Scavenger Hunt:Activity 1

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. Sutgara Mitra	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html# :~:text=Dr.,%2Din%2Dthe%2DWall.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	2015	Google.com	Chief scientist at the NIIT
2.  What does NIIT stand for?   Answer: National Institue of Information Technology	https://www.acronymfinder.com/NIIT.html	© 2022 Copyright Conservation news	2022	Google.com	What does NIIT stand for?
3. It was first implemented at a slum area in _______ ,New Delhi   Answer: Kalkaji	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/abouthiwel.html# :~:text=Formally%20called%   20Minimally%   20Invasive%20E   ducation,Government%   20of%20NCT%   20of%20Delhi.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Project	2022	Google.com	Where did the experiment first implanted 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: Through his 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.	https://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html#:~ :text=Dr.,%2Din%2Dthe %2DWall.	© Hole-in-the-Wall Education Limited 2015	2015	Google.com	What is the purpose of the hole in the wall of Dr. Mitra
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?   Answer:	https://multilitwebsite.s3.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/Nomanis/JUNE-2021/NOMANIS11-JUN21_BENNETT.pdf	© Tom Benett	June 2021	Google.com	What was the significant finding of the experiment?
6. What were the two headlines in New York Times on the influenza epidemic in 1918 – 1919.   Answer: The Mask Slackers of 1918, and 1918: The infection spreads.	https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/    us/mask-protests-1918.html	© 2022 The New York Times Company	2022	Google.com	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: Thunderstorm	https://www.britannica.com/science/             thunderstorm	© E. Philip Krider	E. Philip Krider	Google.com	is home to moving air currents, clouds, storms and other weather disturbances and phenomenon
8. How does global warning affect polar bears?   Answer: Polar Bears Really Are Starving Because of Global Warming	https://www.nationalgeographic.com /science/article/polar-bears-starve-melting-sea-ice-global-warming-study-beaufort-sea-environment	© 2015-2022 National Geographic Partsners, LLC	FEBRUARY 2, 2018	Google.com	How does global warning affect polar bears?
9. Coral reefs are built by colonies of coral polyps . Answer: Coral reefs are made up of colonies of hundreds to thousands of individual corals, called polyps.	https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/quick-questions/what-is-a-coral-reef.html	© The Trustees of The Natural History Museum, London	2022	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. Yes.	https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts /coral_bleach.html#:~:text=Warmer%   20water%20temperatures   %20can%20result,This%20is   %20called%20coral%20   bleaching.	© Science. Service. Stewardship.	NOAA	Google.com	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: 2016	https://news.mongabay.com/2016/05/indias-coral-reefs-experiencing-catastrophic-bleaching-heart-wrenching-scientist-says/	© 2022 Copyright Conservation news	May 11 2016	Google.com	Phrase searching and Boolean Logic
12. Compare the shape of the population pyramid of Singapore and Philippines in 2050?   Answer: Philippines shape is like a upside down bowl with a pointy end. While, Singapore pyramid is like  a building.	https://www.populationpyramid.net/world	© December 2019 by Population Pyramid	by Population Pyramid on December 2019	Google.com	Population Pyramid of Singapore Philippines in 2015