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Inquiry D003 2018

by Jeremy Reid

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Inquiry 8 D003
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December 2018
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This multi-touch book is a compilation of the inquiry research that Grade 8 students at Westsyde Secondary School in Kamloops, B.C. did. Students in Grade 8 are “learning to learn.” They have been learning high school research skills and how to present their learning in an electronic book form.
Below in the table of contents you will see the students Inquiry questions and their chapters they wrote. We hope you enjoy reading and listening (some parts are multi-media content) to it as much as we enjoyed making it.
Table of Contents:
Abby L., “What Does It Take to Become a Diagnostic Medical Sonographer?” ....P.3
Cassie R., “What is Climate Change and How it Affecting Earth?” ....P.11
Rylend S., “What is the Point of Mining Asteroids?” ....P.20
Stephanie N., “How do Wolves Live?” ....P.27
Sidney R., “Where do Most Tornadoes Form?” ....P.38
Sebastian M., “Why do you use so Much Equipment for Volleyball?” ....P.44
Jonathon F., “What Makes Solar Eclipses Occur?” ...P.53
Piper M., “How do Owls Survive in Their Natural Habitat?” ...P.60
Lily B., “Famous Murderers and Their Motives?.” ...P.69
Kjaer F., “When You Bake What Happens to The Ingredients You Add?” ...P.76
Kevin L., “Football Injuries?” ...P.84
Hailey F., “What Skills are Needed to be a Nurse at the NICU?” ...P.93
Clinton W., “What are the Parts of a Synth?” ...P.103
Caleb G., “Why is Lebron James so Good?” ...P.112
Brooke B., “What is a star and what Makes them Glow” ...P.121
Annabella T., “How to Pursue Modelling?” ...P.131
Angel O., “What is LGBTQ+?” ...P.145
What does it take to become a diagnostic medical sonographer?
By Abby L.
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Schooling
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To Become a diagnostic medical sonographer you have to go to school for 2 years. The chorses you would have to take would be an associate or bachelors degree. There is training required to become a diagnostic medical sonographer, the chorse is offered in Alberta, Calgary, Lower Mainland, Penticten, Kelowna, and 3 parts of Vancouver.You would have to have good grades in science and biology in high school. In high school you will have to have a minimum of G.P.A.
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Money and Shifts
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Per year you would make around $74,940. Most experienced workers could make $86,435 per year. You would start at making $23.64 and could make up to $45.60. Being a full time sonographer you would work 40 hrs. a week. If an emergency on a day off and the office calls you to come in it is required to come in, in a short matter of time. You would work around 8hrs. a day and starting at 6 days a week. Once you are working there for a while you will eventually get to chose your hours.
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What Skills you Need
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An important skill is attention to detail meaning the ability to go over your work to check if everything’s correct. Also you need interpersonal skills, they are basically people skills, skills to interact with people. Stamina is mental effort you will need this for the job. You will need some weighting skills, to communicate clearly through wrighting and have clear and understandable wrighting. Another good skill you will need is time management to be very good with time, to not get everything done at once or leave everything to the last minute.
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