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 Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her studies and work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

2. How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different? © Richard Herrmann/Minden Pictures

3. Cortes Bank, a seamount roughly 100 miles off the shore from San Diego, provides an ideal environment for giant kelp forests. Just like our terrestrial forests, the kelp forests support a wide variety of life. Schools of fish, like these halfmoon sea chubs, flit between the kelp leaves eating algae and using the cover of the forest for protection from larger predators. How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

4. 1 Map SearchFind the location of this kelp forest on a map. 2 Web SearchWhat is kelp? 3 Web Search What are various uses of kelp? Do you use any of the items kelp is used to make? 4 Web SearchWhat are the particular features of a kelp forest? 5 Web SearchWhat are the particular features of a land-based forest? How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

5. 5 Minutes How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

6. 1 Map SearchFind the location of this kelp forest on a map. 2 Web SearchWhat is kelp? 3 Web Search What are various uses of kelp? Do you use any of the items kelp is used to make? 4 Web SearchWhat are the particular features of a kelp forest? 5 Web SearchWhat are the particular features of a land-based forest? How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

7. 1 Map SearchFind the location of this kelp forest on a map. How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

8. 2 Web SearchWhat is kelp? How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

9. 3 Web Search What are various uses of kelp? Do you use any of the items kelp is used to make? How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

10. 4 Web SearchWhat are the particular features of a kelp forest? How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?

11. 5 Web SearchWhat are the particular features of a land-based forest? How are kelp forests and forests found on land similar and different?