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 the Microsoft Educator Network. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomMicrosoft Educator Network 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, take a Skype lesson on today’s topic, or invite a guest speaker to expand on today’s subject. And if you are using Windows 8, the panoramas in the MSN Travel App are great teaching tools. We have thousands of other education apps available on Windows here. Skype in the Classroom another class take a Skype lesson invite a guest speaker MSN Travel App here Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. 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. In addition to her studies and 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: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.

2. © Matthew Kuhns/Tandem Stills + Motion How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related? © Diane Cook and Len Jenshel/Getty Images

3. On a quiet Sunday morning 35 years ago today, Mount St. Helens erupted in a two-part spectacle of geologic fury. The Cascade peak in southwest Washington State had been dormant since the 1850s, but in March of 1980, small earthquakes and steam-vent eruptions signaled to geologists that the sleeping giant might be waking. Just after 8:30 AM on May 18, 1980, an earthquake on the north face triggered the largest landslide in recorded history, as most of the north face broke loose and slid toward nearby Spirit Lake. Within seconds, the exposed magma below erupted, shooting a billowing column of ash 15 miles into the atmosphere. Ash and debris clogged the Toutle River, permanently altering its course, and also blocked Spirit Lake’s natural outlet of water. Multiple car and rail bridges were also blasted away by the rush of searing mud. In the end, 57 people died, along with thousands of animals. Two years later the Mount Saint Helens National Monument was established by President Reagan. A portion of the area was cordoned off for research while educational sites were opened to the public. The remainder of the land was left to recuperate naturally. How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

4. 1 Map Search Find Mount St. Helen on a map to view its location 2 News Search Have there been recent earthquakes and volcano eruptions in the news recently? 3 Web/Image Search What are tectonic plates? Find an image that shows the distribution of tectonic plates. 4 Web Search How are plate tectonics connected to earthquakes? 5 Web Search How are plate tectonics connected to volcanoes? How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

5. 5 Minutes How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

6. 1 Map Search Find Mount St. Helen on a map to view its location 2 News Search Have there been recent earthquakes and volcano eruptions in the news recently? 3 Web/Image Search What are tectonic plates? Find an image that shows the distribution of tectonic plates. 4 Web Search How are plate tectonics connected to earthquakes? 5 Web Search How are plate tectonics connected to volcanoes? How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

7. 1 Map Search Find Mount St. Helen on a map to view its location How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

8. 2 News Search Have there been recent earthquakes and volcano eruptions in the news recently? How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

9. 3 Web/Image Search What are tectonic plates? Find an image that shows the distribution of tectonic plates. How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

10. 4 Web Search How are plate tectonics connected to earthquakes? How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?

11. 5 Web Search How are plate tectonics connected to volcanoes? How are earthquakes and volcano formation and activity related?