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 You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. 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: Reading: Informational Text. 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. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.7.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
© SIME/eStock Photo What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
From the slopes of Tibidabo mountain, we see the Fabra Observatory, still high up enough in the hills to avoid light pollution from bustling Barcelona below. What isn’t seen here is the variety of entertainments offered at the top of Tibidabo, including an amusement park and an ornate Catholic church called Temple de Sagrat Cor. What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
1 Map SearchFind the location of the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona. 2 Thinking Have you every been to an observatory? If so, what did you do there? If not, what do you think is the purpose of an observatory? 3 Image Search/ Thinking Find images of observatories around the world? What do you notice about where they are located? 4 Web SearchWhat is an observatory? What is its purpose? 5 Thinking/ Web Search Which occupations would find observatories useful? What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
5 Minutes What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
1 Map SearchFind the location of the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona. 2 Thinking Have you every been to an observatory? If so, what did you do there? If not, what do you think is the purpose of an observatory? 3 Image Search/ Thinking Find images of observatories around the world? What do you notice about where they are located? 4 Web SearchWhat is an observatory? What is its purpose? 5 Thinking/ Web Search Which occupations would find observatories useful? What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
1 Map SearchWhere find the location of the Fabra Observatory in Barcelona. What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
2 Thinking Have you every been to an observatory? If so, what did you do there? If not, what do you think is the purpose of an observatory? What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
3 Image Search/ Thinking Find images of observatories around the world? What do you notice about where they are located? What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
4 Web SearchWhat is an observatory? What is its purpose? What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?
5 Thinking/ Web Search Which occupations would find observatories useful? What occupations would find observatories useful? Why?