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 […]
Hello and welcome to my final blog post on my semester one inquiry question of “What is the most peaceful period in human history?”. In this post, I’ll reflect on the process of my research and share some of the key learnings and discoveries I’ve made along the way. A) […]
Reflection: This project has been a joy to create, and I have really enjoyed learning about my topic. Hello everyone, this is my final blog post for semester 1. These are a few answers that will conclude my project for semester 1. The first challenge that I had to overcome […]
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 challenge I faced throughout this project was dealing with having a new reading buddy each week. The idea of the program was to have the same buddy for the entire thing. That way, you would get to know them well, and you’d learn their reading strengths and weaknesses over […]
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 and welcome to my last blog post! to conclude this inquiry question i will do a reflection. my inquiry question was “why has cars evolved over time?”. a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? There was a couple of […]
[Corruption in relation to development] Hello, welcome back to my research on; to what extent would Kenya develop if there were less corruption within the government. I will like to start with how corruption is related with development. In researching on how corruption is related to development, I will use […]
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 […]
For my semester one project I analyzed and researched the question: What role(s) do one’s thoughts play in influencing one’s physiological responses? While conducting my research, I focused on one of three subtopics and read articles and documents on the topic, gathering knowledge and data to be used in my […]
a. What challenges did you overcome throughout this inquiry project? How did you go aboutovercoming these challenges? Throughout my research project, a significant challenge I faced was when I found that most information focused on cliché and well-known strategies. Determined to uncover unique approaches, I expanded my sources to include […]
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 […]
To simplify my work I will break my inquiry question into three parts and work on one after the other that is ; This information will be useful to all the people because after knowing why people behave differently they will be able to understand the reasons we have different […]
Hey every one am so happy to start my research. Am interested to know how human civilization would have thrived without the tools and conveniences of technology. Why I am interested in this topic is because I am Interested in understanding the origin of technology and am eager to learn […]
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 […]
My name is Allister, my pronouns are he/him, I am a sophomore at Shabazz high school in Madison Wisconsin, and I’m 16. I have lived here my whole life. I love Melanie Martinez (she’s the best singer), clowns, video games, weirdcore, pokemon, and drawing. My favorite animal is rats. My […]
Hello guys I am happy to know why people behave differently and if certain behaviors can be attributed more by nature or nurture. I am interested in this topic because I want to know how I can handle different kinds of people so that I can be in peace with […]
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 and welcome back to my Blog. My Inquiry question is, “How does disease affect the world?” but in order to fully understand the answers to this big question we first must know what disease is, which was previously discussed in my previous blog post, along with how disease impacts the […]
My third topic is on the impact of economic independence and interdependence on peaceful periods and focusing on the relation between the economic independence of and countries and periods in time. This includes the effect of trade and economic cooperation. Economic independence and interdependence are critical concepts in international relations, […]
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 […]
Hi everyone! Thank you for joining me on my last blog post about this subject! Today I will be going into detail about how authors books stuck around for so long (such as why they have become classics, and how people still enjoy their stories daily), as well as how […]
With my action project, I have done five park clean-ups in total. The latest time I went to implement my project was a week ago at Town Center Park. I went out on Saturday afternoon and brought my whole family along to cover more ground in less time. We stayed […]
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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 […]
Inquiry Question: What is time, and why does its existence make us revolve around its complex concept? Research Step 3 – Does the fact that time can be measured differently in other parts of the universe make us question the validity of this topic altogether? Why did patterns in the […]
My name is Brian Counselman and I am a teacher at Shabazz High School in Madison, WI. I love science and am a science teacher and project based learning coordinator for our school. I really like getting out in nature and exploring the community with students! I grew up in […]
Hi all, and welcome back to my blog. As you know, my action project surrounds the idea of school systems and how putting effort back into the community through younger schools has an impact. If you’ve been following along, you know I haven’t had the opportunity to do much lately […]
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 […]
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 […]
A few ways that others might try to manipulate you, and how to recognize it. The link below shows 25, different ways, but I will only be talking about a few. The first one is gaslighting, which is when the person you are talking to is trying to twist your […]
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 […]
Hi everyone! This is my fifth blog post and im going to be sharing everything i learned while doing my research and one final research. my big question is “Why has cars changed over time!” so far we have compared old cars and modern cars. their apearance, materials used and […]
After all the brainstorming and research, I can finally put my story together. This is the final good draft of my story after I have done all the editing. Enjoy reading it! The New Girl in the Mirror By: Julie Wang Charlotte, a fourteen-year-old girl with blonde hair and blue […]
In this final research post, I plan to research my last sub question, when and what causes a scientific theory to change? As previously discussed, when new scientific evidence is discovered, a scientific theory may either be modified or rejected if it does not fit the new findings. (1) When […]
1.) Where are you with your action? Hello everyone! To recap once again, my action project is volunteering at my local library as a reading buddy. As a volunteer reading buddy, I help kids in elementary school practice their reading skills and help them enjoy reading! In my last blog […]
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 […]
How can we positively affect others? Hello, everyone! Today, I will do my final round of research on this issue. I’ve learned so much about social impact and how my actions may alter the cognitive processes of others. Through my study of these blogs and in life, I’ve seen that everyone, […]
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 […]
Hello once again.Welcome back to my research on :To what extent would Kenya differ if there less corruption within the government.I would want to divide my inquiry question into three parts:1.Corruption in relation to development.2. Government in relation to development.3.Relationship between corruption and government.This will make it easier for us […]
Hi Everyone! Welcome to my blog post 2. I would like to break this question into three parts which are; climate and weather in different geographical locations, how does climate and weather affect people’s live in different geographical locations and the impacts of weather and climate. I would like to […]
Well come back to my new blog. l went deeply and broke my inquiry into 3 sustainable question which are : what is water quality? what is air quality ? and what is pollution?. l believe this perfect inquiry will help most people in low localities eg. the environmentalist when […]
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 […]
Hello everyone, I am Shelmith. My inquiry question is: To what extent would Kenya differ if there less corruption within the government. I chose this question because Kenya is one of the countries in Africa which has high level of corrupt .This research will help us know the effect of […]
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 […]
Hi, it’s me again and I’m continuing on with butterfly effect. My inquiry question is how politics influence society and culture. I thought it better for me to choose this question is because I have seen and also heard about many people in the society fighting each other because of […]
Hello everyone! I’m Cynthia, my inquiry question is ‘What are the impacts of climate and weather on people’s lives in different geographical locations’. I decided to research about this topic in order to get more understanding of how are different people adapted to different geographical location in references to climate […]
Hello everyone. My name is Prasin Mwende a form three student at Daraja academy. Our school is located at Laikipia county which is in central Kenya .I am a 16 years old and I come from Meru county . My favorite color is green and this because I love the […]
Malcolm Shabazz City High School (established in 1971) is located in the capital city of Madison, Wisconsin in the north central part of the United States of America. Madison is a progressive mid-sized city with around 300,000 residence and is located on a chain for four lakes traditionally called Dejope […]
My name is Cecilia Wambui, a student from Daraja Academy, which is in Nanyuki, Kenya. I am in grade 10 and I am turning 15 years in November this year. I come from a humble extended family of 13 people and I am the first born in a family of […]
My name is Tracy Atieno, a form two student at Daraja Academy in Nanyuki. My favorite subjects are Chemistry and Physics. I like technological advances, technology seems to be interesting. My hobbies are: I like listening to music, dancing , cooking different foods, travelling and playing netball. I am in […]
Am Reachel , a girl at Daraja. Am at the 10th grade. I come from the coastal region of Kenya a town called Taita Taveta. I was born in a family of three but currently am alone. I would like to be a great physician when I grow up. Am […]
Hello guys, I am Yvonne a new member of butterfly effect am happy to join and be part of this wonderful group. I am a Daraja girl .I study at Daraja which is located in Nanyuki town in Laikipia County. Am in grade ten ,am sixteen years old .I come […]
My name is Hamdi Jimale. I am a form two student at Daraja Academy in Nanyuki . My hometown is Wajir county. I was born and raised there. My favorite subject is Chemistry ,favorite snacks are cookies and I love travelling. I play hand ball ,tennis and rugby, there are […]
My name is Shelmith Amani 15 years old .I study at Daraja Academy in Kenya at a place called Nanyuki .I’m in form two and I love doing research .I love reading novels and watching movies during my free time .I love studying law and knowing more about things happening […]
blog post 4 hello and welcome back to my blog post! today i will be doing research on why do modern cars have a more athletic designs, is it just a trend or does it have a benefit? to answer my main question ” why has cars evolved over time? we […]
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 […]
Hello everyone, this is my fourth blog post for my inquiry project, “How does the acquisition and dissemination of knowledge shape human societies and contribute to progress?” This is my second step of the research, about how the dissemination of knowledge helps shape our societies, this will help me to […]
Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog. This post will be the fourth post of my inquiry research project, where I am researching gender wage gaps in Kenya. In this post, I will be looking into the Kenyan social standards and gender-specific challenges that the country faces. Looking into these […]
Hello, all! Welcome back to my blog. I have previously shared my experience of volunteering at a local elementary school and my challenges within it. Unfortunately, I still have yet to hear from the PAC about future opportunities, but I recently volunteered with a local medical center and was able […]
Hi everyone! I’m so sorry I haven’t been posting lately, but my action project is still underway, as I’ve said in the past, I have volunteered with the elementary school multiple times and have been assured I have made a difference in their community. Recently, in October of this year, […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my Blog. My Inquiry question is, “How does disease affect the world?” but in order to fully understand the answers to this big question we first must know what disease is, which was previously discussed in my previous blog post, and we must know how disease […]
Hi everyone and welcome back to my blog post! My inquiry question is, “How does disease affect the world?” but in order to proficiently understand the many answers to this question, we must understand the key word in the question, disease, which is why today we will be answering the sub-question “What is […]
Round 2 of Research What is the theory behind optical illusions? In the previous post, I explained and introduced what optical illusions are and the role they played throughout history. Now, following my second sub question for the second round of research, I will dig deeper into the theory behind […]
Hello, and welcome back to my blog post! In terms of where I am with my action, all the reading buddy sessions have now been completed, which means the program has come to an end. To recap, the Reading Buddies Program, run by the Coquitlam Public Library, is a program […]
Welcome back to my inquiry project! In my last Blog post I ventured into the deep world of fashion and explained some of the history and foundation of our current understandings of the culture which surrounds fashion. Today I will be delving even deeper and researching the relationship between the […]
Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that primarily affects movement, but it can also have significant impacts on the nervous system and overall well-being of individuals.PD is characterized by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra region of the brain(1). Lewy bodies, abnormal protein deposits, are often […]
Hello and welcome to my Blog Post #4! For this blog post, I chose to further research my main inquiry question about how fashion has changed and developed throughout history and how that impacts us. To answer my question well, my second inquiry question is about understanding what […]
This blog post is more focused on Andy’s social life, including school and friends. As stated in the last blog post, Andy has few friends due to prioritizing studying and grades. (1) This stems from his family being influenced by Confucianism, a series of teachings of the Chinese philosopher Confucius. […]
