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	Hole in the Wall Education Ltd.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google Chrome	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.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Acronym Finder	The Acronym Finder is © 1988-2018, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved.	Google Chrome	What does NIIT stand for?
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Hole in the whole	https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	Sugata Mitra	The Hole in the Wall Project and the Power of Self-Organized Learning E-book excerpt By Sugata Mitra February 3, 2012	Google Chrome	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: 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://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	Hole in the Wall Education Ltd.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google Chrome	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 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	Paul Judge	Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000.	Google Chrome	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: ‘’Drastic steps to fight influenza’’	https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.html	The New York Times	A Times article on Oct. 5, 1918	Google Chrome	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	https://www.britannica.com/science/thunderstorm	E. Philip Krinder	Krider, E. Philip. "thunderstorm". Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Oct. 2020, Accessed 2 November 2022.	Google Chrome	______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: By causing the ice that polar bears depend on to melt away.	https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/polar-bears	WWF-UK	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 Chrome	How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps.   Answer: A living mat over a calcium carbonate skeleton.	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralmadeof.html	NOAA	NOAA or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 02/26/21	Google Chrome	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://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html	NOAA	NOAA or National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 12/01/21	Google Chrome	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: The massive global bleaching event	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/	Chelsea Harvey	washingtonpost.com © 1996-2022 The Washington Post	Google Chrome	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: Philippines has a wider part at its bottom, while Singapore has a wider part on the upper part.	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	Population pyramid	Populationpyramid.net	Google Chrome	Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?