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: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.3 Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.5CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.5 Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).

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3. Like many other wild animals, the fox has learned to survive alongside humans. In places where human development encroaches on the fox’s habitat, it’s not unusual to see foxes in decidedly non-woodland environs. This red fox, however, enjoys the natural life on Îles-de-Boucherville National Park, a park comprising five islands in the St. Lawrence River just north of Montreal, Canada. Within the park, the foxes likely don’t need to scavenge for food left behind by the many people who visit. Even in winter, foxes are excellent hunters, using their incredible sense of hearing and smell to locate prey, even beneath the snow. Do animals laugh like we do?

4. 1 Thinking/W eb Search Why do you think people laugh? What else could laughter indicate? 2 Web Search Some scientists believe animals may laugh because of the health benefits involved in laughing. What is an example of a health benefit caused by laughing in humans? 3 Web Search Some scientists consider laughing to be a social signal. What is a social signal and what do they mean by this? How might this be true (or not) for animals as well? 4 Video/Web Search Find a video of an animal laughing and then conduct a search about why this kind of animal might laugh. Are they laughing for the same reason that people laugh? 5 Web Search Do animals laugh because something is funny? What are some other reasons they might laugh? Do animals laugh like we do?

5. 5 Minutes Do animals laugh like we do?

6. 1 Thinking/W eb Search Why do you think people laugh? What else could laughter indicate? 2 Web Search Some scientists believe animals may laugh because of the health benefits involved in laughing. What is an example of a health benefit caused by laughing in humans? 3 Web Search Some scientists consider laughing to be a social signal. What is a social signal and what do they mean by this? How might this be true (or not) for animals as well? 4 Video/Web Search Find a video of an animal laughing and then conduct a search about why this kind of animal might laugh. Are they laughing for the same reason that people laugh? 5 Web Search Do animals laugh because something is funny? What are some other reasons they might laugh? Do animals laugh like we do?

7. 1 Thinking/W eb Search Why do you think people laugh? What else could laughter indicate? Do animals laugh like we do?

8. 2 Web Search Some scientists believe animals may laugh because of the health benefits involved in laughing. What is an example of a health benefit caused by laughing in humans? Do animals laugh like we do?

9. 3 Web Search Some scientists consider laughing to be a social signal. What is a social signal and what do they mean by this? How might this be true (or not) for animals as well? Do animals laugh like we do?

10. 4 Video/Web Search Find a video of an animal laughing and then conduct a search about why this kind of animal might laugh. Are they laughing for the same reason that people laugh? Do animals laugh like we do?

11. 5 Web Search Do animals laugh because something is funny? What are some other reasons they might laugh? Do animals laugh like we do?