Hello everyone!! This is my second action post for my new cycle. In my last post, I reflected on my 3 core values through the values activity and discovered my 3 values included: risk, leadership, and family. Last post, I also briefly described my goals for this new action. I […]
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 […]
Hi everyone! Welcome back to another Action Post. For those joining for the first time, I lead a club called Miracle Movement. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small fundraisers in support of BC Children’s Hospital. […]
Hey everyone! Welcome to my second action post of this cycle. Let’s get right into it… 1.) Provide a summary of the action you are planning and how are you going to start. For those of you who have been following along with my posts, you may remember that I […]
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 […]
Hi everyone! In my last post, I discussed my values and sustainable goals. My top three values were helping, compassion and competence, and my main goal is good health and well-being. As I mentioned before, to address these values and goals, I will be volunteering at a veterinary clinic. I’m […]
My three most important values: Part A) I believe it is important to find new and creative ways of doing things. I believe it is important to take care of others and help them meet their needs. I believe it is important to continually pursue new skills and self awareness. […]
“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 […]
Hi this is Simone, I believe that all people should have education in every aspect. Also thank you everyone who commented and gave me links towards this, it was really helpful!! Education is important for everyone, any religion, gender, region, and age group. Education give you the information that could […]
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 […]
Values Activity: My three most important values: Part A) I believe that everyone should have the same opportunities and rights. I believe it is important to feel sympathy, care or concern for others. I believe it is important to experience close, ongoing, relationships with others. Part B) Equality Compassion Friendship […]
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 […]
Sienna Saunders BUTTERFLY EFFECT Values Activity What are your 3 most important values and your 3 least important values? Most Important A: I believe that everyone should have the same opportunities and rights. I believe everyone should be allowed to have different ways of living and thinking. […]
The industrial revolution in the 19th century saw a number of inventions fundamentally change transport. With telegraphy, communication became instant and independent of the transport services and the invention of the steam engine, closely followed by its application in rail transport, made land transport independent of human or animal muscles. […]
Hello Everyone! I am planning to continue with an action project for my second cycle. I would like to continue with my same action from last semester while adding some new things as well, and slightly changing the goals and purpose my action has. Today, I did the values activity, […]
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 everybody! Last cycle I chose to do an inquiry question where I asked how personality is formed. This new cycle, I’m deciding to try and do an action project! After taking the values quiz, I discovered that my three most important and least important values are… Most important Equality […]
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 […]
Hi everyone! As some of you may know, throughout last semester, I was doing an inquiry project on veterinary medicine, technology and education, focusing on the history of the practice and its evolution throughout the years. I am very glad I chose that topic because I’m extremely passionate about science […]
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 […]
Hi guys its long since i posted but i was busy doing my research on my action post. Iam Danson from Tigithi Boys High School. What is a landslide and what causes one? A landslide is defined as the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a […]
Hello guys,wow, its been long since I ever posted But now I’m back with this post down about lung cancer and its related branches.Hope you will enjoy. LUNG CANCER Globally, there are approximately 1.8 million new cases of lung cancer per year. Lung Cancer accounts for highest cancer-related mortality globally. […]
Hello guys today i will be talking on addiction.addiction can be caused by many things.not only drugs that can cause addiction to our bodies. i will be talking about gambling addiction and how it can be treated and of course the signs that will help you know that you are addicted […]
Hello everyone,just proceeding with my research and here i came with another interesting topic about digital photography. Digital photography. Digital photography uses cameras containing arrays of electronic photo detectors to capture images focused by a lens as opposed to an […]
Measures to prevent animal wildlife diseases The control of diseases shared with wildlife requires the development of strategies that will reduce pathogen transmission between wildlife and both domestic animals and human beings. This review describes and criticizes the options currently applied and attempts to forecast wildlife disease control in the […]
Hi everyone! Welcome to my first Action post of my new cycle! To give everybody a background on my project, I lead a club called Miracle Movement at school. The goal of our club is to raise awareness on pediatric health. We do this by initiating campaigns and hosting small […]
Hey everyone! I’m so excited to start my second cycle of the school year! I’ve decided to continue doing an action project as I really enjoyed the new perspectives and the opportunity for reflection my last cycle gave me. However, this time, I’m going to be starting a new action. […]
Hello everyone It is like I have been silent for long but that one does not mean I not focusing on my research,I have been working very hard so that I get the information that I intended to tell you about it and I hope each and everyone will learn […]
Hi am Saddam and I hope you are fine.I would be working on energy and future problems and I would start by defining energy. Types of Energy Energy is the power we use for transportation, for heat and light in our homes and for the manufacture of all kinds […]
Hello butterfly.I hope you are fine as well as I am.Today I have come with a research that I got from one of us in butterfly effect and is about the simple truth about gender pay gap. The gender pay gap is the gap between men and women are paid. […]
Hello everyone! Since my last post I have done a lot of work on my action project, mainly just by going around asking for donations and buying products myself to go towards my project. To summarize what I have done since my last post, I took the winter break as […]
WILDLIFE DISEASES Human activities and environmental changes are resulting in new infectious disease dynamics and new patterns favorable to pathogens spreading both geographically and between species as well as new opportunities for increasing genetic variability. Wildlife, farm animals and even humans fall victim to this increasingly common pattern. The international […]
Hello everyone today I have come with another topic on important concepts underlying gender mainstreaming. 1.GENDER. The concept of gender needs to be understood clearly as a cross-cutting socio-cultural variable. It is an overarching variable in the sense that gender can also be applied to all other cross-cutting variables such […]
Action. From my research, due to multiple sources( listed down below ), it’s clear that the education system is lacking a critical element: financial resources. I would like to take a small step to help the children in Kenya, by arranging books/textbooks and stationery items for them. How I’m going […]
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 […]
The UN goal I chose is #16 Peace, justice and strong institutions, because it includes my main focus which is CORRUPTION. My essential question is What are the common characteristics of countries with high corruption and what solutions are going to be efficient for them? the reason I chose it […]
The things I value are as follows: I believe people who stand up for their beliefs should be respected and valued. I believe it is important to take care of others and help them meet their needs. I believe it is important to pursue what is fair and morally right. […]
Hi I am Simon Lex I hope you are fine.I would like to share a topic about,Human and Animal Conflicts. INTRODUCTION. HUMAN AND ANIMAL CONFLICT. Human and animal conflict refers to the interaction between wild animals and people and resultant negative impact on people or their resource or wild animals […]
Hi everyone hope you are fine,I would like to introduce my first topic to you,MARINE CONSERVATION. INTRODUCTION TO MARINE CONSERVATION Marine conservation was started the United States of AMERICA in the 1960s and took off in 1972 hence forming Marine Protection,Research,and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) passed hence beginning the movement.Marine Conservation is […]
Hello butterfly.its long since i just posted my research but is because i was doing and narrowing my research into details and i suddenly came across an interesting topic about photography and would like to talk more about photography and also compare photography here in Kenya and other countries and […]
Hello to everyone,today I will looking on something I have been searching because I have been thinking of it for a long time and I hope it will help each and everyone and also the society in general. Worldwide, most countries recognize that equal rights should exist between men and […]
Hi All! My name is Asalah and I am grateful to go to Langley Fine Arts. I have many hobbies that I absolutely adore spending my time doing. One of my favourite hobbies is hiking and spending time outside. If I don’t have a reason to be inside, than I try […]
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 […]
Hi this is Charity from Ms. Illes’ Grade 5 PA-MOJA Club! I wanted to share with you a little bit about the Chinese New Year. My mom is from Taiwan and my dad is from China. The Lunar New Year is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new […]
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 […]
Monday (7am – 8:27am) I’m waking up and getting ready for the day. I’m either very drowsy and kind of awake from my horrible sleep schedule. I throw on some clothes mainly comfy because why not and start to freshen up. I brush my teeth and hair (but y’know with […]
Hello, my name is Maria and I would be talking about my hobbies. I have had many hobbies throughout my life. Some of the hobbies I have done or continue to do, are: Dance ( ballet, contemporary dance and others) Swimming, I actually don’t enjoy swimming in a “sporty” manner […]
Hi y’all, my name is Simone. Some of the things i do in my past time would be homework, playing with my dog named Daisy, hanging out with friends and/or watching movies/drawing or doing art. I love doing all these things. When i was younger I didn’t hang out with […]
Hello everyone I would like share something small with you and I hope each and everyone would learn.It is about the cultural influence on intimate relationships.I hope we will cooperate. Many years ago, a 60-year-old woman in one of my recovery groups for women with controlling partners asked, “Do I […]
Hi, this is Ava and Haunnah from Mrs. Illes’s grade 5 class. We speak on behalf of our class when we say we are happy to be on this site with you. Butterfly allows us to connect with other kids in Canada and Kenya. Our teacher Mrs. Illes started a […]
Terrorism is the unlawful use of violence in pursuit of political aims . There are several types of terrorism i.e Dissent terrorism – terrorist groups which rebell aganist thier goverment. state sponsered – they act on goverment or state Religious terrorism -this are terrorism groups which are religiously motivated. Criminal […]
Hi everyone, my name is Benito,this is actually my first post and i’m very privileged to be part of Butterfly.On my research, am going to work on Wildlife Conservation e.g The dangers facing our wild animals( poaching,diseases) and such.Am also going to look on the other side of Wildlife,(what development […]
Hi everyone,it has been long since I posted something but the reason was because we went for hour long holiday but now we are back to the normal school program. Today I want to talk on how to overcome workplace gender inequality. Gender […]
Noah Berg Hi! This is my fourth action post, for those of you who are unfamiliar with what I have been doing recently I have been helping with a program call the “First Shift.” This program helps kids who have never played hockey before getting on the ice and […]
Hi my name is Simone, this is my second draft of Poaching animals research! Thank you to all who gave me links to look at! they were very helpful! 🙂 Throughout my research I have realized so many animals that we see regularly have been poached for multiple reasons. To […]
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 […]
Hello to all, I view that good education is a highly important tool to future-proof your life. As more children go through the education system and literacy rates have increased, it is key that children get an education in order to get into a career and earn to feed, clothe, […]
Education is very important to me. I have always liked education in school and have always been a quick learner which might have made it easier for me. Education can be hard at times but it is your willingness to push yourself that makes you stronger and the stronger you […]
I have been in Sweetwater’s secondary school for my high school system. I am proud of completing my high school coarse. My understanding about education is that I learnt that it is the main thing that encourages us to distinguish between the right and the wrong because in absence of […]
hi this is Yvonne from Loise nanyuki girls high school. education is the most important thing for a human life.through education a lot of life status has been improved.in our country most of the job vacancies are of educated people I am in grade 9 and I have a lot […]
EDUCATION: Hi everyone I am in Gatero girls high school a here to talk about education which is the key to success. Without education I do not understand how the world could be or where it could be. Education is the best thig in a persons life. through education I […]
Hi everybody One thing that i am happy about my education is that it is only determined by the effort you put but not the background.My best subjects are Mathematics and Geography.I really love these subjects because they require maximum concentration.I also put more effort in sciences because my career […]
Hey everyone, Education is a tool that enables one to develop different skills and also interact with different people. As in my case, when i was in grade seven, we used to recite poems in the school and also in different occasions.Mostly, we could entertain the district officers when celebrating […]
Hi everyone. As for me education is the key to success. Education life is the most toughest life but since we know that we are going to ripe good fruits by applying the skills we are getting from being educated we just try our best to live it the best […]
Hi everyone, Education is one of the most important thing in life.Without education in Kenya you we really suffer a lot.In my community that is the a Masai they do not really value education to girls but am fortunate to have education. Recently in my community girls were married off […]
Hey everyone, I study at Njoro Girls High School in grade eleven. I am graduating my high school next year. My studying life has been the best thing for me .I am always working hard in order to achieve the best out of twelve years that I am in school. […]
I am really happy of my education experience because it has enabled me to be able to some life problems.This is all thanks to the subjects we do in school. I remember this year in my Physics class we were introduced to the topic about electricity.It was not easy for […]
Hello! There are quite a few things that I’m proud of in my educational experience. That could include projects, results on tests and even just participating in class but what I think I’ll hold on to for forever is my ability to become very passionate. I’ve been through a lot […]
Hello! I’ve been in French immersion since kindergarten and in Canada, most French immersion kids participate in (or have at least heard of) a competition called the “Concours d’Art Oratoire” run by an organization called Canadian Parents for French. I started writing speeches and participating in the competition in grade […]
Hi everyone! When it comes to school, I am sure that almost everyone can agree that receiving high grades are something that give you a sense of pride. However, it is even more satisfying when you feel that you were able to accomplish something meaningful that had an impact on […]
Hi everyone! From my educational experience, I have developed different things I’m proud of. For example, as I’ve mentioned in my previous posts, I’m gratified of my work with Miracle Movement. I am especially proud of how I grew this club into a strong community of people with the same […]
My favorite pastimes include reading, writing, painting, scrapbooking, and playing instruments. Honestly, the only reason why I took up any artistic activities was because of my older sister. She always had that sort of creativity of expressing her ideologies and passions through visual imagery. And like any younger sibling, I […]
Hi everybody? An Perpetuah and i hereby present my hobbies to you.I have many hobbies but i will just talk of the best.These are playing basketball,swimming,singing and dancing.
Hi everyone! My hobbies are dancing and participating in theatre productions. I started dancing around the age of 3, where I started doing ballet and then slowly started trying different types throughout the years (hip-hop, jazz, tap, contemporary, modern, stage, etc.). I have been doing dance for about 12 consecutive […]
Hey everyone, I’m Giulia and I have two main hobbies which are drawing and writing. I like to sketch on paper, but I mainly do digital drawings with a tablet and pen. I find it easier since you have more options on a computer, rather than a piece of paper. […]
Hello everyone, I like to paint during my free time along with listening to music. Painting is one of my favorite things to do since its calming and fun. I usually paint with water colors, however, I have recently gained interests in using acrylic paint as well. Recently, I used […]
Hi everyone! My only real hobby is art. If i had to pick a favorite medium it would be paint. Painting makes me focus on one thing and on nothing else. This allows me to relax. Whether I’m painting something abstract or realistic it provides a lot of creative freedom. […]
Hi everyone! My favorite hobbies are playing games and solving puzzles. Ever since I was little, my parents introduced me to various puzzles games ranging from board games to paper-and-pencil games to video games. Some of my favorite games include escape room, sudoku, and jigsaw puzzles. I like to play […]
Hi everyone, My name is Cindy. One of my hobbies is to travel and to experience all kinds of fun stuff. For example, trying new foods, taking pictures, and just simply wandering around the city. I have been traveling to many different countries since I was young, and it is […]
Hi everyone! A little bit about me is that I really enjoy photography. I enjoy the thought of being able to “pause time” to capture memories. I’ve been in photography ever since I was little and have been taking pictures ever since. The thing that got me into photography is […]
Hello everyone! My hobbies include drawing, (oil) painting, running, listening to music, and dancing. I know there’s a lot but since I was little Iv’e wanted to learn everything I could. Of course, I didn’t succeed though. I tried sports like basketball, swimming, skating and gymnastics but never felt like […]
Hello everyone. my pastime hobbies are soccer and dancing. I have been playing soccer ever since I was in elementary school having been influenced by the England players that I saw playing in the television and my mum couldn’t allow me to attend my training section but she always insisted […]
Hey everyone, My hobby is drawing and painting.I love drawing especially when am at school. When my lessons are over in the evening, i usually have some few minutes to do my drawing. I love drawing different types of animals especially cats,dogs and lions. I also love to draw people […]
Hello guys! My hobby is riding a bicycle and listening to music.My best music is R&B and hip hop.When am just bored or sad i listen to music.I listen mostly to maroon 5 songs and tatiana .When i listen to to songs i just feel so relaxed and its so […]
