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. 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. 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.MP2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively. CCSS.MATH.PRACTICE.MP4 Model with mathematics. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.4 Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 9-10 texts and topics.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. © Jeff Clay/Tandem Still + Motion Having this up as kids come in is a great settle down activity. You can start class by asking them for thoughts about the picture or about ideas on how they could solve the question of the day.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. Most photographs of Mesa Arch in Canyonlands National Park depict the sunrise as seen through the arch. And there’s good reason for that: It’s as if Mesa Arch burst up from the Earth expressly to frame the sun’s arrival each morning. But we also like how this less-common view, looking down on the arch, shows the contrast of the light against the still-shady stones of the exterior as the rocks are lit by the sunrays peering through. Depending on time, you can either have students read this silently to themselves, have one of them read out loud, or read it out loud yourself.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 1 Web Search What is qualitative data? 2 What is quantitative data? 3 What are ways to collect quantitative and qualitative data? 4 Thinking What are elements of the image that could be measured quantitatively? Describe the data and give examples of possible measurements. 5 What are elements of the image that could be measured qualitatively? Describe the data and give examples of possible measurements. There are a couple of ways to use this slide, depending on how much technology you have in your classroom. You can have students find answers on their own, divide them into teams to have them do all the questions competitively, or have each team find the answer to a different question and then come back together. If you’re doing teams, it is often wise to assign them roles (one person typing, one person who is in charge of sharing back the answer, etc.)

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 5 Minutes You can adjust this based on how much time you want to give kids. If a group isn’t able to answer in 5 minutes, you can give them the opportunity to update at the end of class or extend time.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 1 Web Search What is qualitative data? 2 What is quantitative data? 3 What are ways to collect quantitative and qualitative data? 4 Thinking What are elements of the image that could be measured quantitatively? Describe the data and give examples of possible measurements. 5 What are elements of the image that could be measured qualitatively? Describe the data and give examples of possible measurements. You can ask the students verbally or let one of them come up and insert the answer or show how they got it. This way, you also have a record that you can keep as a class and share with parents, others.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 1 Web Search What is qualitative data? (Possible Search Queries: “What is qualitative data?” “Examples of qualitative data” ) Sources: Regents Prep: http://regentsprep.org/REgents/math/ALGEBRA/AD1/qualquant.htm Qualitative data is that which can be observed but cannot be measured. Qualitative data focuses on descriptions such as color, texture, smell and other sensory elements that cannot be measured with numbers.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 2 Web Search What is quantitative data? (Possible Search Queries: “What is quantitative data?” “Examples of quantitative data” ) Sources: Regents Prep: http://regentsprep.org/REgents/math/ALGEBRA/AD1/qualquant.htm Qualitative data is that which can be measured in numbers. Examples of qualitative data would include the length, height or volume of an object. Sounds can measured in terms of their decibel level or other factors dealing with loudness. Other examples include: Time, temperature, distance, size, etc.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 3 Web Search What are ways to collect quantitative and qualitative data? (Possible Search Queries: “Methods of collecting qualitative and quantitative data,” “Ways of collecting qualitative data,” ) Sources: Know How Non Profit: http://knowhownonprofit.org/how-to/how-to-collect-qualitative-data-the-easy-way Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative_research Qualitative data may be collected by taking a photograph or video or audio recording of the subject. Other methods include interviewing people and/or having them give feedback in a variety of ways such as verbal or written. Focus groups are another way to gain qualitative data regarding a situation where there are many people involved and could be used to give feedback. Quantitative data may be conducted by observation or interaction in such a way that one is able to measure such things as temperature, distance, time etc. Quantitative data may also be collected through research by which the researcher is able to secure numerical or statistical data about a population, situation or other phenomena.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 4 Thinking What are elements of the image that could be measured quantitatively? Describe the data and give examples of possible measurements. Examples may include: Height from the bottom to the top of the canyon, or height across a variety of points of the canyon, temperature, precipitation, time of sunrise and/or sunset, humidity, etc. Examples of such possible data outcomes may included: height: 500 feet, Width: 3000 Yards or 1.5 miles, 116 degrees, 2 inches per year, 6:34 sunrise etc., 20% humidity.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. 5 Thinking What are elements of the image that could be measured qualitatively? Describe the data and give examples of possible measurements. The canyon could be photographed and videotaped with a variety of technology and other enhancements. Then various colors could be observed and determined, especially during sunrise and sunset. Also, animals and other living specimens could be observed recorded as living in the area. The texture of the plant life and various rock formations can be described as well. Possible examples include: Hues of violet and magenta are present in the sunset during the fall months, the Gila Monster has been observed living in the canyon floor, the various cacti living in the area have a smooth, non porous skin with long prickly points.

In science and math classes you need to look at qualitative and quantitative data. In this photo identify examples of qualitative and quantitative data and support your answer. This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.