rereading my articles, I realized how dull […]
Why Do Plants Differ From One Another? – Nearby Animals What Animals Live Near Desert Plants? Arabian Oryx The oryx is one of the largest mammals in the Arabian Desert [3] The oryx can endure temperatures of over 100 degrees Fahrenheit or 37 degrees Celcius [3] Desert plants may also […]
Why Do Plants Differ From One Another? – Resource Availability What Resources Do Desert Plants Have Access To? Plants that live in the desert require special skills to survive in such a hostile environment [1]. This is a resulting reason that some desert plants grow extremely long roots in the […]
“Why Do Plants Differ From One Another? – Habitat Differences What Is a Desert? A desert is an area of land that is large, extremely dry and has sparse vegetation [2]. Deserts are commonly characterized by their lack of rainfall [4]. Deserts can get less than ten inches of precipitation […]
Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question: Inquiry Question: Why do plants differ from one another? (Mainly comparing desert plants vs tropical forestry plants) Habitat difference What is a desert? What is a tropical forest? How are […]
State your inquiry question: My inquiry question for the second semester will be “Why do plants differ from one another?” Explain why this is a question of interest for you: This question interests me because I enjoy learning about how nature differs in different areas and about nature in general. […]
What Affects Emotional Quotient? 1. Address the following questions: a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I had to overcome a couple of challenges throughout this inquiry project, but one that stuck with me the most was being orderly […]
What Affects Emotional Quotient? How can negative experiences affect emotional quotient? Having negative experiences can affect emotional quotient in a variety of different ways that are specific to how you deal with these emotions that you feel when having these experiences. If you deal with these emotions correctly, you may […]
“What Affects Emotional Quotient?” Effects of Emotional Quotient What does having low emotional quotient look like and lead to? Emotional quotient is used to understand and regulate your own moods and emotions, recognize how other people feel and empathize with them, solve problems and get your needs met, and influence […]
For this part of my story, I will be focusing on the climax, resolution, and falling action. Within these sections, I am focusing on how victims of sexual abuse and assault have to deal with the trauma and PTSD of these horrific incidents. Climax: According to the study, female victims […]
“What Affects Emotional Quotient?” Emotional quotient is the ability to understand others, communicate effectively, manage your emotions, overcome challenges, and defuse conflict [3]. This can affect us by driving our behaviour, which impacts our environment and other people [2]. There are four attributes that commonly define emotional quotient; self-management, which […]
“What affects emotional quotient?” Planned three steps of research: (1) Basic knowledge of emotional quotient What is emotional quotient? What is the difference between emotional quotient and intelligence quotient? Why is emotional quotient important? (2) Effects of emotional quotient What does having low emotional quotient look like and lead to? […]
My inquiry question for this semester is “what affects emotional intelligence?” I decided to pick this question because I am interested in psychology and how the brain processes and stores information. Especially for emotional intelligence, I am thinking of researching about how the brain stores memories and how it learns […]
Hello everyone, my name is Karen Zoulau and I am in my second year of high school in Dr. Charles Best Secondary. COVID made time fly so fast, I still can’t believe that I graduated middle school. I understand that COVID has affected, and is still affecting everyone, but sometimes […]
Hello everyone, hope you are doing well! Inquiry question: Should we clone humans? a) What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I definitely ran into the challenge of finding reputable sources! Many sources I looked at were either old articles […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Ironically, many of the challenges that I faced throughout the making of this inquiry project were to do with confirmation bias, one of the main points I brought up in my third […]
“Is Sleep Really That Important?” By: Karen Zoulau What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I had a few challenges I had to overcome, but one that particularly stood out was the lack of images. I found it hard to […]
Hello everyone! My inquiry question: Should we clone humans? In this round of research, I will be looking into the disadvantages of cloning as well as the ethical issues! There have been quite a few successful creations of various mammalian species, however, researchers still do not have a full understanding […]
“Is Sleep Really that Important?” By: Karen Zoulau Many people feel as if they don’t get enough sleep at night. To solve this they constantly promise themselves that they will get more sleep in the future, but often this promise never happens. This is an occurring issue that almost […]
“Is Sleep Really that Important?” By: Karen Zoulau Have you ever wondered what happens to our bodies when we sleep? Let me explain. Our brain stores new information while we sleep [1], creating new space for new memories and deleting useless, old ones. Our nerve cells communicate with each other, […]
Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “Does money bring happiness?” – April 22nd, 2021 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— The issue of accelerating drift between the rich and the poor is pressing because it’s directly proportional to the amount of rich and poor people in society for several decades now. this is […]
Why are people drawn to and create conspiracy theories? Conspiracy theories. In this current age, I would be quite confident saying that virtually everyone reading this knows what they are. Strange ideas, farfetched conclusions, “connect-the-dots” thinking. I would also be confident in saying that practically all of you reading this […]
“Is Sleep Really that Important?” By: Karen Zoulau Going 24 hours without sleep is one of the most harmful things you could do to your body. If you pull an all-nighter, you will be cognitively impaired [1]. Even going 17 hours without sleep can lead to poor judgement, poor memory […]
“Does money bring happiness?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “Does money bring happiness?” – March 4th, 2021 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Firstly, “What is money?” well it is 6.0 x 2.75 inches plastic bills and a bunch of coins. They have recognized mediums of exchange and means of payment. And it […]
The steps I am planning to take in my inquiry project: First Post: Negative Effects of Sleeping Late and Having a Lack of Sleep What happens to your body if you don’t sleep for a whole day? What happens to your brain? What happens to your mood? Can you get […]
Inquiry Question: Is Sleep Really that Important? We all know that sleep is essential for living. Everyone has to sleep in order to avoid effects of sleep deprivation like fatigue, irritability and mood changes. In the now, I don’t feel like I have been getting a lot of sleep. I […]
Hello everyone! My question is “What are the effects of affirmations and subliminal messages that are being used for manifestation?” My three steps of research will look like this… What are affirmations and subliminal messages What scientific effects do affirmations and subliminal messages have on a person […]
Hello everyone! Inquiry Question: Should we clone humans? The reason why I have chosen to look into if we should clone humans or not is that for many years now, cloning has been a big thing and there have been many trial and errors, but there have also been many […]
Hi guys, I decided to do another inquiry project and my question is: “Does money bring happiness?” I chose this topic because I want to know who’s life is better: the Poor or the Rich ( with a stable income, not necessarily a billionaire). I’ve always learned about poor countries […]
Blog Post #6 – Reflection (Metamorphosis) – How Does Different Genres of Music Affect Different Living Beings? 2021/01/28 Karen Zoulau What challenges did you overcome throughout this project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? One of the few challenges I had faced throughout this project was the […]
Hello, everyone! I hope you are doing well! Here is my reflection of the inquiry question I did for my three rounds of research: a) What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry question? How did you go about? The first challenge I faced was while I was researching in […]
Hello guys, I am ending my round of research on gender discrimination with a short reflection by answering the following questions… What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? While I was working throughout this inquiry project, I struggled a little […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “The impacts on females (morally, personally, professionally, etc…) ” – December 11, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Similar to my previous research on the impact on males, the question that most […]
“How Does Different Genres of Music Affect Different Living Beings?” How Does Music Affect Plants? By: Karen Zoulau In 1962, Dr. T.C. Singh, Head of Botany at Annamalia University made one of the earliest studies on how music affected plants [1]. He experimented on Balsam […]
Why are people attracted to cults? — mindset of the cult member Hi everyone! In my last research round, I talked about what cults are. This round, I will be discussing the mindset of a cult member. This will include their mindset when they joined, when they are leaving, after leaving, and […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “The impacts on males (morally, personally, professionally, etc…) ” – November 20, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Firstly, the question that most people ask: “are tougher men also affected by gender […]
“To what extend does gender discrimination influence the world and the people in our society?” Lokshana Groodoyal social responsibility Research topic: “How & where does gender discrimination occurs.” – November 11, 2020 ———//———//———//——-//———//———//———//———//———//——— Gender discrimination has been a very popular and active problem, not only in our society but […]
Hello! My Inquiry question: What are the impacts of being born blind compared to losing sight later on in life? In my first round of research, I will be looking into the physical and emotional impacts of being born blind. About 80% of children who do not have visual impairments […]
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 […]
“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 […]
Hi everyone, This post is going to be the metamorphosis of my second-semester research round on overpopulation… A. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? Some of the challenges I have encountered in doing this inquiry project is trying to […]
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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] […]
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 […]
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 […]
