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My inquiry question: How do individuals develop values and beliefs? I chose to do research on this question because of how I noticed everyone around me believed and valued different things. For one, I think this is based on how you were raised. But could values and beliefs also change […]

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Blog Post #1

Hello everyone, my name is Scott Lyu, a grade 11 student at Ecole Dr. Charles Best in Canada. For my second-semester inquiry project, I have decided to do an inquiry project, on how people gain respect from others, and how culture affects how people respect others? This topic has always […]

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Blog Post #1 – How does family dynamics affect the mental health and well being of an individual within the family?

Hi everyone! For the second semester, I will continue an inquiry project! My essential question revolves around the topic of mental health and family. I will be exploring the relationship between the two subjects and discover the factors that are involved. I think it’s important to look at family dynamics […]

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Blog Post #1 Why is social media so addicting, and how can we break this cycle?

This semester I will be looking as to what makes social media so addicting, and how can break this ongoing cycle of addiction and dependence which we have with social media. This topic has been important since the mid-2000’s but has raised more concerns especially in the past decade, as more […]

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Blog post #1-How does an assistant teacher affect the classroom environment?

I was inspired to do this research because I noticed assistant teachers are very helpful in my classroom. For example, my chemistry assistant teacher is very beneficial in our classroom. She provides a different learning perspective than a teacher because she has different teaching styles. For example, my chemistry teacher […]

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Blog Post #1

Hi everyone, and welcome to my first blog of semester two! For this semester’s inquiry question, I chose to learn about music. After much research and further investigating this topic, I chose to specifically look into how music affects our daily lives. For my main inquiry question, I will research […]

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Blog Post #1 – How does the concept of innocent until proven guilty protect individuals in the legal system?

Hi everyone, and welcome back to my blog! For my semester two inquiry project, I will be researching the inquiry question of how does the concept of innocent until proven guilty protect individuals in the legal system? In my first semester, I took Law 12 and discovered how much I […]

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Blog post #7: How does the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project, I ran into issues finding research material for my blog post, because this topic is not widely discussed by people as the topic about spreading knowledge is thought to […]

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Blog Post #1- Inquiry (2)

How do study habits and techniques influence memory recall in school? Hello everyone.This semester, I’ve made the decision to investigate the effects of studying—specifically, how different learning strategies can influence memory recall in an academic context. I picked this subject because I’ve always had trouble figuring out the “best” approach […]

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Blog Post #7

Hello everyone and welcome to my final inquiry blog post! For this post, I will be recapping and reflecting on my inquiry process about “How [fashion has] changed and developed throughout history and how does that impact us?”. To reflect on my work, I will be answering a few questions.  […]

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Blog Post #7: How has the integration of celebrity figures in creative director roles of fashion houses affected the growth of the fashion industry?

As I wrap this round of research up, I am excited to reflect on my journey and see how much I have grown in terms of answering my questions as well as the opinions I have had in relation to this topic. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry […]

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blog post 5

hi everyone welcome back to my blog, today i will be going over another product category, plastic cutlery and also a bit of why it is so important that we learn more about sustainable products. Why is it so important that we learn about sustainable options? Plastic is a world-wide problem […]

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Blog Post #1 – How Does Physical Activity and Nutrition Affect Individual Brain Chemistry?

Semester 2 Inquiry: This semester, I will be exploring the correlation between measures taken to care for and nurture our bodies, and their inherent connection with the mind. The concept of both physical and physiological impact on mental health and cognitive functioning is a profound topic that as been alluded […]

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Blog post #7 – How Do Optical Illusions Uncover Parts of Our Personality?

Blog #7: Reflection In the process of completing my inquiry project, my biggest challenges were finding recent, reliable sources for my research as well as making connections between optical illusions and personality. There weren’t a ton of recent studies about optical illusions especially when it came to gathering theories about […]

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Blog post #7- A Reflection: How Does Child’s Play Impact a Child’s Mental Health?

Blog #7: Reflection  1. Address the following questions:  a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about  overcoming these challenges?  The challenge I overcame was finding reliable sources. For example, I overcame this challenge by using Ms. Martin’s tip on looking at the credibility […]

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Blog post #7 How can we use our personal skills to create an impact on the world on a small or large scale?

a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this project, I had a difficult time finding sources that gave me the information I needed and not different information. To deal with this, I would find bits of information to answer […]

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BLOG POST#1.BRAIN FUNCTION IN RELATION TO OUR THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS AS HUMAN BEINGS.

Hello Everyone! I am Samantha Akinyi ,my inquiry question is, ‘BRAIN FUNCTIONS IN RELATION TO OUR THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS’ . I Found it interesting and curious to learn more about the functioning of our brain and how it relates to our thoughts and emotions since I find it hard to […]

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Blog Post #5: How has the integration of celebrities taking on creative directors rolls in fashion houses affected the trajectory of the fashion industry?

Welcome back to my last round of research! Throughout my blog posts I have researched and created a foundation for fashion and becoming a creative director, now how does that apply to our current culture and the future? At the beginning of this research, we took a trip down memory […]

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BLOG Post #5 – Marisa Ciulla

Are supplements and supplementation necessary for our health and performance in the gym? clevelandclinic. (2022, September 1). Is Pre-Workout Powder Safe? Does It Work? Cleveland Clinic. https://health.clevelandclinic.org/does-taking-a-pre-workout-actually-work  Harvard Health Publishing. (2022, August 15). The hidden dangers of protein powders – Harvard Health. Harvard Health; Harvard Health. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/the-hidden-dangers-of-protein-powders  kink, shaun. (2023, December 1). Best Supplements […]

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Blog #5

For my inquiry question, I am researching bonds with pets. My third round of research is on how long it takes to bond with pets. I added this question to my research because not everyone bonds with their pets fast. In my opinion, pets are easy and quick to bond […]

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Blog Post #5

For this blog post, I will be recapping my previous questions and answering my final inquiry sub-question. My original topic question was related to “How has fashion changed and developed throughout history and how does that impact us?”. The question I will answer for this post is “How has fashion […]

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Blog post #5

Topic question: how does play affect a child’s mental health? This big topic question will have implications on a global level because we need to focus on the future generation for the future well-being of our world by focusing on children. Furthermore, by informing the community about mental health, we […]

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Blog post #5 How does the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?

Hello everyone, this is my fifth blog post for my inquiry project, “How does the acquisition and the dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?” This is my third step of the research, about how the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge would contribute to progress in civilization […]

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Blog post #5-key ideas in ancient philosophy and how these philosophical thoughts influenced their societies

As a reminder my question is “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?” To help answer this today I will be researching some key ideas in ancient philosophy […]

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Blog post #5

For my third blog post I will be researching and discussing my third subtopic to my essential question: “What are the most useful skills in this age?” Researching this question will help me get closer to the answer of my question “How can we use our personal skills and abilities […]

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BLOG# 1: HOW DO HUMAN INTERACT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT FUTURE GENERATION.

Hello. It is me again and this time I am doing an amazing research about human interaction with the environment and how it will affect future generation. I chose this topic because I wanted to learn and more our environment to gain more knowledge and what I can do to […]

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BLOG POST # 1: HOW WOULD THE AIR QUALITY,WATER QUALITY AND ECOSYSTEM BE IMPACTED IF THERE NO POLLUTION

Hi everyone, it’s me again. From my inquiry project this term ,l plan to research on air quality ,water quality and ecosystem be impacted if there no pollution. I proudly decided to research this simply because pollution is the main reason why water quality and air quality are impacted negatively […]

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blog post 4 

Hello and welcome back to my blog. today i will be going over a product catagory, highlighting factors that make them un enviormentally friendly and trying too find the best alternative for them.  the product catagagory  the catagory i chose first is plastic bag, plastic bags have been targeted by […]

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About me

Hi, my name is Bridget Allen and I’m a grade 12 student at West Kings in NS. I’m originally from England but I moved to Canada when I was 8. My interests include; painting, swimming and I love the beach. My project is on a new local candy shop. I […]

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About Shayna

Hi I’m Shayna and I am a grade 12 student at West Kings high school. I am a student in entrepreneurship and I am doing a project on a local business. I will be doing more posts about my project with my partner Amanda soon. In my spare time I […]

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