1. Happy Computer Science Education Week! By 2020, it is estimated that one million computer science jobs will go unfilled because there are not enough students graduating with the right technical skills. But there’s a way you can help. Code.orgCode.org is teaming up with Skype in the classroom to help introduce students to articulate and passionate technology professionals around the world. We want to give teachers and educators a better understanding of the various jobs available in the tech industry. If you’re one of the 100 million participating in Hour of Code this week, inviting a CS Guest Speaker into your classroom is a great way to extend the conversation beyond Computer Science Education Week, and bring a computer science career to life for your students.Skype in the classroom Check it out here: https://education.skype.com/computersciencehttps://education.skype.com/computerscience Here are a few comments on the program so far: From a student in Lebanon, Missouri… From a teacher in Clarion, Iowa… I think today's conversation was spectacular. Here's why: these students were able to network with someone that works for an organization that they idolize. And you are a real person that had a very real, non-scripted, conversation. From the "Why did you name the XBox One..." to "How do you feel about the Seahawks this year?" In my world, this was their first real 'networking' experience, and you brought that all home by your ending statements about attitude and just being a solid person because it all works out in the end. These are the experiences that students need in the classroom and I love providing them.

2. 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: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.3 Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.5 Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.2.7 Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text.

3. This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist? © Robert Hodgin

4. To celebrate Computer Science Education Week, we bring to you some computer-generated art created by Robert Hodgin, a self-described “artist/coder.” Hodgin graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture and then went on to co-create a new computer coding framework called Cinder. Much of Hodgin’s work falls into the realm of “creative coding” – programming for artistic expression rather than pure functionality. Hodgin’s interests in physics and astronomy led him to create a “flow field” simulation that he calls “Addition Subtraction.” It emulates the movements and velocity of particles reacting to forces that attract and repulse – similar to the way objects in our galaxy move in response to gravity (attraction) and orbital movements (repulsion). In this image, the Addition Subtraction simulator is swirling around tens of thousands of particles, which react to the attraction or repulsion of forces placed within the field. It’s sort of like moving a magnet underneath a piece of paper that’s covered in iron shavings. We may not all get to Hodgin’s level of coding, but Computer Science Education Week is a great way to get yourself, or any students you know, interested in how our high tech devices do what they do. This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

5. 1 Image Search If you look online for pictures of people in environments without gravity, what do you notice? How would you describe these environments? 2 Video Search Find a short video online that explains what gravity is. Can you use your own words to explain what you learned to a friend? 3 Web Search/Thin king Can you demonstrate the force of gravity using an object that’s around you? 4 Web SearchCan you find an example of gravity in our solar system? 5 Web Search/Thin king Gravity causes items of different weights to fall to the ground at different speeds. Can you find two objects in your classroom that demonstrate this and create a rule for gravity based on their example? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

6. 5 Minutes This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

7. 1 Image Search If you look online for pictures of people in environments without gravity, what do you notice? How would you describe these environments? 2 Video Search Find a short video online that explains what gravity is. Can you use your own words to explain what you learned to a friend? 3 Web Search/Thin king Can you demonstrate the force of gravity using an object that’s around you? 4 Web SearchCan you find an example of gravity in our solar system? 5 Web Search/Thin king Gravity causes items of different weights to fall to the ground at different speeds. Can you find two objects in your classroom that demonstrate this and create a rule for gravity based on their example? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

8. 1 Image Search If you look online for pictures of people in environments without gravity, what do you notice? How would you describe these environments? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

9. 2 Video Search Find a short video online that explains what gravity is. Can you use your own words to explain what you learned to a friend? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

10. 3 Web Search/Thin king Can you demonstrate the force of gravity using an object that’s around you? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

11. 4 Web SearchCan you find an example of gravity in our solar system? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?

12. 5 Web Search/Thin king Gravity causes items of different weights to fall to the ground at different speeds. Can you find two objects in your classroom that demonstrate this and create a rule for gravity based on their example? This picture was inspired by gravity and orbital movements in our galaxy. What is gravity and how would the classroom around you be different if it didn’t exist?