SCAVENGER HUNT

SCAVENGER HUNT!

Activity 1:

Mining the Internet: Laying the Foundation of Knowledge Based Society

 

Nuggets	URL	Copyright	Value: Sources /Author / Date Published /Sponsor	Search Engine	Search Term
1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment hole in a wall.   Answer: Dr. Sugata Mitra	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	8, Balaji Estate, Guru Ravi Das Marg Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110 019 INDIA.	Google.com	Boolean Logic
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://www.javatpoint.com/niit-full-form	© Copyright 2011-2022 www.javatpoint.com	Sonoo Jaiswal	Google.com	Phrase Searching
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	8, Balaji Estate, Guru Ravi Das Marg Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110 019 INDIA.	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from the slum areas. Why did they carve a hole in the hall?   Answer: Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up of use. This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. With no prior experience, the children learnt to use the computer on their own.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	8, Balaji Estate, Guru Ravi Das Marg Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110 019 INDIA.	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children. With no prior experience, the children learnt to use the computer on their own.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	8, Balaji Estate, Guru Ravi Das Marg Kalkaji, New Delhi - 110 019 INDIA.	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: Echoes of Another Pandemic: How The Times Covered the 1918 Flu   What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.html   https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html	© The New York Times Company	The New York Times	Google.com	Phrase Searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon     Answer: Wind	https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wind	© 1996-2022 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved	Writers: Andrew Turgeon & Elizabeth Morse Illustrator: Mary Crooks, National Geographic Society Editor: Jeannie Evers, Emdash Editing Producer: National Geographic Society	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: Because of melting sea ice, it is likely that more polar bears will soon starve.	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment	© 2015-2022 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reserved	STEPHEN LEAHY	Google.com	Phrase Searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps.   Answer: Coral reefs are built by coral polyps as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/#:~:text=Coral%20reefs%20are%20built%20by,whips%2C%20do%20not%20produce%20reefs	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance	Coral Reef Alliance	Google.com	Phrase Searching
10. Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and loose their color. This process is known as _________. Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?   Answer: Coral bleaching	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html	© National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce	Science.Service.Stewardship	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
11. What according to scientist was the cause of the worst and biggest catastrophic mass mortality of coral reefs in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean. When did this happen?   Answer: Caused by unusually high sea surface temperatures as the Indian Ocean swelters under particularly unforgiving El Niño conditions. And this happened since 2015.	https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/	© 2022 Copyright Conservation News	Mongabay and Rogan Arthur	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: Singapore: 6,407,527 Philippines: 144,488,171	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019 by Population Pyramid.net	Population pyramid	Google.com	Phrase Searching