Scavenger Hunt-1

 

 

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#:~:text=Dr.,%2Din%2Dthe%2DWall.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	https://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/	© 2022, BYJU'S	Byju's	Google.com	Phrase searching
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	x	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hole-in-the-wall.com	Google.com	Phrase searching
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. Phrase searching	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hole-in-the-wall.com	Google.com	Boolean Logic
5. What w Phrase searching as the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: It appeared that the children in these two places picked up computer skills on their own.	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hole-in-the-wall.com	Google.com	Phrase searching
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: Echoes of Another Pandemic: How The Times Covered the 1918 Flu Drastic Steps to fight influenza	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.html	© 2022 The New York Times Company	Will Dudding	Google.com	Phrase searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer:Wind	https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wind	© 1996 - 2022 National Geographic Society.	National Geographic	Google.com	Phrase searching
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer:  Because of melting sea ice, 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	© 1996-2015 National Geographic Society	National Geographic	Google.com	Phrase searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: calcium carbonate skeleton.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance	The Coral Reef Alliance	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://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.	The World Wide Fund for Nature Inc.	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:  1982-83 and 1998	https://e360.yale.edu/features/inside-look-at-catastrophic-bleaching-of-the-great-barrier-reef-2017-hughes		Yale Environment 360	Google.com	Phrase searching
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer:The shape of the population in the Philippines is like a triangle while in Singapore is like the Head of a Plastic flute	https://www.populationpyramid.net/world/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net	populationpyramid.net	Google.com	Phrase searching