Inquiry Question: How Does Physical Activity and Nutrition Impact Individual Brain Chemistry? Research Step 1 – How does physical activity and nutrition affect body image? Is this the sole cause of issues such as body dysmorphia? Body image encompasses one’s thoughts about their physical body in a multitude of mental […]
With my action project so far I did a park clean-up around a school named Pacific Academy. I invited my dad and brother to help me collect garbage. We walked around for 1 hour picking up litter on Tuesday evening after my practice. One success I had was good weather […]
hello, welcome back to my action project called blessing bags! 1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) As of currently with my action project, the process of planning what will go in the bag has finished and all the […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog! In today’s post, I’ll be researching my first sub-question to help answer my question: how does the concept of innocent until proven guilty protect individuals in the legal system? My first sub-question is what exactly is the concept of innocent until proven […]
Hello everyone! Welcome to my blog post, today I will be researching the functions of the brain that contribute to our long term and short term memory. This leads me inquire about the influences in our daily lives that shape the way of our own thinking and experience of our […]
The word dynamic can also be expressed as energetic, strong, spirited, and active. In more scientific concepts, dynamic can also mean continuous, evolving, constantly growing, etc. Family dynamics should generally be positive and uplifting. Otherwise, they could have negative impacts upon the members of a family. (1) By definition, family […]
1.) Where are you with your action? (e.g. what involvement have you had so far? Describe with examples) I was able to volunteer at the greater Vancouver food bank Burnaby warehouse on April the 19th because it was a Pro-D Day. That day I was sorting all the donations into […]
The first subcategory to answer my question “what defines a car as a good car” is: What are the main sectors of types of cars and which cars/brands dominate those sectors. This subcategory will help me better understand which types of car groupings there are and what people look for […]
My big topic inquiry question is how does an assistant teacher affect the classroom environment? This big topic question will have implications on a global level because 90% of the world has completed a primary education. This shows that many people are interested in learning! I hope to increase the […]
1. Provide three steps for your research with a brief explanation of how this information will lead to addressing your question. 2. Provide 5 valid sources that might be useful to address the question. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-does-some-fashion-repeat-while-others-fad-ayushi-shukla#:~:text=The cyclic nature of fashion,resulting in a cyclic fashion. https://www.fibremood.com/en/blog/trends/20-years-does-the-trick https://baylorlariat.com/2023/10/12/gen-z-called-digital-cameras-are-back/#:~:text=Dr.,to do with our experiences. https://sartorialmagazine.com/lifestyle/2023/7/24/the-resurgence-of-digital-cameras https://www.miragenews.com/why-we-long-for-the-past-the-science-behind-1013752/#:~:text=Research indicates that […]
Hi everyone! Thank you so much for joining me today for my inquiry project! As stated above, I wanted to do a question regarding caffeine and its effects on youth, because as someone who is addicted to caffeine, I want to know more about what it does to my body, […]
Hello! And welcome back to my blog post. For my semester 2 project, I chose to be researching the inquiry question, “How does the portrayal of beauty standards by the media contribute to the ongoing presence of body dysmorphia?” I chose this question as it does affect many people; however, […]
Hi everyone and welcome to my Blog. This semester, I have chosen to research and write about the Inquiry. In this Blog Post, I will write about my sub-questions to answer this question, why they’re important, cite some future sources I may use, and how this question impacts my community. […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my page! This is my second post of my semester two action project. In this post, I will provide information about the action I plan to do and reflect on a TED talk I watched. Let’s get started. The action I plan to do […]
Hey everyone and welcome back to my second blog post of semester two! For this Inquiry assignment, I chose to discuss the question “How and Why Does Music Impact Our Lives, and In What Way?”. For this assignment, I will be splitting my work into three parts. Since this question […]
Hi everyone! For the second post if this inquiry project, I will provide the next three steps for my research with a brief explanation of how that information can help address my main question: How does family dynamics affect the mental health and overall well-being of an individual within the […]
Hello everyone and welcome to my blog post #7 and as this is my last blog post for this project, I felt like this was the perfect time to look back on what I’ve done so far across my last few months of work and see what I’ve achieved and […]
Hello everyone and welcome back to my page! This post is the first post of my semester two project for this course, which is going to be an action project! In this post, I will share my top and bottom three values from the Values Activity on the action page, […]
The biggest problem that I feel that society: Absolute freedom of speech is often not allowed which hinders more conversation from both sides The biggest problem that I feel that society is facing is the lack of acknowledgement that other people with their own political, socioeconomic, social, cultural, ideological views […]
My inquiry question is: What makes social media so addicting and how can we break this cycle? The three steps I will be taking to answer this question are: 1. How does social media hook us and make us attached? First, I will look more closely at how social media […]
1.) For my action project this semester I plan to do park clean-ups. The parks I will pick up garbage from are Blackie Spit Park, Semiahmoo Park, and Redwood Park. Most of these parks are in Surrey because that’s where my basketball practices will be and it will be easier […]
Hello! And welcome back to my blog post. I am Anannya Balachandran, a grade 11 student currently studying at Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, and I am so excited to be able to share my semester two project with all of you. For my semester two project, I chose to […]
Hello everyone and welcome back! Here is my story for this semester Exposition: Main Character/Protagonist = Faye, a high schooler who wants revenge against her bullies. A studious wallflower in her school, she has a mischievous streak and is good at getting her way Bullies = people who have bullied […]
I am looking forward to exploring this very applicable topic in the realm of personal health and well-being. This exploration is conducted with the goal of providing general answers to a topic touched on time and time again by every health conscious individual. Research Step 1 – How does physical […]
Hello, welcome to my blog post #2 about my action project. Below you can read about my action project, enjoy! 😊 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. My action project is to create a outreach bags within my youth […]
As this question has many possible and valid answers, I will be looking at the factors that have the biggest benefits for us. For obtaining the most solid and convincing facts, these will be my 3 steps: Physical health and endurance Playing a sport can improve one’s physical fitness and […]
My Inquiry questions: How do study habits and techniques influence memory recall in school? To research and answer this question I chose three subcategories to study: How does our brain store and categorize long and short memories I want to first understand how our brain processes our daily experiences into […]
My big topic inquiry question is: How does an assistant teacher affect the classroom environment? My three steps for my research will be: What are the 4 different learning styles? I would like to research more on the 4 different learning styles because I hope to find more strategies to […]
Hello everyone welcome back to my blog post! Today I will be splitting my research into three subcategories which I can shape towards finding a good answer to my essential question. The three subcategories I chose to get closer to my answer are: These three questions will lead me closer […]
Do some research on your possible action areas (or your specific action you have already chosen) that you listed in your Action Post #1. 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. I plan on volunteering with the greater Vancouver Food […]
Project plan My inquiry question: How do individuals develop values and beliefs? My three steps to research are: What is the difference between values and beliefs?This question is essential as we need to first understand what values and beliefs are. It is also significant that we know what the difference […]
Three Steps for Research: a. Literature Review: I will begin by conducting a thorough literature review on the role of family in shaping values and beliefs. This step will involve exploring scholarly articles, books, and research studies that look into the dynamics of familial influence on individual ideologies. By understanding […]
1.) Complete the Values Activity. 2a) What are your 3 most important values? Equality, compassion, friendship b) What are your 3 least important values? Spiritual growth, risk, and recognition 3.) Do you agree with the results? What do these values mean to you? I would say that I agree with […]
Hello everyone welcome to my blog post one of semester two. This semester I chose to do an action project. After completing the values activity these were my results For my most important values I got: Family, Innovation, Reliability. And for my least I got: Justice, Responsibility, Power.I feel like the least […]
Hi there! My name is Sanam Moazed and for this semester’s inquiry project, I will be taking a different route and researching the cycle of trends and societies’ tendency to revert back to past trends. Specifically, “As a society, why do we revert to past trends?” This is almost an […]
Exploring the question of how family shapes our values and beliefs is interesting and crucial for me to investigate this semester. Family holds immense importance in my life, serving as the steppingstone of my upbringing and identity formation. I have noticed that I often replicate the traditions and values practiced […]
Hi everyone, for my project this semester, I have decided to do another story project. I have always loved creative writing and I wanted to put my skills to good use by writing another story. Before writing this blog post, I already had a general idea of what I wanted […]
This is the reflection part of my first project. After I finished writing my story, there have been many challenges that I have had to overcome, as well as many thoughts that went through my head throughout the process. I will address them below: One of the biggest challenges I […]
Communication technology is evolved and advanced communication gadgets and skill used in the world today. The improvement of communication has been gradual through the years since the time of the stone age. Round one# Evolution of communication technology through the existence of time The use of technology in communication can […]
Hello guys? My name is George Wahome. I was born in the year 2008.I come from a village called Kijabe which is in Ngobit. Am the last born in a family of three. I study in Thome Boys’ High school which is located in Laikipia. My favorite meal is chapatti, […]
The evolution of communication technology has been a defining force in shaping the trajectory of human history, profoundly impacting various aspects of society, culture, politics, and economics. From the earliest forms of oral tradition and cave paintings to the advent of writing systems, the printing press, telegraphy, and the internet, […]
Hello everyone, my name is Grace I am sixteen years old. I come from Kenya in Laikipia county. I am from a family of five, I study in Loise Girls’ High School. My favorite subject is mathematics because it aligns with my dream career. A want to get a minimum […]
Hey everyone, my name is Mary from Loise Nanyuki Girls and I am in form two. I live in Segera, Laikipia county. I am sixteen years old. I am from a family of five and am the third born. One of my hobby is farming. In school, I water the […]
Hi everyone Thank you for joining me today for my next inquiry research. As an avid caffeine lover, I am very dependant on caffeine, and cannot start my day without it. Though this sounds very bad, and it probably is not the best, I have always though about why there […]
Hello Everyone! My inquiry question for the second term is “What would a perfect society look like?”. I chose this question because I feel like society as of now has many flaws; some evident, some discreet or obscure. Some countries or towns may have more freedom than others, or some […]
How do sports benefit people? The biggest reason why I chose this question is because of my dad, who’s always wanted me to do badminton, but did not force me to. When I was in 7th grade, I noticed that my skills in dance would be incomparable to those who […]
My name is envy i’m a high school student. My essential question is, what species will be most resilient to climate change?
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 […]
Research United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals: a) Which one aligns with your values most? Goal #1: End poverty b) Which one is your passion Why? (This may or may be the same as (a)) Goal #1 is my passion, Ever since I was little, I grew up watching my […]
Hello everyone, and welcome back to my blog. I hope you enjoyed following my journey as I volunteered with the Public Library last semester. I thoroughly enjoyed the process and documenting my journey for you! I also recommend volunteering with this program if you are interested, so feel free to […]
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 […]
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 […]
My 3 most important values are reliability, personal growth, and opportunity. My least 3 important values were community, power, and tradition. I somewhat agree with these results. I believe my most significant values were correct because I believe it is crucial to be able to rely on and be relied on […]
For this semester, I have chosen to do a story based on true events. The main character, Faye, is a high schooler, born with very obvious heterochromia – her left eye is olive green and her right eye is medium blue. A couple of guys in her 10th English class […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hi everyone welcome to my blog! For my semester two blog post I chose to look at a more concrete concept. I have recently gotten very interested in cars, however one thing I came to realize is that people, especially car fanatics, are very picky with which cars they like. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog! Today I will be reflecting upon my research this semester and thinking about the impacts of my Inquiry question! What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? I encountered some challenges throughout this […]
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. […]
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 […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my final inquiry blog post on the question “What is the root cause of gender wage discrepency in Kenya?”. In this post, I will be reflecting on my inquiry project and the process of answering this question. Let’s get started! First, I will be […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blog Post #7: Reflectiona. What challenges did you overcome throughout this story project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? As a Chinese immigrant like the subject of my story, I have a wide range of experiences that I struggled to fit into my story. Some chapters are longer, some […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog. This is the final post of my inquiry project on the question “What is the root cause of gender wage discrepancy in Kenya?”. In this post, I will summarize my research and provide a final answer to my inquiry question. In my […]
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 […]
a. 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 the fact that my question was very broad, which is my fault, but after getting deeper into my research I realized just how […]
I have faced multiple challenges, but I have overcame each one while doing my action project of park clean-ups. One obstacle I faced was picking up the litter effectively because I was only wearing gloves and each time I had to bend down to pick a piece up. I overcame […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? During the course of this project I faced many challenges that I had to learn to navigate. These challenges included finding unbiased research articles and reflecting on if an article I as reading […]
Hello everyone, welcome to my last blog post on my semester 1 project! Here are my answers to questions that will help me conclude my research and end my semester 1 project. While there were many challenges, one that took time to overcome was finding sources that focused on the […]
In my final blog post, I will be adressing three reflection questions. 2. How did this inquiry change the way you think?This inquiry changed how I thought about the people who used social media. Before, I followed many stereotypes about people who used social media, such as how everybody used TikTok, […]
Hi everyone, and welcome to my final blog post for this project! a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout this inquiry project, I struggled to find enough research that was relevant to my topic. In order to overcome this […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go about overcoming these challenges? My inquiry topic: Bonds with pets. One of my challenges was not being able to find the answers to more unpopular pets such as geckos. Most of the research was related to […]
Hi everyone! Today I will be answering some questions about my research during this semester, so I just wanted to say thank you so much for joining me on my last blog post for my project! First off, some challenges that I had to overcome through out my inquiry project […]
During my inquiry research I notice that I had trouble consistently writing and coming up with ideas for my blogs, For instance, in my last posts, I was concerned that I wouldn’t be able to finish writing my blog entries in the last couple because I felt like I couldn’t […]
This topic has been extremely insightful for me to learn how the central concept of time carries out into everyday life, spanning cultures and regions thorough fully. It has taught me so much in terms of research I never would have thought about in the scope of my learning during […]
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 […]
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 […]
In this blog post I am specifically going to discuss on the functions of the brain and this is going to help me relate the functions and our thoughts as human beings. The human brain serves several functions and it is a very important organ as far as human survival […]
Hello Everyone! Welcome again to my blog post 2 and I would love to split my entire topic into small sub-topics. First, is the function of the brain and second is the human thoughts and emotions and third is the relationship between our brain as far as our thoughts and […]
This is important because: With the growing climate crisis and rising sea levels, tides will impact coastal communities even more than they historically have.
Rather than analyzing tides in recent times, I wanted to explore the impact of tides throughout history. I want to explore the impact of tides on coastal communities and their impact on the future.
My inquiry question is: Is it worth exploring our oceans further? I find this interesting because we have more information and have explored more of outer space than our oceans. I chose this topic because I would like to know the extent of our research and what it would take […]
I have an extreme interest in space and what happens in space. And it’s important to know and understand what Gamma Ray Bursts (GRB) are. So we can understand that the odds of a GRB hitting us are extremely in our favor. But that doesn’t make it impossible. And that […]
Two Minutes I Andy He is born as Andy Wang. Wang(王) – A common Chinese surname that meant “king” or “royalty”. Andy (安帝) – 安 (An) for平安 (peaceful) and 帝 (di) from the phrase 皇帝, meaning emperor. Safe to say, his parents had high hopes for him. He’s also one […]
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 […]
Hello everyone! This is my 3rd and also last round of research of my inquiry project. I will first talk about 2 major inventions that were made on top of the internet and 2 major inventions made before the internet. Then, I will talk about the positive and negative ways […]
Welcome to my final blog post about my action. To summarize my action, I am going to go over the past couple of months briefly and then explain my final step. Starting a couple of months ago I chose to do action. I knew I believed in children, education and […]
Welcome to my final blog post for the research portion as I answer the question: What role(s) do one’s thoughts play in influencing one’s physiological responses? Do you ever find yourself overwhelmed by negative thoughts? Do these thoughts effect your day-to-day life, making easy tasks like finishing assignments and cleaning […]
Hi everyone! For my last subquestion, we will be researching “how true are optical illusion tests?”. I decided to look more into this because it is a very intricate question that requires me to look at my inquiry from a different perspective. By investigating the authenticity of optical illusions, I […]
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 […]
Hello everybody and welcome back to my blog post! During high school life, stress often becomes many students’ best friend! In the previous blog posts, I explored conventional stress coping mechanisms such as exercise, a balanced diet, and the mindful use of technology. For the final blog post, I explored […]
Hello everyone, my name is Frederick Han, and welcome to my fifth blog post for the inquiry question, “Is social media good or bad for education?”. Today I will be going over the sub-question:Find out what content different social media platforms contain and what features they use to keep people […]
