Scavenger hunt

Reference: SNACKNATION, by Ashley Bell,

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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	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html#:~:text=Dr.,%2Din%2Dthe%2DWall.	© Hole-in- the-Wall  Education  Limited 2015	Hole-in-the-wall   Education Ltd/2015	Google	Who is the chief scientist at the NIIT
2.  What does  NIIT stand  for?   Answer:National Institute of  Information   Technology	https://byjus.com/	© 2022,  BYJU'S.  All rights  reserved.	BYJU’S.com/ BYJU’S/2022	Google	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	© Hole-in- the-Wall  Education  Limited 2015	Hole-in-the-wall   Education Ltd/2015	Google	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	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in- the-Wall  Education  Limited 2015	Hole-in-the-wall  Education Ltd/2015	Google	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:to broaden  the scope of the  experiments  and conduct   research to  prove and  streamline  Hole-in-the-Wall.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in- the-Wall  Education  Limited 2015	Hole-in-the-wall  Education Ltd/2015	Google	significant finding of the experiment?
6. What were  the two headlines in  New York Times on the  influenza epidemic in  1918 – 1919.   Answer:  1918:  The infection  spreads. 1919: A new  year	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/us/mask-protests-1918.html	© 2022 The  New York  Times Company	nytimes.com/ The New York Times/ Dec 10, 2020/	Google	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	©2022  Encyclopædia Britannica,  Inc.	Krider, E. Philip/  October 29, 2020	Google	It is a home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does  global warning affect polar  bears?   Answer:cause  dens to collapse, which  females build to birth and protect their  young,  increases in contamination  and  exposure to diseases.	https://www.carbonbrief.org/polar-bears-and-climate-change-what-does-the-science-say/	Carbon Brief  Ltd © 2022	CarbonBrief/ Roz Pidcock/ March 4,2015/	Google	How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies  of coral polyps . Answer:True	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralmadeof.html	Courtesy: NOAA	NOAA/  February 26, 2021	Google	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://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html	National  Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	National ocean services / National Oceanic and  Atmospheric Administration /december 1,2021	Google	Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and loose their 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:2016El Niño	https://e360.yale.edu/features/inside-look-at-catastrophic-bleaching-of-the-great-barrier-reef-2017-hughes	©2021, Yale University. All rights reserved.	Richard Schiffman/  April 10, 2017	Google	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: The Philippines will have more population than Singapore in 2050	https://www.populationpyramid.net/world/2050/	© December  2019 by Population Pyramid.net	United Nations, Department  of Economic and Social  Affairs, Population Division. /population pyramid.net/2019	Google	Population of singapore and philippines in 2050.