WeatherBug Achieve lessons and tools enable Washington teachers to design lessons and activities using the interesting and relevant themes of weather as a window of opportunity to explore concepts in all subject areas. Live data engages student interest while tables, maps and graphs provide the foundation that connects the concepts and processes that enhance learning in all subject areas. WeatherBug Achieve aligns well with the Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements in Math and Science and defines learning through observation, analysis and interpretation, problem solving, critical thinking and justification of conclusions and methodology. These key processes operate across WeatherBug Achieve in Math and Science to provide all classrooms through grade 4 with the tools to enhance learning and boost student achievement. The use of technology in the classroom has been shown to be beneficial to students at these levels. Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 – Math WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 – Math Benchmark 1 - Grade 4 Math The student understands and applies the concepts and Lesson/Project Tools procedures of mathematics. Component 1.1 understand and apply concepts and Counting and Writing to 30! In English and procedures from number ...
WeatherBug Achieve lessons and tools enable Washington teachers to design lessons and activities using the interesting and relevant themes of weather as a window of opportunity to explore concepts in all subject areas. Live data engages student interest while tables, maps and graphs provide the foundation that connects the concepts and processes that enhance learning in all subject areas. WeatherBug Achieve aligns well with the Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements in Math and Science and defines learning through observation, analysis and interpretation, problem solving, critical thinking and justification of conclusions and methodology. These key processes operate across WeatherBug Achieve in Math and Science to provide all classrooms through grade 4 with the tools to enhance learning and boost student achievement. The use of technology in the classroom has been shown to be beneficial to students at these levels. Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math
Benchmark 1 - Grade 4 Math The student understands and a lies the conce ts and Lesson/Project procedures of mathematics. Component 1.1 understand and apply concepts and Counting and Writing to 30! In English and procedures from number sense Spanish, High and Low Pressure, Integer Skills, Simple Addition, Simple Multiplication, Simple Subtraction, Temperature and Bar Graphs, The Sun, Urban Heat Island Effect, Wind Chill
demonstrate understanding of whole and fractional Counting and Writing to 30! In English and numbers, and place value in whole numbers using objects, Spanish, Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction pictures, or symbols
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identify, compare, and order whole numbers and simple Counting and Writing to 30! In English and Weather Observations, fractions Spanish, Simple Multiplication, The Sun, Wind Weather Camera, Map Gallery Chill demonstrate an understanding of the properties of whole Simple Subtraction Weather Observations, numbers Weather Camera, Map Gallery
show understanding of whole number operations (+, -, x, Simple Addition, Simple Multiplication, Simple and /) using blocks, sticks, beans, pictures, symbols, etc. Subtraction
add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers High and Low Pressure, Integer Skills, Simple Weather Observations, Addition, Simple Multiplication, Simple Subtraction Weather Camera, Map Gallery
use mental arithmetic, pencil and paper, or calculator as Integer Skills, Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction, Weather Observations, appropriate to the task involving whole numbers Temperature and Bar Graphs Weather Camera, Map Gallery
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math identify situations involving whole numbers in which Urban Heat Island Effect estimation is useful
use estimation to predict computation results and to Urban Heat Island Effect determine the reasonableness of answers, for example, estimating a grocery bill Com onent 1.2 understand and a l conce ts and East Coast / West Coast United States , Evidence procedures from measurement of the Effects of Weather, Sahara Desert, Temperature, Temperature and Bar Graphs, The Blizzard, The Sun, Thermometers Measure Tem erature, Tornado Urban Heat Island Effect, Using Historical Weather Data, Wind Chill
use directly measurable attributes such as length, Sahara Desert, Temperature, Thermometers Weather Observations, perimeter, area, volume/capacity, angle, weight/mass, time, Measure Temperature, Urban Heat Island Effect, Weather Camera, Map Gallery money, and temperature to describe and compare objects Using Historical Weather Data, Wind Chill understand that measurement is approximate Sahara Desert, Temperature, Thermometers Weather Observations, Measure Temperature, Tornado, Urban Heat Weather Camera, Map Gallery Island Effect know when to estimate and use estimation to determine Urban Heat Island Effect, Using Historical Weather when measurements are reasonable, or to obtain Data approximations, for example, estimating the length of the playground by pacing it off understand appropriate units of measure for time, money, East Coast / West Coast (United States), Evidence Weather Observations, length, area, volume/capacity, weight/mass, and temperature of the Effects of Weather, Sahara Desert, Weather Camera, Map Gallery Temperature, Temperature and Bar Graphs, The Blizzard, The Sun, Thermometers Measure Temperature, Tornado Urban Heat Island Effect, Wind Chill
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math select and use appropriate tools for measuring time, East Coast / West Coast (United States), Sahara Weather Observations, money, length, area, volume, mass, and temperature Desert, Temperature, Thermometers Measure Weather Camera, Map Gallery Temperature, Urban Heat Island Effect, Wind Chill
Com onent 1.4 understand and a l conce ts and Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction, Bar Gra hs procedures from probability and statistics Using Light Data, Dew Point, Graphing and Inter retin Data Usin Line Gra hs, Hurricane!, Inte er Skills, Tem erature and Bar Gra hs, The Blizzard, Thermometers Measure Temperature, Usin a Number Line, Usin Historical Weather Data
collect data in an organized way Dew Point, Graphing and Interpreting Data Using Weather Observations, Line Graphs, Integer Skills, Using a Number Line Weather Camera, Map Gallery organize and display data in numerical and graphical Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction, Bar Graphs Weather Observations, forms such as tables, charts, pictographs, and bar graphs Using Light Data, Dew Point, Graphing and Weather Camera, Map Gallery Interpreting Data Using Line Graphs, Hurricane!, Temperature and Bar Graphs, The Blizzard, Using a Number Line, Using Historical Weather Data
understand measures of central tendency such as mean, Using Historical Weather Data Weather Observations, median, and mode in describing data Weather Camera, Map Gallery predict outcomes of simple activities and compare Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction, Thermometers predictions to experimental results Measure Temperature
The student uses mathematical reasoning. Component 3.1 analyze information
Lesson/ProjectConvertin Weather Parameters, Evidence of the Effects of Weather, Gra hin and Inter retin Data Using Line Graphs, Hurricane!
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math compare and interpret information in familiar situations Converting Weather Parameters, Evidence of the Weather Observations, Effects of Weather, Graphing and Interpreting Weather Camera, Map Gallery Data Using Line Graphs, Hurricane!
validate thinking using models, known facts, patterns, and Hurricane! relationshipsComponent 3.2 predict results Evidence of the Effects of Weather
make conjectures based on analysis of familiar problem Evidence of the Effects of Weather situations Component 3.3 draw conclusions and verify results Simple Addition
check for reasonableness of results Simple Addition
The student communicates knowled e and Lesson/Project understandin in both ever da and mathematical language. Component 4.1 gather information Rain Falls from the Sky develop and follow a simple plan for collecting information Rain Falls from the Sky
Component 4.3 represent and share information Rain Falls from the Sk , Tem erature and Bar Graphs
express ideas using mathematical language and notation Temperature and Bar Graphs such as physical or pictorial models, tables, charts, graphs, or symbols
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Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
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Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math explain or represent mathematical ideas and information Rain Falls from the Sky to familiar people for a given purpose The student understands how mathematical ideas Lesson/Project connect within mathematics, to other sub ect areas, and to real-life situations. Com onent 5.1 relate conce ts and rocedures within Hurricane!, Using a Number Line mathematics relate conceptual and procedural understandings among Hurricane!, Using a Number Line familiar mathematical content strands recognize equivalent mathematical models and Hurricane!, Using a Number Line representations in familiar situations Com onent 5.2 relate mathematical conce ts and Hurricane!, Using a Number Line procedures to other disciplines recognize mathematical patterns and ideas in familiar Hurricane!, Using a Number Line situations in other disciplines usemathematical thinking and modeling in familiar Hurricane!, Using a Number Line situations in other disciplines describe examples of contributions to the development of Hurricane!, Using a Number Line mathematics such as the contributions of women, men, and different cultures Component 5.3 relate mathematical concepts and East Coast / West Coast (United States), Evidence procedures to real-life situations of the Effects of Weather, Hurricane!, Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction, Using a Number Line
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math
give examples of how mathematics is used in everyday life
identify how mathematics is used in career settings
East Coast / West Coast (United States), Evidence of the Effects of Weather, Hurricane!, Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction, Using a Number Line
Evidence of the Effects of Weather, Hurricane!, Using a Number Line
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Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
understand the relationship among units within both the Converting Weather Parameters U.S. and metric systems
add, subtract, multiply, and divide non-negative fractions High and Low Pressure, Mean, Median, and Mode and decimals using rules for order of operation Component 1.2 understand and apply concepts and Converting Weather Parameters procedures from measurement understand the appropriate uses of standard units of Converting Weather Parameters measurement for both direct and indirect measurement
compare and order integers, fractions, and decimals High and Low Pressure
Benchmark 2 - Grade 7 Math The student understands and a lies the conce ts and Lesson/Project procedures of mathematics. Component 1.1 understand and apply concepts and High and Low Pressure, Mean, Median, and Mode procedures from number sense demonstrate understanding of integers, fractions, High and Low Pressure decimals, percents, place value of decimals, and properties of the rational number system using pictures and symbols
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math
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Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
Weather Observations, Weather Camera, Map Gallery
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math Component 1.4 understand and apply concepts and A Renewable Resource, Analyzing Graph and procedures from probability and statistics Image Data, Averaging Weather Data, Broken Line Graphs over Time, Calculus - Derivatives, Dew Point, Estimating Energy Consumption, Heating and Cooling Degree Days, Investigating Barometric Pressure, Mean, Median, and Mode, Moisture in the Air, Molecules on the Move, Predicting the Weather, Seasons and Light, Slope: As Data Changes , Standard Deviation, Summer Vacation, Sunrise/Sunset, Temperature Averaging, Using Wind Chill Factor, Weather Prediction, Weather Using Historical Data, Wind
know how to calculate numerical measures of chance for Summer Vacation simple events
understand procedures for counting outcomes to Analyzing Graph and Image Data, Calculus -determine probabilities Derivatives, Predicting the Weather, Summer Vacation, Sunrise/Sunset know how to conduct experiments and simulations and to Investigating Barometric Pressure compare results with mathematical expectations organize and display data in appropriate forms, such as Broken Line Graphs over Time, Heating and Weather Observations, frequency tables, circle graphs, and stem-and-leaf plots Cooling Degree Days Weather Camera, Map Gallery calculate and appropriately use range and measures of Averaging Weather Data, Broken Line Graphs Weather Observations, central tendency to describe data over Time, Calculus - Derivatives, Dew Point, Weather Camera, Map Gallery Estimating Energy Consumption, Heating and Cooling Degree Days, Mean, Median, and Mode, Predicting the Weather, Seasons and Light, Slope: As Data Changes , Tem perature Averaging, Using Wind Chill Factor, Weather Prediction
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math predict outcomes of experiments and simulations and A Renewable Resource, Analyzing Graph and Weather Observations, compare the predictions to experimental results Image Data, Averaging Weather Data, Calculus - Weather Camera, Map Gallery Derivatives, Estimating Energy Consumption, Molecules on the Move, Slope: As Data Changes , Standard Deviation, Sunrise/Sunset, Using Wind Chill Factor, Weather Prediction, Weather Using Historical Data, Wind
understand and make inferences based on analysis of experimental results, statistical data, and simple graphical representations
Com onent 1.5 understand and a l conce ts and procedures from algebraic sense
recognize, extend, and create patterns and sequences
A Renewable Resource, Analyzing Graph and Weather Observations, Image Data, Averaging Weather Data, Broken Weather Camera, Map Gallery Line Graphs over Time, Calculus - Derivatives, Dew Point, Estimating Energy Consumption, Heating and Cooling Degree Days, Investigating Barometric Pressure, Mean, Median, and Mode, Moisture in the Air, Predicting the Weather, Seasons and Light, Slope: As Data Changes , Standard Deviation, Summer Vacation, Sunrise/Sunset, Temperature Averaging, Using Wind Chill Factor
Anal zin Gra h and Ima e Data, Broken Line Gra hs over Time, Calculus - Derivatives, Dew Point, Estimating Energy Consumption, Slope: As Data Chan es , Standa rd Deviation, Usin Wind Chill Factor, Wind
Slope: As Data Changes , Standard Deviation, Weather Observations, Using Wind Chill Factor Weather Camera, Map Gallery
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation Washington Essential Academic Learning Requirements Benchmarks 1, 2, 3 Math represent and describe patterns with tables, graphs, and Analyzing Graph and Image Data, Broken Line Weather Observations, rules Graphs over Time, Calculus - Derivatives, Dew Weather Camera, Map Gallery Point, Estimating Energy Consumption, Slope: As Data Changes , Standa rd Deviation, Using Wind Chill Factor, Wind
use variables to write simple expressions, equations, and Calculus- Derivatives, Slope: As Data Changes , inequalities, for example, 3x > 18 Standard Deviation, Using Wind Chill Factor
evaluate expressions and formulas
solve single-variable equations
The student uses mathematical reasoning. Component 3.1 analyze information
Calculus - Derivatives, Slope: As Data Changes , Standard Deviation, Using Wind Chill Factor
Slope: As Data Changes , Using Wind Chill Factor
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Lesson/ProjectAnal zin Gra h and Ima e Data, Convertin Weather Parameters, Predictin the Weather, Seasons and Li ht, T es of Clouds, Weather Using Historical Data, Wind compare, contrast, and interpret information from a variety Analyzing Graph and Image Data, Converting Weather Observations, of sources Weather Parameters, Predicting the Weather, Weather Camera, Map Gallery Seasons and Light, Types of Clouds, Weather Using Historical Data, Wind
validate thinking and mathematical ideas using models, Types of Clouds known facts, patterns, relationships, and counter-examples
Component 3.2 predict results
Analyzing Graph and Image Data, Molecules on the Move, Predicting the Weather, Types of Clouds, Weather Using Historical Data, Wind