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 Alice Keeler is a mother of 5 and a teacher in Fresno, California. She has her B.A in Mathematics, M.S. in Educational Media Design and Technology and is currently working on a doctorate in Educational Technology with an emphasis in games and simulations. EdTech speaker, blogger, and presenter. Founder of coffeeEDU, a 1 hour conference event for educators. New Media Consortium Horizon report advisory panel member. High school math teacher for 14 years. Currently teaching pre-service teachers curriculum, instruction and technology at California State University Fresno. Teaches online for Fresno Pacific University in the Masters in Educational Technology. Passionate that kids are not failures, researches gamification in education to increase student motivation. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: English Language Arts CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.9CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.9 Synthesize information from a range of sources (e.g., texts, experiments, simulations) into a coherent understanding of a process, phenomenon, or concept, resolving conflicting information when possible. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.2 CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.11-12.2 Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; summarize complex concepts, processes, or information presented in a text by paraphrasing them in simpler but still accurate terms.

2. © Robert Gendler/NASA What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

3. The “M” in M57 stands for Messier. As in, French astronomer Charles Messier. But Messier wasn’t the first to spot it. That honor goes to fellow Frenchman Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, who spotted this celestial body in 1779. Messier found it on his own just days later and plotted it on his chart – the 57 th object he’d cataloged on his map of the stars. We now know this cloud of ionized gas by the more descriptive name, Ring Nebula. The nebula as we see it is the result of a red giant star transforming into a more compact white dwarf. As the star’s evolution progresses, it spews various gasses into the space around it, creating a corona of wild color. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

4. 1 Video Search Locate a video describing research of objects in space. 2 Web SearchIdentify 3 objects in space that are related to the research on stars. 3 Web SearchLocate a research article on stars that was published in the last 5 years. 4 Web SearchIdentify what, if any, is the rationale behind the purpose of the study. 5 ThinkingHow might star research impact human beings. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

5. 5 Minutes What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

6. 1 Video Search Locate a video describing research of objects in space. 2 Web SearchIdentify 3 objects in space that are related to the research on stars. 3 Web SearchLocate a research article on stars that was published in the last 5 years. 4 Web SearchIdentify what, if any, is the rationale behind the purpose of the study. 5 ThinkingHow might star research impact human beings. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

7. 1 Video Search Locate a video describing research of objects in space. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

8. 2 Web SearchIdentify 3 objects in space that are related to the research on stars. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

9. 3 Web SearchLocate a research article on stars that was published in the last 5 years. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

10. 4 Web SearchIdentify what, if any, is the rationale behind the purpose of the study. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?

11. 5 ThinkingHow might star research impact human beings. What are the benefits to studying phenomenon in space?