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#:~:text=Dr., %2Din%2Dthe%2DWall.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google.com	Boolean Logic
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://byjus.com/full-form/niit-full-form/#:~: text=The%20full%20form%20of%20NIIT %20is%20the%20National%20Institute%20of, also%20offers%20corporate%20IT%20solutions.	©2022,BYJU’S All rights reseserved.	https://www.acronymfinder. com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Google.com	Phrase Searching
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Sanjay Colony	https://indianexpress.com/ article/india/a-day-in- the-south-delhi-slum-the-water-wars-4890770/	Copyright © The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved	N/A	Google.com	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: a freely accessible computer was put up for use. This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html#:~ :text=On%2026th%20January%2C%20Dr., slum%20dwellers%2C%20especially%20the%20children.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	http://www.           hole-in-the-wall.com/   Beginnings.html	Google.com	Term weighing
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: experiment showed how children in a Delhi slum could learn independently if given access to the internet	https://multilitwebsite.s3. ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/ Nomanis/JUNE-2021/NOMANIS11-JUN21_BENNETT.pdf	June 2021	Tom Bennet	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean logic
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: Vaccine and Saved	https://homesteadhebrews.com/ articles/the-influenza-vaccine- that-saved-homesteads-steelworkers/	Copyright©2014-2022Tammy Hepps. All Rights reserved	Tammy Hepps	Google.com	Phrase Searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: Atmosphere	https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/weather-atmosphere	N/A	September 8, 2021	Google.com	Phrase Searching
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: causing the ice that polar bears depend on to melt away.	https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/ polar-bears#:~:text=Previous%20Next-, Climate%20change,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young.		Steven Kazlowski	Google.com	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 |	N/A	Google.com	Phrase Searching
10. Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel them algae and lose them 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#:~:text= When%20water%20is%20too%20warm, This%20is%20called%20coral%20bleaching.	N/A	NOAA	Google.com	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: Global Coral Bleaching 2014-2017	https://coralreefwatch.noaa. gov/satellite/analyses_guidance/global_ coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php	N/A	March 19, 2018	Google.com	Phrase Searching
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer:SINGAPORE 6,407,527 PHILIPPINES 144,488,171	http ;//www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050	©December2019	PopulationPyramid.net	Google.com	Phrase searching