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 lives in New York City. She works in the Youth Services Department at the Educational Alliance as the Assistant Director for Higher Education Initiatives, where she specifically oversees college prep programming for high school seniors, and academic enrichment programming for middle school students. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access programming at Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania. 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. This fall, she will begin her doctoral studies in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to her 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. Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests? © Roman Mordashev/500px

3. The common iguana is sometimes called the green iguana, despite bearing a variety of colors in the wild. Native to the forests of Central and South America, these reptiles spend much of their daylight hours gobbling up fruit and other plant matter. Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

4. 1 Image Search Find an image that shows a map of Central and South America. 2 Image Search Find images of rainforests to see how dynamic this environment is 3 Web SearchWhat is a rainforest? 4 Web Search What are a few well-known rainforests in Central and South America? Are rainforests found in other places outside of Central and South America? 5 Web Search Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

5. 5 Minutes Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

6. 1 Image Search Find an image that shows a map of Central and South America. 2 Image Search Find images of rainforests to see how dynamic this environment is 3 Web SearchWhat is a rainforest? 4 Web Search What are a few well-known rainforests in Central and South America? Are rainforests found in other places outside of Central and South America? 5 Web Search Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

7. 1 Image Search Find an image that shows a map of Central and South America. Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

8. 2 Image Search Find images of rainforests to see how dynamic this environment is Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

9. 3 Web SearchWhat is a rainforest? Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

10. 4 Web Search What are a few well-known rainforests in Central and South America? Are rainforests found in other places outside of Central and South America? Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?

11. 5 Web Search Why are rainforests important? What are major threats to the existence of rainforests?