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 the Microsoft Educator Network. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomMicrosoft Educator Network 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, take a Skype lesson on today’s topic, or invite a guest speaker to expand on today’s subject. And if you are using Windows 8, the panoramas in the MSN Travel App are great teaching tools. We have thousands of other education apps available on Windows here. Skype in the Classroom another class take a Skype lesson invite a guest speaker MSN Travel App here Nell Bang-Jensen is a teacher and theater artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Her passion for arts education has led her to a variety of roles including developing curriculum for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and teaching at numerous theaters and schools around the city. She works with playwrights from ages four to ninety on developing new work and is especially interested in alternative literacies and theater for social change. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she currently works in the Artistic Department of the Wilma Theater and, in addition to teaching, is a freelance actor and dramaturg. In 2011, Nell was named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and spent her fellowship year traveling to seven countries studying how people get their names. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading—Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

2. © Gavin Heffernan/Shutterstock What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

3. When the sunlight strikes just so, the walls of Marble Canyon in northern Arizona can appear to have the polished, multicolor striations of true marble stone. But make no mistake, these rough walls are limestone, the same ruddy rock that lines the Grand Canyon, a little farther southwest from here, if you follow the Colorado River flowing through the basin. Marble Canyon was once a National Monument in its own right, but is now incorporated as part of Grand Canyon National Park. What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

4. 1 Image Search Search for images of plateaus and images of canyons. Based on these pictures, how would you describe the differences between them? 2 Web Search How is a canyon defined? 3 Web Search How do canyons form in nature? 4 Web Search How is a plateau defined? 5 Web Search How do plateaus form in nature? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

5. 5 Minutes What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

6. 1 Image Search Search for images of plateaus and images of canyons. Based on these pictures, how would you describe the differences between them? 2 Web Search How is a canyon defined? 3 Web Search How do canyons form in nature? 4 Web Search How is a plateau defined? 5 Web Search How do plateaus form in nature? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

7. 1 Image Search Search for images of plateaus and images of canyons. Based on these pictures, how would you describe the differences between them? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

8. 2 Web Search How is a canyon defined? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

9. 3 Web Search How do canyons form in nature? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

10. 4 Web Search How is a plateau defined? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?

11. 5 Web Search How do plateaus form in nature? What is the difference between a canyon and a plateau?