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	N/A	Google.com	Chief scientist at NIT
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer:National Institute of Information Technology	https://byjus.com/full-form/niit-full-form/	© 2022, BYJU’S	N/A	Google.com	NIT 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	N/A	Google.com	Dr. Mitra’s team carved a “hole in the wall” that separated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum?
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. 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.	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited	N/A	Google.com	Why did the NIT carved the Hall in the Wall?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer:The results, which have been uniformly encouraging, show that children learn to operate as well as play with the computer with minimum intervention. They picked up skills and tasks by constructing their own learning environment	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	©Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited	N/A	Google.com	What was the findings of the experiment conducted by the NIT?
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer:The 1918 influenza pandemic was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.  In the United States, it was first identified in military personnel in spring 1918.	https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htm	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services	N/A	Google.com	First two headlines in the 1918 Influenza Flu Pandemic
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: Thunderstorm	https://www.britannica.com   /science/thunderstorm	N/A	N/A	Google.com	Are home to moving air currents and storms
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer:The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the global average, 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	N/A	N/A	Google.com	Effects of Global warming on 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/coralmadeof.html	National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Department of Commerce	N/A	Google.com	What does coral reef made of?
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/coralmadeof.html	National Ocean Service	N/A	Google.com	What do you call the severe environmental imbalance that affects the growth of fish stocks?
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:Heart wrenching’: India’s coral reefs experiencing widespread bleaching, scientist says	https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/amp/	N/A	N/A	Google.com	Biggest and worst catastrophic mass morality of the reef
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer:The Philippines have the biggest Population in the 2050’s. The Philippines is like a tall and wide Burj khalifa building  while the shape population of Singapore is like a rocket.	https://m.statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/philippines-population.php	© 2021 – StatisticsTimes.com	N/A	Google.com	Population of Philippines vs the population of Singapore in 2050