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 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: Mathematics CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics. CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking advantage of technology's capacity to link to other information and to display information flexibly and dynamically.

Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler. © Phil Tifo/ Tandem Stills + Motion

Mention Whistler in British Columbia, Canada, and most people will picture the ski resort or the titular village that hosts the resort. But it’s the mountain itself that first drew people here. Initially, European settlers named the peak London Mountain, for a mining claim. But when the ski resort was founded in the 1960s, the more whimsical name – Whistler – was adopted as a nod to the mountain’s population of marmots, aka whistle pigs. Marmots have a whistling call that can often be heard by hikers on the mountain. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.

1 Office 365Set up an Excel spreadsheet to organize your ski vacation. 2 Web Search Utilize advanced search techniques to locate what vacationers typically do when they go to Mount Whistler. 3 Office 365 Create a tab in the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the expenses of your trip. 4 Web Search Determine the steepness of the slopes of Mount Whistler. How is the steepness determined? 5 Office 365Utilize Word to craft a letter to friends and family detailing your trip. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler Office 365Set up an Excel spreadsheet to organize your ski vacation. 2 Web Search Utilize advanced search techniques to locate what vacationers typically do when they go to Mount Whistler. 3 BIng TravelUse Bing flight search to find the price of you round trip flights. 4 Office 365 Create a tab in the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the expenses of your trip. 5 Office 365Utilize Word to craft a letter to friends and family detailing your trip.

5 Minutes Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.

Office 365Set up an Excel spreadsheet to organize your ski vacation. 2 Web Search Utilize advanced search techniques to locate what vacationers typically do when they go to Mount Whistler. 3 Office 365Use Bing flight search to find the price of you round trip flights. 4 Web Search Create a tab in the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the expenses of your trip. 5 Office 365Utilize Word to craft a letter to friends and family detailing your trip. 1 Office 365Set up an Excel spreadsheet to organize your ski vacation. 2 Web Search Utilize advanced search techniques to locate what vacationers typically do when they go to Mount Whistler. 3 Office 365 Create a tab in the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the expenses of your trip. 4 Web Search Determine the steepness of the slopes of Mount Whistler. How is the steepness determined? 5 Office 365Utilize Word to craft a letter to friends and family detailing your trip. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler Office 365Set up an Excel spreadsheet to organize your ski vacation. 2 Web Search Utilize advanced search techniques to locate what vacationers typically do when they go to Mount Whistler. 3 BIng TravelUse Bing flight search to find the price of you round trip flights. 4 Office 365 Create a tab in the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the expenses of your trip. 5 Office 365Utilize Word to craft a letter to friends and family detailing your trip.

1 Office 365Set up an Excel spreadsheet to organize your ski vacation. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.

2 Web Search Utilize advanced search techniques to locate what vacationers typically do when they go to Mount Whistler. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.

3 BIng TravelUse Bing flight search to find the price of you round trip flights. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.

4 Web Search Create a tab in the Excel spreadsheet to calculate the expenses of your trip. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.

5 Office 365Utilize Word to craft a letter to friends and family detailing your trip. Utilize technology to plan out a ski vacation to Whistler.