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 our Partners In Learning site. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomPartners 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 Nell Bang-Jensen is a teacher and theater artist living in Philadelphia, PA. Her passion for arts education has led her to a variety of roles including developing curriculum for Philadelphia Young Playwrights and teaching at numerous theaters and schools around the city. She works with playwrights from ages four to ninety on developing new work and is especially interested in alternative literacies and theater for social change. A graduate of Swarthmore College, she currently works in the Artistic Department of the Wilma Theater and, in addition to teaching, is a freelance actor and dramaturg. In 2011, Nell was named a Thomas J. Watson Fellow and spent her fellowship year traveling to seven countries studying how people get their names. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Number & Operations—Fractions CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1CCSS.Math.Content.3.NF.A.1 Understand a fraction 1/b as the quantity formed by 1 part when a whole is partitioned into b equal parts; understand a fraction a/b as the quantity formed by a parts of size 1/b. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3.aCCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3.a Understand addition and subtraction of fractions as joining and separating parts referring to the same whole. CCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3.dCCSS.Math.Content.4.NF.B.3.d Solve word problems involving addition and subtraction of fractions referring to the same whole and having like denominators, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.

2. Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to? © Corbis Motion

3. Mountain goats are not native to Colorado’s Mount Evans. During the late 1950s and early ‘60s, roughly a dozen were introduced to the area. Since then, their numbers were bolstered by the introduction of additional goats. Nature took its course and current estimates put the mountain goat population on Mount Evans at nearly 100. Mount Evans is a “fourteener” – one of 53 peaks in the state with an elevation higher than 14,000 feet. It’s also just a few miles beyond the outskirts of Denver, which makes it a popular daytrip destination. Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

4. 1 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners are there? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 2 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Washington have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 3 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does California have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 4 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Colordao have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 5 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Alaska have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

5. 5 Minutes Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

6. 1 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners are there? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 2 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Washington have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 3 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does California have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 4 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Colordao have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? 5 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Alaska have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

7. 1 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners are there? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

8. 2 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Washington have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

9. 3 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does California have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

10. 4 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Colordao have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?

11. 5 Web Search/Thin king How many fourteeners does Alaska have? What part of the fraction would this number represent? Four states can boast having “fourteeners” in them. What fraction of the total number can each of these states lay claim to?