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.	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	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: Kalkaji	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	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: Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use.	http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/2201/1/synopsis%20rishi.pdf	2021	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google.com	Boolean Logic
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	2015	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Google.com	Boolean Logic
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: On September 19, 1918, 21-year-old Army private Roscoe Vaughan reported to sick call at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, feeling achy and feverish.	http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/essays/influenza-pandemic-1918%E2%80%931919?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2ObCqYb4-gIV2H0rCh32ogW-EAAYASAAEgJMjvD_BwE	© The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History 2009-2019. 49 W. 45th Street, 2nd Floor • NYC, NY 10036	http://ap.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/essays/influenza-pandemic-1918%E2%80%931919?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI2ObCqYb4-gIV2H0rCh32ogW-EAAYASAAEgJMjvD_BwE	Google.com	Boolean Logic
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	2021	https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/weather-atmosphere	Google.com	Phrase searching
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	2021	https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/polar-bears	Google.com	Phrase searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: Coral reefs are built by coral polyps as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies. The corals that build reefs are known as “hard” or “reef-building” corals. Soft corals, such as sea fans and sea whips, do not produce reefs.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/#:~:text=Coral%20reefs%20are%20built%20by,whips%2C%20do%20not%20produce%20reefs.	2022	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/#:~:text=Coral%20reefs%20are%20built%20by,whips%2C%20do%20not%20produce%20reefs.	Google.com	Phrase searching
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/coral_bleach.html	2021	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html	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	2017	https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/analyses_guidance/global_coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php	Google.com	Phrase searching
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer:It’ll decr eased	https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/2020/	2020	https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/2020/	Google.com	Phrase searching