Scavenger Hunt #1

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	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project Mind Champion Learning Systems Limited	Google	1991 NIIT hole in the wall experiment who
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://www.embibe.com/exams/niit-full-form/	© Indiavidual Learning Ltd.	TEAM_EMBIBE / 09-06-2022	Bing	NIIT stands for
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/abouthiwel.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project 2016	Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project Mind Champion Learning Systems Limited	Google	1991 NIIT hole in the wall experiment where
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: To have the computer freely accessible and usable to the residents of the adjacent slums.	https://niitfoundation.org/hole-in-the-wall-learning-stations/	N/A	NIIT Foundation	Yahoo	NIIT campus hole in the wall reason
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: Children regardless of their socioeconomical status, can benefit from simple technology and self-learning when given regular access and opportunity	https://niitfoundation.org/hole-in-the-wall-learning-stations/	N/A	NIIT Foundation	Yahoo	NIIT campus hole in the wall finding
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: “Drastic Rule in Chicago” and “Revise Time Table in Influenza Fight”	https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/16/throwback-thursday-the-1918-influenza-pandemic/	© 2017 The New York Times Company	Katherine Schulten / OCTOBER 16, 2014 11:05 AM	Bing	"New York Times" 1918 flu
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: Atmosphere	https://www.scribd.com/document/135081622/Weather-Disturbances-and-Other-Phenomena	© 2022 Scribd Inc.	VoxDeiVox	Google	where do weather disturbances and phenomenon occur
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: It causes decline in the species’ population size, retreat of sea ice platforms, lessening of hunting time for polar bears, and scarcity of food.	https://connectusfund.org/how-is-global-warming-affecting-polar-bears	© 2022 CONNECTUSFUND	Natalie Regoli / Jun 29, 2015	Bing	global warming effect on 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/	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance	The Coral Reef Alliance	Ask.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. Yes.	https://pressbooks.pub/tropicalmarinebio/chapter/coral-bleaching/	Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License	Keene State	Ask.com	coral polyps expel algae lose color
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: Third Global Bleaching Event. 2014-2017	https://coast.noaa.gov/states/fast-facts/coral-reefs.html	N/A	NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program / Office for Coastal Management / 11/02/2022	Yahoo	Indian Ocean mass mortality of coral reefs
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: Singapore’s population pyramid is wider on the top and narrower on the bottom while the Philippines’ population pyramid is narrower on the top and wider on the bottom.	https://www.populationpyramid.net/world/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO	PopulationPyramid.net	Google	population pyramid by country 2050