SCAVENGER HUNT

 

 

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SCAVENGER HUNT!

Activity 1:

Mining the Internet: Laying the Foundation of Knowledge Based Society

 

Nuggets	URL	Copyright	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://niitfoundation.org/hole-in-the-wall-learning-stations/	© Copyright 2022 NIIT Foundation.	Google	Phrase Searching
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	Shorturl.at/dwTV2	By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.	Google	Phrase Searching
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: India	https://asha-india.org/how-we-help/the-slums-of-delhi/	Copyright © 2022 Asha India	Asha	Boolean Logic
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	https://niitfoundation.org/hole-in-the-wall-learning-stations/	© Copyright 2022 NIIT Foundation.	Google	Boolean Logic
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: People assume data science to be the domain of geeks and book-ravishing analysts. This is not a far-fetched reality albeit not a complete one either.	https://www.niit.com/india/knowledge-centre/data-science-portfolio	COPYRIGHT © NIIT 2022. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED	Google	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	Google	Phrase Searching
7. ______ is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: Thunderstorm	shorturl.at/dESXY	© 2022 Adda247. All rights reserved.	Google	Phrase Searching
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: loss of their sea-ice habitat that is caused by global warming	https://connectusfund.org/how-is-global-warming-affecting-polar-bears	© 2022 CONNECTUSFUND	Google	Phrase Searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: Coral polyps are tiny little animals that are related to anemones and jellyfish.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/coral-polyps/	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance	Google	Phrase Searching
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://www.barrierreef.org/the-reef/threats/coral-bleaching	© 2022 Great Barrier Reef Foundation. Website by bigfish.tv	Goggle	Phrase Searching
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: Catastrophic' 2016 heatwave	https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/apr/19/great-barrier-reef-30-of-coral-died-in-catastrophic-2016-heatwave	© 2022 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. (modern)	Google	Phrase Searching
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 PopulationPyramid.net, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO	Google	Boolean logic