SCAVENGER HUNT

         

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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	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	2015	Google.com	Chief scientist at NIIT
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/NIIT	Copyright 1988-2018 AcronymFinder.com, All rights reserved.	2018	Google.com	What does NIIT stand for?
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/abouthiwel.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	2016	Google.com	Where did the experiment first implemented in?
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 popular among the slum children	https://s6cmedia.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/sugata-mitra-hole-in-the-wall/#:~:text=On%2026%20January%201999%2C%20Por,popular%20among%20the%20slum%20children	©S6C Media and Film Blog	Mar 7, 2016	Google.com	Why di Sugata Mitra and his team, carved a hole in the wall?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: Hole in the Wall experiment showed how children in a Delhi slum could learn independently if given access to the internet, argues that his latest work in the UK could challenge the entire exam system.	https://multilitwebsite.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/Nomanis/JUNE-2021/NOMANIS11-JUN21_BENNETT.pdf	©Tom Bennett	June 2021	Google.com	What was the significant finding of the hole in the wall experiment?
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer:The Mask Slackers of 1918, and 1918: The Infection Spreads	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.html	©2022 The New York Times Company	2020	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.com/science/thunderstorm	©E. Philip Krider	E. Philip Krider	Google.com	What is the home to moving air, currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbance and phenomenon?
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#:~:text=Challenges%20affecting%20polar%20bears&text=The%20Arctic%20is%20warming%20about,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young	© WWF-US/ James Morgan	James Morgan	Google.com	How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer:	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance22 Coral Reef Alli	The Coral Reef Alliance	Google.com	Do coral polyps build up coral reefs?
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. Yes, this will affect the growth of fish stocks.	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_corals/coral02_zooxanthellae.html	© Science. Service Stewardship	NOAA	Google.com	The  process that is known as Severe environmental imbalance that can induce polyps to expel their algae and lose 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: 1997-1998 El Niño	https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/#:~:text=During%20the%201997%2D1998%20El,coral%20reefs%20in%2012%20months	© Renee Cho	June 13, 2011	Google.com	when was the cause of the worst and biggest catastrophic mass morality of coral reefs in the pacific and indian ocean?
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer:   In the pyramid, it says that the population of the Philippines in 2050 will be 144,488,171. While the pyramid of Singapore, it says that in 2050, the Singapore will have a population of 6,407,527	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/     https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid	December 2019	Google.com	Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?