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 | 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 | From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
2. What does NIIT stand for?
Answer: National Institute of Information Technology | https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html | The Acronym Finder is © 1988-2022, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved. | NIIT. (n.d.) Acronym Finder. (2022). Retrieved October 21 2022 from https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html | 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/Beginnings.html | © Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge | 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: Dr. Mitra's team carved a "hole in the wall" that separated the NIIT premises from the adjoining slum in Kalkaji, New Delhi and through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use. | http://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/2201/1/synopsis%20rishi.pdf | Retrieved August 30, 2010. | Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" and Minimally Invasive Education (MIE) | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
Answer: The most avid users of the machine were kids aged 6 to 12, most of whom have only the most rudimentary education and little knowledge of English, yet, within days, the kids had taught themselves to draw on the computer and to browse the Net | http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm | © Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015 | From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.
Answer: “SNEEZE BUT DON’T SCATTER” “SPANISH INFLUENZA” --- “THE FLU” “THREE-DAY FEVER” | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/ | © 2010 Association of Schools of Public Health | Aimone F. The 1918 influenza epidemic in New York City: a review of the public health response. Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):71-9. doi: 10.1177/00333549101250S310. PMID: 20568569; PMCID: PMC2862336. | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
Answer: Atmosphere | https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/global-air-atmospheric-circulation | © 2022 UCAR | A Global Look At Moving Air: Atmospheric Circulation, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000 | Bing.com | Phrase Searching |
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?
Answer: The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the global average, causing the ice that polar bears depend on to melt away. Loss of sea ice also threatens the bear's main prey, seals, which need the ice to raise their young. | https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/polar-bears#:~:text=Previous%20Next-,Climate%20change,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young. | ©WWF-UK 4016725 | WWF-UK is a registered charity in England and Wales 1081247 and in Scotland SC039593 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales 4016725. | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
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 | Policies and Disclosures | Terms & Conditions | The Coral Reef Alliance 548 Market Street Suite 29802 San Francisco, CA 94104-5401 | 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://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html | December 01, 2021 NOAA | NOAA. Historical Maps and Charts audio podcast. National Ocean Service website, https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/july17/nop08-historical-maps-charts.html, accessed on 8/13/17. | 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: experiencing high levels of heat stres | https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/analyses_guidance/global_coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php | ©2015 coral bleaching surveys | NOAA Coral Reef Watch. Coral Bleaching During & Since the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event Status and an Appeal for Observations
(Last Updated: March 19, 2018) | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?
Answer: Singapore: 6.40 milllion Philippines: 144.49 million | © December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ | Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100 (Updated with 2019 numbers) | Google.com | Phrase Searching |
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