Scavenger Hunt

 

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	Google	A chief scientist at the NIIT named ___ started an experiment + hole in a wall
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology	https://byjus.com/full-form/niit-full-form/	© 2022, BYUJU’S	2022	Google	What does 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	2015	Google	It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi + hole in a wall
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 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	Google	What is the purpose of the hole in the wall of Dr. Mitra?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: The slum residents were immediately enamored with this computer, especially 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	Google	What was the significant finding of the experiment + hole in the wall
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza 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	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: Wind	https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/wind	© 1996 – 2022 National Geographic Society	Andrew Turgeon Elizabeth Morse	Google	is home to moving air currents + clouds + storms + weather disturbances +phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: More polar bears may likely soon starve due to sea 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	Google	How does global warning affect polar bears?
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	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	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html	National Ocean Service	NOAA	Google	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?
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	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: Singapore – 6,407,527   Philippines – 144,488.171	https://www.populationpyramid.net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net	Population Pyramid	Google	“Compare” the shape of the “population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050: