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: English Language Arts 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. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.9-10.1 Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts, attending to the precise details of explanations or descriptions.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? © Wild Wonders of Europe/Lundgren/Corbis 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.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? The Silfra is a deep rift between the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates – it just happens to be in Thingvellir Lake in Iceland. And with the lake’s clear water, supplied by glacial melt, it’s easy for divers to swim down into the Silfra and get amazing photographs like this. Thingvellir Lake and the eponymous park surrounding the lake are part of Iceland’s “Golden Circle” of natural wonders. Adventure seekers can start the loop from Reykjavík and see geysers, waterfalls, hot springs, and Thingvellir’s rift valley all in less than 200 miles of travel. 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.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 1 Image Search Use Bing Images to locate where the tectonic plates are located on the globe. 2 Video Search Locate a video that defines and illustrates the tectonic plates and their movement. 3 Web Search Identify some geographic locations that are defined by the movement of the tectonic plates. 4 What is polar wandering and what effect might it have on the earth’s geography? 5 Thinking If a fault line were to be placed (or removed) from your geographic region, how might this affect your local geography? 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.)

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 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.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 1 Image Search Use Bing Images to locate where the tectonic plates are located on the globe. 2 Video Search Locate a video that defines and illustrates the tectonic plates and their movement. 3 Web Search Identify some geographic locations that are defined by the movement of the tectonic plates. 4 What is polar wandering and what effect might it have on the earth’s geography? 5 Thinking If a fault line were to be placed (or removed) from your geographic region, how might this affect your local geography? 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.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 1 Image Search Use Bing Images to locate where the tectonic plates are located on the globe. (Possible Search Queries: “tectonic plates”, “tectonic plate effects”) Sources: http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608030368471384625&pid=1.7 http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WXiSYjPkqig/TVsSayGggqI/AAAAAAAAAAc/NRyt63GHK0c/s1600/plate+tectonics.jpg http://www.mbari.org/staff/oreilly/schoolPresentation/seafloor/plates.gif

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 2 Video Search Locate a video that defines and illustrates the tectonic plates and their movement. (Possible Search Queries: “tectonic plate movement”, “tectonic plates”) Sources BBC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryrXAGY1dmE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYVS_Yh6dTk

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 3 Web Search Identify some geographic locations that are defined by the movement of the tectonic plates. (Possible Search Queries: “geography tectonic plates”, “tectonic plates geography”, “tectonic plates formations”, “ocean geography tectonic plates”) Sources National Geographic: http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/earth/the-dynamic-earth/plate-tectonics-article/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate_tectonics Mountain Nature:http://www.mountainnature.com/Geology/platetectonics.htm National Geographic: http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/media/plate-tectonics/?ar_a=1 The Himalayan mountain range are assumed to be the result of two plates colliding. Some others include: The Silfra Rift Rocky Mountains Mediterranean island of Cyprus

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 4 Web Search What is polar wandering and what effect might it have on the earth’s geography? (Possible Search Queries: “polar wandering”, “polar wandering geography impact”) Sources Britannica: http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/467063/polar-wandering Nature.com: http://www.nature.com/news/polar-wander-linked-to-climate-change-1.12994 Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataclysmic_pole_shift_hypothesis The magnetic poles have shifted over time. It is hypothesized that this can impact tectonic activity which would impact geological formations. Polar wandering causes a shift in the polar ice sheets. Global warming may be contributing to the effect of polar wandering.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? 5 Thinking If a fault line were to be placed (or removed) from your geographic region, how might this affect your local geography? Answers will vary. Students should justify their reasoning with sources.

What are the tectonic plates effects on geography? This slide is a chance to summarize the information from the previous slides to build your final answer to the question.