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 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. Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park ? © Gallery Stock

3. This is a bee’s-eye view of the American Lakes camping area, in the southeastern edge of Colorado’s Forest State Park. The region brushes right up against the northern edge of Rocky Mountain National Park. Like that more famous—and busier—national park, the State Forest park features alpine meadows that burst with color as wildflowers bloom in the summer. Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

4. 1 Map Search Where is Colorado State Forest State Park? What is it near? What geographic features do you see? 2 Web SearchWhat elements are found in Colorado State Forest State Park? 3 Map Search Where is Rocky Mountain National Park? What is it near? What geographic features do you see? 4 Web SearchWhat elements are found in Rocky Mountain National Park? 5 ThinkingWhat elements are only found in Colorado State Forest State Park? Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

5. 5 Minutes Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

6. Word/ElementDefinition10-word poem using all six words Mule Marmot Pika Spruce Fir Amphitheater

7. Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park? 1 Map Search Where is Colorado State Forest State Park? What is it near? What geographic features do you see? 2 Web SearchWhat elements are found in Colorado State Forest State Park? 3 Map Search Where is Rocky Mountain National Park? What is it near? What geographic features do you see? 4 Web SearchWhat elements are found in Rocky Mountain National Park? 5 ThinkingWhat elements are only found in Colorado State Forest State Park?

8. 1 Map Search Where is Colorado State Forest State Park? What is it near? What geographic features do you see? Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

9. 2 Web SearchWhat elements are found in Colorado State Forest State Park? Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

10. 3 Map Search Where is Rocky Mountain National Park? What is it near? What geographic features do you see? Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

11. 4 Web SearchWhat elements are found in Rocky Mountain National Park? Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

12. 5 ThinkingWhat elements are only found in Colorado State Forest State Park? Are there elements unique to Colorado State Forest State Park that are not found in Rocky Mountain National Park?

13. Word/ElementDefinition10-word poem using all six words Mulea hybrid between a horse and a donkey; especially : the offspring of a male donkey and a mare Nature’s Amphitheater: sounding pika, marmot, mules; smelling fresh fir, spruce Marmota small animal of America and Europe that has short legs and that lives in holes that it digs in the ground Pikaa small animal of America and Europe that has short legs and that lives in holes that it digs in the ground Sprucean evergreen tree Fira tall evergreen tree Amphitheater