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 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 Information Text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. 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. What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives? © Roman Mordashev/500px

3. The common iguana is sometimes called the green iguana, despite bearing a variety of colors in the wild. Native to the forests of Central and South America, these reptiles spend much of their daylight hours gobbling up fruit and other plant matter. What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

4. 1 Image Search Although this iguana is called the green iguana, it bears a variety of colors. What colors do you see on the “green” iguana? 2 Thinking Based on what you know about animal behavior, why do you think animals have different colors? 3 Web SearchWhat is camouflage? How might this affect what color an animal is? 4 Web SearchWhat kind of environments do iguanas like to live in? 5 Thinking What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

5. 5 Minutes What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

6. 1 Image Search Although this iguana is called the green iguana, it bears a variety of colors. What colors do you see on the “green” iguana? 2 Thinking Based on what you know about animal behavior, why do you think animals have different colors? 3 Web Search What is camouflage? How might this affect what color an animal is? 4 Web Search What kind of environments do iguanas like to live in? 5 Thinking What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

7. 1 Image Search Although this iguana is called the green iguana, it bears a variety of colors. What colors do you see on the “green” iguana? What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

8. 2 Thinking Based on what you know about animal behavior, why do you think animals have different colors? What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

9. 3 Web Search What is camouflage? How might this affect what color an animal is? What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

10. 4 Web Search What kind of environments do iguanas like to live in? What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?

11. 5 Thinking What can this iguana’s color tell us about the environment in which he lives?