SCAVENGER HUNT

ANGEL PUNIO

10-MARCONI

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=Dr.,%2Din%2Dthe%2DWall.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use	From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge	Google.com	Chief scientist at NIIT
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	The Acronym Finder is © 1988-2022, Acronym Finder, All Rights Reserved.	NIIT. (n.d.) Acronym Finder. (2022). Retrieved October 21 2022 from https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Google.com	NIIT
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 | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use	From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge	Google.com	First implemented at a slum area
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://shodhgangotri.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/2201/1/synopsis%20rishi.pdf	Retrieved August 30, 2010.	Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" and Minimally Invasive Education (MIE)	Google.com	Team carved a hole in a wall that separated NIIT campuses from the slum area
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	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	From a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000. Edited by Paul Judge	Google.com	Significant finding of the experiment
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: “SNEEZE BUT DON’T SCATTER” “SPANISH INFLUENZA” --- “THE FLU” “THREE-DAY FEVER”	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862336/	© 2010 Association of Schools of Public Health	Aimone F. The 1918 influenza epidemic in New York City: a review of the public health response. Public Health Rep. 2010 Apr;125 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):71-9. doi: 10.1177/00333549101250S310. PMID: 20568569; PMCID: PMC2862336.	Google.com	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: Atmosphere	https://scied.ucar.edu/learning-zone/how-weather-works/global-air-atmospheric-circulation	© 2022 UCAR	A Global Look At Moving Air: Atmospheric Circulation, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000	Bing.com	home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: The Arctic is warming about twice as fast as the global average, causing the ice that polar bears depend on to melt away. 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#:~:text=Previous%20Next-,Climate%20change,ice%20to%20raise%20their%20young.	©WWF-UK 4016725	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.com	Global warming affect polar bears
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: Coral reefs are built by coral polyps as they secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made/#:~:text=Coral%20reefs%20are%20built%20by,whips%2C%20do%20not%20produce%20reefs.	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance | Policies and Disclosures | Terms & Conditions	The Coral Reef Alliance 548 Market Street Suite 29802 San Francisco, CA 94104-5401	Google.com	CORAL REEFS 101 How Reefs Are Made
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	December 01, 2021 NOAA	NOAA. Historical Maps and Charts audio podcast. National Ocean Service website, https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/podcast/july17/nop08-historical-maps-charts.html, accessed on 8/13/17.	Google.com	Induce polyps, 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: experiencing high levels of heat stres	https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/analyses_guidance/global_coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php	©2015 coral bleaching surveys	NOAA Coral Reef Watch. Coral Bleaching During & Since the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event Status and an Appeal for Observations   (Last Updated: March 19, 2018)	Google.com	Coral reefs, catastrophic, Pacific and Indian Ocean
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: Singapore: 6.40 milllion Philippines: 144.49 million	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/ https://www.populationpyramid.net/singapore/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/	Population Pyramids of the World from 1950 to 2100 (Updated with 2019 numbers)	Google.com	demography, population pyramid, age pyramid, aging, retirement, Singapore, and Philippines 2050.

 

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