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

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

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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

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3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi

 

Answer: Kalkaji

x

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hole-in-the-wall.com

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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

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hole-in-the-wall.com

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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

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hole-in-the-wall.com

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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