SCAVENGER HUNT

 

Marianne Cathleen Lazo Taculog 10 Martinelli

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=Sugata%20Mitra%2C%20Chief%20Scientist%20at,On%2026th%20January%2C%20Dr.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	hole-in-the-wall.com/contactus.aspx	Google.com	. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment hole in a wall.   Answer: Dr. Sugata Mitra
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIIT	Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.	·         This page was last edited on 15 September 2022, at 04:15 (UTC).	Google.com	What does NIIT stand for?
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer:	http://des.delhigovt.nic.in/wps/wcm/connect/adcd1f0047a86473ab46ffbdc775c0fb/pdf+report+69th+round+slum+final.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&lmod=-920695548&CACHEID=adcd1f0047a86473ab46ffbdc775c0fb		New Delhi Date: February , 2015 DR. B. K. SHARMA Director cum Special Secretary	Googkle.com	First slum area implemented 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: Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use.	https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	©2022 George Lucas Educational Foundation.	Edutopia® and Lucas Education Research™ are trademarks or registered trademarks of the George Lucas Educational Foundation in the U.S. and other countries.	Google.com	Why did they carve a hole in the hall of NIIT and slum area
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: the children learnt to use the computer on their own	https://www.digimaker.com.au/why-it-is-important-for-children-to-learn-basic-computer-and-coding-skills/#:~:text=Computer%20skills%20teaches%20your%20kids,learned%20directly%20to%20their%20environment.	©DIGIMAKER PTY LTD ACN: 639 526 775	January 6, 2017	Google.com	the significant children learnt to use the computer on their own
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer:	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html	©2022 The New York Times Company	By Michael Wilson ·         Published April 2, 2020Updated April 6, 2020	Google.com	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:	https://www.britannica.com/science/thunderstorm	©2022 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.	By E. Philip Kride	Google.com	home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer:	https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/wildlife/polar-bears#:~:text=Challenges%20affecting%20polar%20bears&text=The%20Arctic%20is%20warming%20about,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young.	N/A	Steven Kazlowski / naturepl.com	Google.com	How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer:	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralmadeof.html#:~:text=A%20coral%20reef%20is%20made,and%20building%20up%2C%20reef%20structures.	N//A	Last updated: 02/26/21 Author: NOAA	Google.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:	https://wsg.washington.edu/research/evaluating-the-importance-of-growth-variation-in-marine-fish/	© 2020 Washington Sea Grant, University of Washington	Christine Stawitz School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington cstawitz@uw.edu	Google.com	Christine Stawitz School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences University of Washington cstawitz@uw.edu
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:	https://e360.yale.edu/features/inside-look-at-catastrophic-bleaching-of-the-great-barrier-reef-2017-hughes#:~:text=The%202016%20El%20Ni%C3%B1o%20event,they%20did%20not%20cause%20bleaching.	N/A	YALE SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT Richard Schiffman	Google.com	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:	https://www.populationpyramid.net/world/2050/	© 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/	2019  AYALALAND INC.	Google.com	Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?