Scavenger Hunt

Nuggets	URL	Copyright	Value: Sources/Author / Date Published /Sponsor	Search Engine	Search Term
.Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT named _________ started an experiment hole in a wall. Answer: Dr. Sugata Mitra	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	HiWEL	Google	Sometime in 1991, 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, BYJU'S	BYJU'S	Google	What does NIIT stand for?
3.It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi Answer:Kalkaji	https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	©2022 George Lucas Educational Foundation	February 3, 2012	Google	First implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi
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: The Hole in the Wall project aims to discover how much poor children in slums and rural areas of India can learn from a web-based curriculum through a purpose-built Internet kiosk.	https://disclosures.ifc.org/project-detail/SPI/10665/niit-hole-in-the-wall	© 2022 IFC	International Finance Corporation World Bank Group	Google	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?
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment? Answer:Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall project showed that children could teach themselves, and each other, how to use technology.	https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra	© 2022 George Lucas Educational Foundation	Sugata MItra	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: What New York Looked Like During the 1918 Flu Pandemic	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/nyregion/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html	© 2022 The New York Times Company	Michael Wilson	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:Weather and atmosphere	https://www.noaa.gov/education/resource-collections/weather-atmosphere	© Science. Service. Stewardship.	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	Google	What is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon?
8.How does global warning affect polar bears? Answer: their dependence on sea ice makes them highly vulnerable to a changing climate. Polar bears rely heavily on the sea ice environment for traveling, hunting, mating, resting, and in some areas, maternal dens.	https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/polar-bears-and-climate-change	© 2022 World Wildlife Fund. WWF® and ©1986 Panda Symbol are owned by WWF.	World Wildlife Fund	Google	How does global warming affect polar bears?
9.Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: A coral reef is made of thin layers of calcium carbonate	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coralmadeof.html#:~:text=A%20coral%20reef%20is%20made,and%20building%20up%2C%20reef%20structures	© 2022 Coral Reef Alliance | Policies and Disclosures | Terms and Conditions	NOAA	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 happens when corals lose their vibrant colors and turn white.	https://www.worldwildlife.org/pages/everything-you-need-to-know-about-coral-bleaching-and-how-we-can-stop-it	© 2022 World Wildlife Fund. WWF® and ©1986 Panda Symbol are owned by WWF	Lorin Hancock	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: 2016	https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/	© 2022 Copyright Conservation news	11 May 2016	Google	When did the worst and biggest catastrophic mass mortality of coral reefs in the Pacific and the Indian Ocean happen?
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050? Answer: The 2 contries have different shapes. Philippines’ shape is from fat to thin, while Singapore’s population is from thin to fat	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/	What is a population pyramid?	Google	Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?

 

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