Scavenger Hunt

SCAVENGER HUNT!

Activity 1:

Mining the Internet: Laying the Foundation of Knowledge Based Society
Name: Ezekelle Joshua Quiocho        Section: 10-Marconi

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	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Boolean Logic
2. What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institute of Information Technology.	https://www.abbreviations.com/NIIT	©Abbreviations.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2022.	Google	Phrase Searching
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in ____, New Delhi   Answer: India	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slum_clearance_in_India	©Bhan, Gautam (2009)	Google	Phrase Searching
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 wall?   Answer: Dr. Mitra’s Team. Through this hole, a freely accessible computer was put up for use. This computer proved to be an instant hit among the slum dwellers, especially the children.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Google	Phrase Searching
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: Its strong research orientation has helped it to continuously innovate in the areas of instructional design methodologies, and curricula development that is cutting-edge.	http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	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 the home to moving air currents, clouds, storms, and other weather disturbances and phenomenon   Answer: Thunderstorm	https://www.britannica.com	© BRITANNICA, 2018	Google	Phrase Searching
8. How does global warming affect polar bears?   Answer: 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	© WILDLIFE OF POLAR BEARS	Google	Phrase Searching
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps   Answer: The corals that build reefs are known as “hard” or “reef-building” corals.	https://coral.org/en/coral-reefs-101/how-reefs-are-made	© CORAL REEF ALLIANCE 2022	Google	Phrase Searching
10. Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and lose their color. This process is known as ____. Will this phenomenon affect the growth of fish stocks?   Answer: When water is too warm, corals will expel the algae (zooxanthellae) living in their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white. This is called coral bleaching	https://oceanservice	© OCEAN SERVICE	Google	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: Pollution, overfishing, destructive fishing practices using dynamite or cyanide, collecting live corals for the aquarium market, mining coral for building materials, and a warming climate are some of the many ways that people damage reefs all around the world every day.	https://oceanservice	© OCEAN SERVICE	Google	Phrase Searching
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: SINGAPORE: 6.40 million PH: 144.49 million	https://statisticstime.com	©WORLDS STATISTICS	Google	Boolean Logic