Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt

on October 21, 2022

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/abouthiwel .html#:~:text=Hole%2Din%2Dthe%2DWal	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/	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. All rights reserved.	https://byjus.com/	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/abouthiwel .html#:~:text=Hole%2Din%2Dthe%2DWal	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/	Google.com	Truncation
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: for a freely use of accessible computer	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/abouthiwel .html#:~:text=Hole%2Din%2Dthe%2DWal	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment? Answer: that children could teach themselves, and each other, how to use technology	https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	©2022 George Lucas Educational Foundation.	https://www.edutopia.org/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919. Answer: the influenza pandemic swept across the United States in 1918 and 1919, masks took a role in political and cultural wars	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html	© 2022 The New York Times Company	https://www.nytimes.com/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon Answer: Tropical Cyclone	https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/information/about-tropical-cyclone	©2017 Copyright PAGASA. All Rights Reserved.	https://www.pagasa.dost.gov.ph/	Google.com	Truncation
8. How does global warning affect polar bears? Answer: Polar Bears are starving. They use to much energy because as the ice melts every year, that go further and further to find seal.	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment	© 1996-2015 National Geographic Society	https://www.nationalgeographic.com/	Google.com	Phrase Searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: thin layers of calcium carbonate	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralmadeof.html#:~:text=A%20coral%20reef%20is%20made,and%20buildi ng%20up%2C%20reef%20structures	© National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/	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, yes	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html	© National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/	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: Bleaching and disease in 1998	https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/10/26/bleaching-and-disease-are-devastating-the-biggest-coral-reef-in-the-continental-united-states/	© 1996-2022 The Washington Post	https://www.washingtonpost.com/	Google.com	Boolean Logic
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050? Answer: Philippine’s shape of population pyramid is wider than Singapore. In addition, Singapore’s citizen life expectancy is wider than Philippines.	https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/2050/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net	https://www.populationpyramid.net/	Google.com	Pseudo-Boolean Logic

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