Scavenger Hunt

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#:~:text= Dr.,%2Din%2D the%2DWall.	Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	Hole in the Wall Education	Google.com	. 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/#:~: text=The%20fu ll%20form%20o f%20NIIT%20is%20t he%20National%20Institute %20of,its%20headquarters %20in%20 Gurgaon%2C %20India.	2022, BYJU'S. All rights reserved.	BYJU	Google.com	what does niit AND 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	Hole in the Wall Exucation	Google.com	It was first implemented at a slum area in
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: Sugata Mitra's Hole in the Wall project showed that children could teach themselves, and each other, how to use technology.	https://en.m.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sugata_Mitra	N/A	Wikipedia	Google.com	hole in the wall experiment
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer: The experiment aimed at proving that children could be taught by computers very easily without any formal training.	https://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sugata_Mitra#: ~:text=Hole%20in%20the%20Wall,- External%20video&text =The%20experiment%20aimed %20at%20proving,23 %20kiosks%20in%20rural%20India.	N/A	Wikipedia	Google.com	hole in the wall experiment AND significance
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	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/ nyregion/spanish-flu-nyc-virus.html	© 2022 The NewYork Times Company	New York Times	Google.com	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:Thunderstorm	https://www.britannica .com/science/thunderstorm	N/A	E.Filip Krider	Google.com	is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and otherAND weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: ice that polar bears depend on to melt away	https://www.wwf.org.uk /learn/wildlife /polar-bear s#:~:text=Previous%20Next-, Climate%20change,ice%20to%20 raise%20their%20young.	N/A	WWF	Google.com	How does global AND warming affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: held together by calcium carbonate.	https://www.factsjustforkids.com /water-facts/coral -reef-facts-for- kids/#:~:text=Coral %20reefs%20are %20built%20by,of %20the%20oceans' %20surface%20area.	N/A	National ocean service	Google.com	"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	N/A	National ocean service 12/01/21	Google.com	Severe environmental imbalance can induce polyps to expel their algae and loose their color. This process is known as
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: El Nino, April 2015 to May 2016	https://coralreefwatch. noaa.gov/satellite/ analyses_guidance/global_ coral_bleaching_2014-17_status.php	N/A	NOAA Coral reef watch	Google.com	“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:	https://www .populationpyramid .net/philippines/2050/	© December 2019 by PopulationPyramid.net, made available under a Creative Commons license CC BY 3.0 IGO:	Population pyramid	Google.com	Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?