Prey of witch hunt: Scavenger!


 


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

2015

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2.  What does NIIT stand for?

 

Answer: National Institute of Information Technology

https://byjus.com/full-form/niit-full-form/

© 2022, BYUJU’S

2022

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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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2015

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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: A freely usable computer was inserted through this hole. The slum residents were immediately enamored with this computer, especially for the kids. The kids independently learnedhow to operate the computer without any prior training.

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

© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015

2015

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5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?

 

Answer: The slum residents were immediately enamored with this computer, especially for the kids. The kids independently learned how to operate the computer without any prior training.

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

© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015

2015

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6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the nfluenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919?

 

Answer: Echoes of Another Pandemic: How the Times Covered the 1918 Flu, What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/05/insider/1918-pandemic.html

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html

 

© 2022 The New York Times Company

The New York Times

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

disturbances and

phenomenon

 

Answer: Wind

https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wind

 

© 1996 – 2022 National Geographic Society

Andrew Turgeon

 

Elizabeth Morse

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8. How does global warming affect polar bears?

 

Answer: More Polar Bears may likely soon starve due to see ice melting

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment

 

© 1996 – 2015 National Geographic Society

February 2, 2018

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9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps

.

Answer: Coral Polyps secrete layers of calcium carbonate beneath their bodies, which are then used to construct coral reefs.

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

© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance

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: Coral Bleaching

© 2022 Copyright Conservation news

National Ocean Service

NOAA

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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: Produced by extremely high sea surface temperatures as the Indian Ocean bakes under very harsh El Nio conditions. And it started happening in 2015

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

© 2022 Copyright Conservation news

May 11, 2016

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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 PopulationPyramid.net

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