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	https://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	Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment hole in a wall.
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://byjus.com/full- form/niit-full-form/#:~:text=T he%20full%20for m%20of%20NIIT %20is%20the%20N ational%20Instit ute%20of,its%20h eadquarters%20in% 20Gurgaon%2C%2 0India.	© 2022, BYJU'S.	BYJU’S, 2nd Floor, Tower D, IBC Knowledge Park, 4/1, Bannerghatta MainRoad, Bengaluru	Google.com	Niit stands for
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	https://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	It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi
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 for use.	https://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	Why did they carve a hole in the hall?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: The findings from Shivpuri and Madantusi confirmed the results of Kalkaji experiments. It appeared that the children in these two places picked up computer skills on their own. Dr. Mitra defined this as a new way of learning.	https://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	significant finding of the experiment in hole in the wall
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic in New York City: A Review of the Public Health Response, 1918: The infection spreads.	https://www.ncb i.nlm.nih.gov/pm c/articles/PM C2862336/	© 2010	Association of Schools of Public Health	Google.com	What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: thunderstorm	https://www. britannica.c om/science/ thunderstorm	©2022	E. Philip Krider	Google.com	It is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: Polar bears could starve to extinction due to global warming	https://www.eur onews.com/gr een/2022/10/06/po lar-bears-lose-up -to-2kg-per-day- as-climate-crisis-bites#:~:text=Po lar%20bears%20coul d%20starve%20to%20 extinction%20due%20t o%20global%20warmin g&text=Climate%20war ming%20is%20affectin g%20the,polar%20bea r%2C%20is%20gradua lly%20disappearing.	© euronews 2022	Euronews Headquarters 56, quai Rambaud, 69002 Lyon France	Google.com	How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: A coral reef is made of thin layers of calcium carbonate	https://oceanservice. noaa.gov/facts/cora lmadeof.html#:~:t ext=A%20coral%2 0reef%20is%20ma de,and%20building% 20up%2C%20reef%2 0structures.	©2021	NOAA	Google.com	Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps
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/cor al_bleach.html	©2021	NOAA	Google.com	What process is known as Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and loose their color?
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: 2016	https://e360.yale .edu/features/ins ide-look-at-catast rophic-bleaching- of-the-great-barri er-reef-2017-hughes#:~:te xt=The%201982% 2D83%20and%201 998,Indian%20Ocea n%20and%20the% 20Pacific.	Copyright © 2021, Yale University	205 Prospect Street 3rd Floor New Haven, CT 06511	Google.com	When was the cause of the worst and biggest catastrophic mass mortality of coral reefs in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean?
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer:	https://www.p opulationpyram id.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019	PopulationPyramid.net	Google.com	the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050