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Action Post #2

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 […]

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Research Round 1 – How Does the Educational System Affect Teenagers Mentally?

“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 […]

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Inquiry Project – First Round of Research – Smartphones, what are they, how do they work and what is their history?

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 […]

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Research round 3

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 […]

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Action Post #1

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 […]

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TRANSPORT

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. […]

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Cycle 2 Action Post #1: Values Activity & Aligning this with Global Millennium Goals

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, […]

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Inquiry Plan

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 […]

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My Action Plan

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 […]

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Action Post #1

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 […]

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Inquiry Question / Project Plan – How Does the Educational System Affect Teenagers Mentally?

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 […]

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Land Slides

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 […]

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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 […]

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Digital photography

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 […]

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

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 […]

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Drugs

Hi guys…….it has been for a while since i posted. But now i m back online to the site.i had some issues with my email account but now its good to go. I will still be doing more research on drugs. i will be looking more on how the drugs […]

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

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 […]

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ACTION-My proposal

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 […]

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Essential Question

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 […]

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Values activity

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. […]

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MARINE CONSERVATION

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 […]

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PHOTOGRAPHY.

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 […]

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My hobbies

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 […]

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Action

Hi everyone, my name is Maria and in this post I will be talking about goal number 5 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Goal 5 aims to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.” What I am most interested about, is the objective within goal 5, which […]

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TERRORISM

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 […]

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WILDLIFE CONSERVATION

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 […]

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Action Post #4

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 […]

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Continuation Inquiry

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 […]

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Research round 2

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 […]

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Ellen’s education post

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 […]

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Kyla’s hobbies

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 […]

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Jessica’s hobbies

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 […]

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Ravneet’s hobbies

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 […]

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Anna’s hobbies

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. […]

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Christine’s hobbies

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 […]

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Cindy’s hobbies

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 […]

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Emily’s hobbies

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 […]

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Shieva’s hobbies

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 […]

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Agnes’s hobbies

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 […]

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Lucy’s hobbies

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 […]

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