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 the Microsoft Educator Network. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomMicrosoft Educator Network 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, take a Skype lesson on today’s topic, or invite a guest speaker to expand on today’s subject. And if you are using Windows 8, the panoramas in the MSN Travel App are great teaching tools. We have thousands of other education apps available on Windows here. Skype in the Classroom another class take a Skype lesson invite a guest speaker MSN Travel App here 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.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.4Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).

2. © Matthew Kuhns/Tandem Stills + Motion © Dave Yoder/Corbis Why are so many people concerned about endangered species? © George Steinmetz/Corbis

3. Cave explorers have been dropping into Alabama’s Neversink Pit for years. Its limestone walls reach 162 feet to the bottom and are covered in lush ferns, including some rare and endangered species, lending the open-air pit a jungle- like atmosphere. Since 1995, Neversink Pit has been owned and maintained by the Southeastern Cave Conservancy, a nonprofit organization that works to protect caves in the southeastern United States. Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

4. 1 Web Search What is an endangered species? 2 Web Search What conditions may lead to the extinction of a species? 3 Web Search Name at least five animals that are recently extinct. 4 Web Search Name at least five animals that are approaching extinction. 5 Thinking Would you count humans among species that are approaching extinction? Why or why not? Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

5. 5 Minutes Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

6. 1 Web Search What is an endangered species? 2 Web Search What conditions may lead to the extinction of a species? 3 Web Search Name at least five animals that are recently extinct. 4 Web Search Name at least five animals that are approaching extinction. 5 Thinking Would you count humans among species that are approaching extinction? Why or why not? Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

7. 1 Web Search What is an endangered species? Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

8. 2 Web Search What conditions may lead to the extinction of a species? Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

9. 3 Web Search Name at least five animals that are recently extinct. Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

10. 4 Web Search Name at least five animals that are approaching extinction. Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?

11. 5 Thinking Would you count humans among species that are approaching extinction? Why or why not? Why are so many people concerned about endangered species?