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 Miitra	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html#:~: text=Dr.,%2Din%2Dthe%2DWall.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use		Google.com	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.abbreviations.com/NIIT	© 2001-2022 STANDS4 LLC. All rights reserved.	https://www.abbreviations.com/	Google.com	What does NIIT stand for?
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kakaji	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/abouthiwel.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/index.html	Google.com	it was first implemented at a slum area in new delhi
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 free  accessible computer to use	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/abouthiwel.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/index.html	Google.com	. 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?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: the ability to isolate the independent, or causal, variable from other causes of the particularly effect you are examining.	https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/how-to/observation/conduct-experiments			Google.com	What was the significant finding of the experiment?
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: The 1918 Influenza Epidemic In New York City.	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	© NCBI, 2010	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	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	http://shorturl.at/dESXY	© 2022 Adda247. All rights reserved	http://shorturl.at/dESXY	Google.com	is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: oss of their sea-ice habitat that is caused by global warming	https://connectusfund.org/how-is-global-warming-affecting-polar-bears	© 2022 CONNECTUSFUND	https://connectusfund.org/how-is-global-warming	Google.com	. How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: Coral polyps are tiny little animals that are related to anemones and jellyfish	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/coral-polyps/	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/coral-polyps/	Google.com	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://www.barrierreef.org/the- reef/threats/coral-bleaching	© 2022 Great Barrier Reef Foundation.	Website by bigfish.tv	Google.com	. 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: Catastrophic' 2016 heatwave	https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/19/great-barrier-reef-30-of-coral-died-in-catastrophic-2016-heatwave	© 2022 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (modern)	https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/19/great-barrier-reef-30-of-coral-died-in-catastrophic-2016-heatwave	Google.com	. 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= 144,488,171	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	Google.com	. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?

 

 

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