Wednesday, November 9, 2022

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

© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015

 

hiwel Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd.

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Who is the chief scientist at the NIIT?

 

2.  What does NIIT stand for?

 

Answer: National Institute of Information Technology

https://www.javat.point.com/niit-full-form

 

© Copyright 2011-2021 www.javatpoint.com.

Sonoo Jaiswal

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What does “NIIT” stand for?

 

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

 

Answer: Kalkaji

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html

 

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hiwel Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd.

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What was the 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. 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.

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html

 

© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015

 

hiwel Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd.

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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?

 

Answer: Its strong research orientation has helped it to continuously innovate in the areas of instructional design methodologies, and curricula development that is cutting-edge.

http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html

 

© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015

hiwel Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd.

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Phrase Searching

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.

 

Echoes of Another Epidemic.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336

 

© NCBI, 2010

Francesco Aimone, MPH

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7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather

disturbances and

phenomenon

 

Answer: Thunderstorm

https://www.britannica.com

 

© BRITANNICA, 2018

 

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8. How does global warning

affect polar bears?

 

Answer: 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

© WILDLIFE OF POLAR BEARS

Steven Kazlowski

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9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps

.

Answer: The corals that build reels are known as “hard” or “reef-building” corals.

https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made

 

© CORAL REEF ALLIANCE 2022

 

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: When water is too warm, corals will expel the algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white. This is called coral bleaching.

https://oceanservice

 

© OCEAN SERVICE

 

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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: Caused by unusually high see surface temperatures as the Indian Ocean swelters under particularly unforgiving El Nino conditions. And this happened since 2015.

https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/

© 2022 Copyright Conservation news

Mongabay and Rohan Arthur

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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 Population Pyramid.net

 

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