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 Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. 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. In addition to her studies and 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.8.1CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.1Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.2Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.3Analyze how a text makes connections among and distinctions between individuals, ideas, or events (e.g., through comparisons, analogies, or categories). CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.8.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including analogies or allusions to other texts.

2. © Michael Poliza/Getty Images What makes an animal “intelligent”?

3. The African bush elephant is the largest living land mammal on Earth. Lucky for us, they’re vegetarians. Adult African elephants have no predators aside from humans, though lions and crocodiles will sometimes attack newborns and calves. Poaching remains the greatest threat to elephant populations. Scientists are using the animal’s well-documented intelligence as part of their effort to dissuade hunting of the beasts. It’s thought that elephant intellect is on par with chimpanzees and dolphins. Observations in the wild net new discoveries all the time about elephant cognition and social behavior. What makes an animal “intelligent”?

4. 1 Thinking Do you have a pet? Do you consider your pet intelligent? What about its behavior do you think would make them intelligent? 2 Web SearchWhat do scientists mean by “animal cognition”? 3 Web Search What areas do scientists study in order to determine an animal’s level of intelligence? 4 Web Search Find two animals that scientists consider intelligent. What characteristics of the animals do scientist identify that make the animal intelligent? 5 Thinking What makes a human intelligent? What are the similarities and differences between what signifies intelligence in an animal and signifiers of intelligence in a human? What makes an animal “intelligent”?

5. 5 Minutes What makes an animal “intelligent”?

6. 1 Thinking Do you have a pet? Do you consider your pet intelligent? What about its behavior do you think would make them intelligent? 2 Web SearchWhat do scientists mean by “animal cognition”? 3 Web Search What areas do scientists study in order to determine an animal’s level of intelligence? 4 Web Search Find two animals that scientists consider intelligent. What characteristics of the animals do scientist identify that make the animal intelligent? 5 Thinking What makes a human intelligent? What are the similarities and differences between what signifies intelligence in an animal and signifiers of intelligence in a human? What makes an animal “intelligent”?

7. 1 Thinking Do you have a pet? Do you consider your pet intelligent? What about its behavior do you think would make them intelligent? What makes an animal “intelligent”?

8. 2 Web SearchWhat do scientists mean by “animal cognition”? What makes an animal “intelligent”?

9. 3 Web Search What areas do scientists study in order to determine an animal’s level of intelligence? What makes an animal “intelligent”?

10. 4 Web Search Find two animals that scientists consider intelligent. What characteristics of the animals do scientist identify that make the animal intelligent? What makes an animal “intelligent”?

11. 5 Thinking What makes a human intelligent? What are the similarities and differences between what signifies intelligence in an animal and signifiers of intelligence in a human? What makes an animal “intelligent”?