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://emtv.com.pg/how-a-hole-in-the-wall-changed-the-face-of-learning/	@2022 – emtv.com.pg. All Right Reserved.	Date Published: January 08, 2016	Google Chrome	Chief scientist at the NIIT
2.  What does NIIT stand for?  Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://scoonews.com/news/news-read-this-to-know-more-about-prof-sugata-mitra-and-his-work-in-education-3171/	Copyright © 2016-2022 | ScooNews	Date Published: April 17, 2018	Google Chrome	NIIT Sugata Mitra
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi  Answer: Kalkaji	https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/new-housing-project-for-slum-dwellers-in-kalkaji/article5955554.ece	Copyright© 2022, THG PUBLISHING PVT LTD.	Author: Kritika Sharma	Google Chrome	Sugata Mitra New Delhi 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: Mitra’s team carved hole in the wall for free and public access to computers and the	https://www.peoplematters.in/blog/training-development/education-outside-of-the-box-three-new-ways-of-learning-4038	Copyright 2022 People Matters Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved	Author: Charles Coy	Google Chrome	Why did they Mitra and his team carve a hole in the hall?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?  Answer: For children to become computer literate on their own and teach themselves basics.	https://www.peoplematters.in/blog/training-development/education-outside-of-the-box-three-new-ways-of-learning-4038	Copyright 2022 People Matters Media Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved	Author: Charles Coy	Google Chrome	The significant finding of the hole in the wall
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.  Answer: What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic  And  Echoes of Another Pandemic: How The Times Covered the 1918 Flu	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html and https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.html	© 2022 The New York Times Company	Author/s: Michael Wilson and Will Dudding	Google Chrome	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: Weather	https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/weather	© 1996 - 2022 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved	Date Published: May 20, 2022	Google Chrome	Home to weather disturbances and phenomenon.
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?  Answer: 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	Date Published: February 02, 2018	Google Chrome	Effect of global warming to polar bears
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps.  Answer: True. Corals are colonial organisms made up of individual polyps.	https://www.nature.com/scitable/knowledge/library/coral-reefs-15786954/	© 2010 Nature Education	Author: Timothy P. Henkel	Google Chrome	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: Color bleaching. Yes, this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks.	https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coral-bleaching-and-how-we-can-stop-it	© 2022 World Wildlife Fund. WWF® and ©1986 Panda Symbol are owned by WWF. All rights reserved.	Author: Lorin Hancock	Google Chrome	Process where 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: The coral bleaching and disease, brought on by climate change and coupled with events like the current El Niño, are the largest and most pervasive threats to coral reefs around the world,” said by Mark Eakin, NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch coordinator. This began in north Pacific in summer of 2014	https://news.mongabay.com/2015/10/massive-bleaching-event-puts-worlds-coral-reefs-at-risk/	© 2022 Copyright Conservation news	Author: Shreya Dasgupta	Google Chrome	According to scientist, what is 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: In Singapore, starting from the top, it is thin, then as it proceeds to the middle, it gets broader, but as we move to the bottom, it returns to being thin but not as thin as its top. While in the Philippines, starting from the top, it is narrow, then it goes broader as we move to the bottom.	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net	Sources: What is population pyramid?	Google Chrome	Population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050.