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: Sugata Mitra	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google	Phrase Searching
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Acronym Finder-1988-2022	https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Google	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	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google	Phrase Searching
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	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google	Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: 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	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google	Phrase Searching
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza Epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: Boston and Philadelphia	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	HHS-Vulnerability-Disclosure 2010	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	Google	Phrase Searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: The troposphere	https://sites.google.com/site/earthscienceinmaine/airmovement#:~:text=Air%20movement%20takes%20place%20in,create%20convection%20currents%20and%20winds.	Earth-Science-in-Maine 2022	https://sites.google.com/site/earthsciencein maine/air-movement#:~:text=Air%20movement%20takes%20place%20in,create%20convection%20currents%20and%20winds.	Google	Phrase Searching
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: Global warming affect polar bears by causing the ice that polar bears depend on to melt away. Loss of sea ice also threatens the bear's main prey, seals, which need the ice to raise their young.	https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/polar-bears# :~:text=Challenges%20affecting%20polar%20bears&text=The%20Arctic%20is%20warming%20about,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young.	WWF-UK-England-and-Whales 2018	https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/polar-bears#:~:text =Challenges%20affecting% 20polar%20bears&text=The%20Arctic%20is%20warming%20about,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young.	Google	Phrase Searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps.   Answer: 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	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/# :~:text=Coral%20reefs%20are%20built%20by,whips%2C%20do%20not%20produce%20reefs.	Google	Phrase Searching
10. Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and lose their color. This process is known as _________. Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?   Answer: Coral Bleaching	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_corals/coral02_zooxanthellae.html	Science-Service- Stewardship 2022	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_corals/coral02_zooxanthellae.html	Google	Phrase Searching
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: Risk of bleaching and possible death	https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015 /10/26/bleaching-and-disease-are-devastating-the-biggest-coral-reef-in-the-continental-united-states/	The-Washington-Post 2015	https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015 /10/26/bleaching-and-disease-are-devastating-the-biggest-coral-reef-in-the-continental-united-states/	Google	Phrase Searching
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: The Singapore population is projected to reach 6.26 million in 2030 and increase further to 6.40 million in 2050. The Philippines population is projected to reach 123.70 million in 2030 and decrease further to 144.49 million in 2050	https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/singapore-population.php   https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/philippines-population.php	2021 - StatisticsTimes.com	https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/singapore-population.php   https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/philippines-population.php	Google	Phrase Searching