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

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3. In winter, portions of the Beaufort Sea freeze up, providing more hunting territory for polar bears that live in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). Apparently, it’s pretty good napping territory, too. If you’re the alpha predator in town, it’s your prerogative to nap out here in the open, especially today, on International Polar Bear Day. The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, established in 1960, spans more than 19 million acres of untouched wilderness in the northeast corner of Alaska. Since 1977, oil companies have sparked controversy by lobbying for permission to drill in the area’s coastal plain, a narrow strip between the mountains of the Brooks Range and the Arctic Ocean. The area is estimated to hold more than 10 billion barrels of oil. Opponents of drilling say it would threaten the land and animals within ANWR’s boundaries. No roads lead into the ANWR region, and no roads connect the few Inuit settlements within. That means it’s still a pristine habitat for roughly 250 species of mammals, birds, and fish. The dozens of mammal species who call the refuge home include Dahl sheep, wolves, muskox, brown bears, and, of course, polar bears. Within the refuge area, some 1,500 polar bears range (and nap) out of an estimated 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide. Main Critical Thinking Question

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