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	© Hole-in-the- Wall Education Limited 2015	hiwel Hole-in- the-Wall Education Ltd.	Google	Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named ________ started an experiment + hole in a wall.
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://www.javatpoint. com/ niit-full-form	© Copyright 2011-2021 www.javatpoint.com.	Sonoo Jaiswal	Google	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/   Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hiwel Hole-in-   the-   Wall Education    Ltd.	Google	It was first implemented at a slum area in ,New Delhi + hole in the wall
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.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.   com/   Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hiwel Hole-in-   the-   Wall Education   Ltd.	Google	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? + hole in the wall
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: 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.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.   com   /Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hiwel Hole-in-   the-   Wall Education   Ltd.	Google	what was the significant finding of the experiment? + hole in the wall
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   What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic	https://www.nytimes.com/2021 /01/ 05/insider /1918-pandemic.html     https://www.nytimes.com/2020 /04/ 02/nyregion/ spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html	© 2022 The New York Times Company	The New York   Times	Google	What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in "1918"
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.   All rights   reserved	Writers Andrew Turgeon Elizabeth Morse   Illustrator Mary Crooks,    National   Geographic Society   Editor Jeannie Evers, Emdash Editing, Emdash Editing   Producer National Geographic Society	Google	is home to moving air currents,+ clouds, + storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
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	Copyright ©2015-2022  NationalGeographic  Partners, LLC .All rights   Reserved	STEPHEN LEAHY	Google	How does "global warming" affect polar bears?
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.	https://coral.org/en/coral           -reefs-101/   how-reefs-are-made/#:~:text=Coral%20reefs%   20are   %20built%20by,whips   %2C%20do%20not%20produce   %20reefs.	© 2022 Coral   Reef Alliance	CORAL   REEF   ALLIANCE	Google	“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: Coral bleaching	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov   /facts/coral_bleach.html	National Ocean Service National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration  Department of Commerce	Science. Service.   Stewardship	Google	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?
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: caused by unusually high sea surface temperatures as the Indian Ocean swelters under particularly unforgiving El Niño conditions. And this happened since 2015	https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/	© 2022 Copyright Conservation news	Mongabay and Rohan Arthur	Google	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?
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: Singapore   6,407,527   Philippines    144,488,17	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019   by Population   Pyramid.   net	Population pyramid	Google	population pyramid of "Philippines 2050"       population pyramid of "singapore 2050"