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 Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.2 Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.3 Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.9 Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.4.5 Describe the overall structure (e.g., chronology, comparison, cause/effect, problem/solution) of events, ideas, concepts, or information in a text or part of a text.

2. How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe? © Getty Images

3. Travelers driving through the sparsely populated outlands near Socorro, New Mexico, may see the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array radio telescopes – all 27 of them – and get a distinctly “X-Files” feeling from the remote research station. As it turns out, it’s not all top secret. Visitors can book a tour of the astronomy lab and see some of the amazing images the teams there are capturing. How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

4. 1 Web Search What do astronomers do? What have some recent developments in astronomy been over the last few months? 2 Web SearchHow do telescopes work? 3 Web SearchHow do radios work? 4 Web SearchHow are radio telescopes different from other kinds of telescopes? 5 Web Search What are some characteristics of the VLA and how do independent antennae work together to provide astronomers with information? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

5. 5 Minutes How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

6. 1 Web Search What do astronomers do? What have some recent developments in astronomy been over the last few months? 2 Web SearchHow do telescopes work? 3 Web SearchHow do radios work? 4 Web SearchHow are radio telescopes different from other kinds of telescopes? 5 Web Search What are some characteristics of the VLA and how do independent antennae work together to provide astronomers with information? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

7. 1 Web Search What do astronomers do? What have some recent developments in astronomy been over the last few months? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

8. 2 Web SearchHow do telescopes work? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

9. 3 Web SearchHow do radios work? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

10. 4 Web SearchHow are radio telescopes different from other kinds of telescopes? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?

11. 5 Web Search What are some characteristics of the VLA and how do independent antennae work together to provide astronomers with information? How do radio telescopes like these enable astronomers to learn about the universe?