1. Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomPartners In Learning site Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools.Skype in the Classroom Picture Christy is a former high school English and creative writing teacher, a former technology coordinator for a K-12 school district, and a current instructional technology specialist at Round Rock ISD. She is a flipped certified teacher, an avid blogger, and an instructional technology geek--always on the lookout for new tools to improve education, enhance digital literacy and digital citizenship curricula, and change the educational framework. Christy also co-organizes EdTech Women and EdTech Austin, and has presented at conferences including ISTE, TCEA, and SXSWedu. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: English Language Arts CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2.eCCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.5.2.e Spell grade-appropriate words correctly, consulting references as needed. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2.dCCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.5.2.d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.

2. What is the secret to being the oldest living trees? © Haraldur Stefansson/Alamy

3. Not even hurricane Hugo in 1989 could fell Angel Oak, a massive old southern live oak tree in South Carolina. Though Angel Oak is on Johns Island, it’s so close to Charleston that visitors to the city will often make their way over to see for themselves the tree’s sprawling limbs. The 66.5-foot-tall tree was perhaps 200 years old already when South Carolina became a state 226 years ago today. Some tests have suggested Angel Oak could have started growing as many as 1,500 years ago. Recently, planned development in the nearby forest has prompted many protests from locals, who formed the group Save the Angel Oak, in order to challenge the construction of an apartment complex just 160 yards from the tree. What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

4. 1 Thinking (about image) How wide do you think this tree is? What is unique about it? Can you tell a tree’s age by its size? 2 Map Search Locate Angel Oak Park on a map. Switch to Aerial view. How close are the structures to the park? (Use built-in map measuring tools) 3 Web SearchWhat are five of the oldest trees in the world? 4 Web SearchHow are trees’ ages discovered? 5 Web SearchWhat do the oldest trees have in common? What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

5. 5 Minutes What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

6. TreeDefinitionCrossword Puzzle Bristlecone Methuselah Patagonian Cypress Giant Sequoia Western Juniper White cedar Chesnutt tree

7. 5 Minutes What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

8. 1 Thinking (about image) How wide do you think this tree is? What is unique about it? Can you tell a tree’s age by its size? 2 Map Search Locate Angel Oak Park on a map. Switch to Aerial view. How close are the structures to the park? (Use built-in map measuring tools) 3 Web SearchWhat are five of the oldest trees in the world? 4 Web SearchHow are trees’ ages discovered? 5 Web SearchWhat do the oldest trees have in common?

9. 1 Thinking (about image) How wide do you think this tree is? What is unique about it? Can you tell a tree’s age by its size? What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

10. 2 Map Search Locate Angel Oak Park on a map. Switch to Aerial view. How close are the structures to the park? (Use built-in map measuring tools) What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

11. 3 Web SearchWhat are five of the oldest trees in the world? What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

12. 4 Web SearchHow are trees’ ages discovered? What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

13. 5 Web SearchWhat do the oldest trees have in common? What is the secret to being the oldest living trees?

14. TreeDefinitionCrossword Puzzle Bristleconepine tree with bristly cones: a small pine tree with bristly cones, the longest-living tree in the world. Methuselah1biblical figure: in the Bible, a man who was an ancestor of Noah and lived 969 years Genesis 5: 21-27 Patagonian Cypress conifer: a coniferous evergreen tree with dark green leaves resembling scales. Giant Sequoialarge Californian tree: a large redwood tree that grows in California. Western Juniper evergreen plant bearing cones resembling berries: an evergreen tree or bush with small purple cones resembling berries that are used in cooking and yield juniper oil. White cedartall evergreen tree: a tall evergreen tree with spreading branches, needles, and large rounded upright cones. Chesnut treetree that produces chestnuts: a deciduous tree that has long toothed leaves and produces chestnuts.