SCAVENGER HUNT

 

 

SCAVENGER HUNT!

October 31, 2022

MA. ANTHONETH T. RIBERAL

10-MARCONI

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 | 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 24 2022 from https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html	Google.com	What does NIT 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 Ltd. 2015	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://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Sugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" and Minimally Invasive Education (M	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	from a Businessweek Online Daily Briefing, March 2, 2000.	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 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.	2022 Coral Reef Alliance	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. The corals that build reefs are known as “hard” or “reef-building” corals. Soft corals, such as sea fans and sea whips, do not produce reefs.	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: It affected more reefs than any previous global bleaching event and was worse in some locales. Heat stress during this event also caused mass bleaching in several reefs that never bleached before.	https://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/analyses_guidance/global_coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php	Coral Bleaching During & Since the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event Status and an Appeal for Observations	NOAA (2017) Third global coral bleaching event appears to be over.	Google.com	Coral reefs, catastrophic, Pacific and Indian Ocean
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: In Phillipines, 144.49 million in 2050. In Singapore, 6.40 million in 2050 and 5.73 million by 2100.	https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/philippines-population.php   https://statisticstimes.com/demographics/country/singapore-population.php	© 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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