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 lives in New York City. She works in the Youth Services Department at the Educational Alliance as the Assistant Director for Higher Education Initiatives, where she specifically oversees college prep programming for high school seniors, and academic enrichment programming for middle school students. Ja'Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access programming at Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. 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. This fall, she will begin her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her 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: Science and Technical Subjects & Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.4Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RST.6-8.7Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.1Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.2Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.

2. © NASA Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

3. Researchers put this map together for the Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The darker blue in the oceans indicates a higher concentration of chlorophyll, while the gradient of gray to green on the landmasses reflects the relative amounts of vegetation. The GIMMS mapping helps scientists understand the carbon cycle on Earth: How much carbon are plants absorbing versus how much carbon is in the atmosphere. Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

4. 1 Web SearchWhat is carbon? Where can one find carbon? 2 Web Search/ Image Search What is the carbon cycle? Find an image that illustrates the carbon cycle. 3 Web Search How have humans affected the balance of carbon in the environment in recent history? What activities contribute to this imbalance? 4 Web SearchWhat is climate change and how does this connect to the carbon cycle? 5 Web SearchWhat are the consequences of climate change? Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

5. 5 Minutes Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

6. 1 Web SearchWhat is carbon? Where can one find carbon? 2 Web Search/ Image Search What is the carbon cycle? Find an image that illustrates the carbon cycle. 3 Web Search How have humans affected the balance of carbon in the environment in recent history? What activities contribute to this imbalance? 4 Web SearchWhat is climate change and how does this connect to the carbon cycle? 5 Web SearchWhat are the consequences of climate change? Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

7. 1 Web SearchWhat is carbon? Where can one find carbon? Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

8. 2 Web Search/ Image Search What is the carbon cycle? Find an image that illustrates the carbon cycle. Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

9. 3 Web Search How have humans affected the balance of carbon in the environment in recent history? What activities contribute to this imbalance? Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

10. 4 Web SearchWhat is climate change and how does this connect to the carbon cycle? Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?

11. 5 Web SearchWhat are the consequences of climate change? Why is the carbon cycle important to living beings on Earth? What dangers exist to disrupt this cycle?