WeatherBug Achieve lessons and tools enable Indiana 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 Indiana Academic Standards 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 K-5 with the tools to enhance learning and boost student
achievement.
Kindergarten – 5
th
Grade
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Kindergarten
Math
Number Sense
Indicator K.1.2
Compare sets of up to ten objects and identify whether
one set is equal to, more than, or less than another.
Indicator K.1.3
Know that larger numbers describe sets with more
objects in them than sets described by smaller numbers.
Indicator K.1.6
Count, recognize, represent, name, and order a number
of objects (up to 10).
Indicator K.1.8
Use correctly the words one/many, none/some/all,
more/less, and most/least.
Indicator K.1.9
Record and organize information using objects and
pictures.
Computation
Indicator K.2.2
Model subtraction by removing objects from sets (for
numbers less than 10).
Measurement
Indicator K.5.1
Make direct comparisons of the length, capacity, weight,
and temperature of objects and recognize which object is shorter, longer,
taller, lighter, heavier, warmer, cooler or holds more.
Lesson/Project
Simple Subtraction, Tornado
Tools
Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction
Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction
Tornado
Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction,
Tornado
Lesson/Project
Simple Subtraction
Lesson/Project
Temperature, Thermometers Measure
Temperature
Tools
Tools
Map Gallery
Science
The Nature of Science and Technology
Category
Scientific Inquiry
Lesson/Project
Amy Goes on Vacation, Flash Floods,
The Polar Bear and Weather, The Sun,
Venus
Indicator K.1.1
Amy Goes on Vacation, Flash Floods,
The Polar Bear and Weather, The Sun,
Venus
Raise questions about the natural world.
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Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
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Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Scientific Thinking
Category
Computation and Estimation
Indicator K.2.1
Use whole numbers, up to 10, in counting, identifying,
sorting, and describing objects and experiences.
The Physical Setting
Category
Forces of Nature
Indicator K.3.2
Investigate that things move in different ways such as
fast, slow, etc.
The Living Environment
Category
Diversity of Life
Indicator K.4.2
Observe plants and animals, describing how they are
alike and how they are different in the way they look and in the things they
do.
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Lesson/Project
The Polar Bear and Weather
The Polar Bear and Weather
Tools
Lesson/Project
Tornado, Windy Days
Tornado, Windy Days
Tools
Lesson/Project
Sahara Desert, The Polar Bear and
Weather
Sahara Desert, The Polar Bear and
Weather
Weather Camera
Tools
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Grade 1
Math
Number Sense
Indicator 1.1.1
Lesson/Project
Simple Subtraction
Count, read, and write whole numbers up to 100.
Indicator 1.1.2
Count and group objects in ones and tens.
Indicator 1.1.3
Identify the number of tens and ones in numbers less
than 100.
Indicator 1.1.4
Name the number that is one more than or one less than
any number up to 100.
Indicator 1.1.10
Represent, compare, and interpret data using pictures
and picture graphs.
Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction
Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction
Computation
Indicator 1.2.1
Show the meaning of addition (putting together,
increasing) using objects.
Lesson/Project
Simple Addition
Indicator 1.2.2
Show the meaning of subtraction (taking away,
comparing, finding the difference) using objects.
Simple Subtraction
Measurement
Indicator 1.5.2
Use different units to measure the length of the same
object and predict whether the measure will be greater or smaller when a
different unit is used.
Lesson/Project
Temperature, Thermometers Measure
Temperature
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Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Simple Addition
Simple Addition, Simple Subtraction
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Indicator 1.5.5
Compare and order objects according to area, capacity,
weight, and temperature, using direct comparison or a non-standard unit.
Temperature, Thermometers Measure
Temperature
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Science
The Nature of Science and Technology
Category
Scientific Inquiry
Indicator 1.1.1
Observe, describe, draw, and sort objects carefully to
learn about them.
Indicator 1.1.2
Investigate and make observations to seek answers to
questions about the world, such as “In what ways do animals move?”
Lesson/Project
Amy Goes on Vacation, The Polar Bear
and Weather
Amy Goes on Vacation
Amy Goes on Vacation, The Polar Bear
and Weather
The Physical Setting
Category
The Earth and the Processes That Shape It
Indicator 1.3.1
Recognize and explain that water can be a liquid or a
solid and can go back and forth from one form to the other. Investigate by
observing that if water is turned into ice and then the ice is allowed to melt,
the amount of water is the same as it was before freezing.
Indicator 1.3.2
Investigate by observing and then describing that water
left in an open container disappears, but water in a closed container does
not disappear.
Category
Forces of Nature
Indicator 1.3.4
Investigate by observing and then describe how things
move in many different ways, such as straight, zigzag, round-and-round,
and back-and-forth.
Lesson/Project
The Water Cycle
The Water Cycle
The Living Environment
Category
Diversity of Life
Indicator 1.4.2
Observe and describe that there can be differences,
such as size or markings, among the individuals within one kind of plant or
animal group.
Lesson/Project
The Polar Bear and Weather
The Polar Bear and Weather
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Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
The Water Cycle
Tornado
Tornado
Tools
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
The Mathematical World
Category
Numbers
Indicator 1.5.2
Make and use simple picture graphs to tell about
observations.
Lesson/Project
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
Common Themes
Category
Constancy and Change
Indicator 1.6.2
Observe that and describe how certain things change in
some ways and stay the same in others, such as in their color, size, and
weight.
Lesson/Project
Amy Goes on Vacation
Amy Goes on Vacation
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Tools
Weather
Observations, Map
Gallery
Tools
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Grade 2
Math
Computation
Indicator 2.2.2
regrouping.
Measurement
Indicator 2.5.8
and Fahrenheit.
Add two whole numbers less than 100 with and without
Estimate temperature. Read a thermometer in Celsius
Lesson/Project
Simple Addition
Lesson/Project
Temperature, Thermometers Measure
Temperature
Tools
Tools
Weather Observations
Science
The Physical Setting
Category
The Earth and the Processes That Shape It
Indicator 2.3.1
Investigate by observing and then describe that some
events in nature have a repeating pattern such as seasons, day and night,
and migrations.
Lesson/Project
Flash Floods, The Polar Bear and
Weather, The Sun, The Water Cycle,
Weather In a Picture
The Sun, Weather In a Picture
Indicator 2.3.2
Investigate, compare, and describe weather changes
from day to day but recognize, describe, and chart that the temperature and
amounts of rain or snow tend to be high, medium, or low in the same
months every year.
Flash Floods, The Sun, The Water
Cycle, Weather In a Picture
Indicator 2.3.4
Investigate by observing and then describe how animals
and plants sometimes cause changes in their surroundings.
The Polar Bear and Weather
The Living Environment
Category
Diversity of Life
Indicator 2.4.1
Observe and identify different external features of plants
and animals and describe how these features help them live in different
environments.
Lesson/Project
Sahara Desert
Sahara Desert
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Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Common Themes
Category
Constancy and Change
Indicator 2.6.3
Describe that things can change in different ways, such
as in size, weight, color, age, and movement. Investigate that some small
changes can be detected by taking measurements.
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Lesson/Project
Flash Floods
Flash Floods
Tools
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Grade 3
Math
Computation
Indicator 3.2.7
Use estimation to decide whether answers are
reasonable in addition and subtraction problems.
Lesson/Project
Simple Subtraction
Measurement
Indicator 3.5.8
Lesson/Project
Sahara Desert, Temperature,
Thermometers Measure Temperature
Compare temperatures in Celsius and Fahrenheit.
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Science
The Physical Setting
Category
The Earth and the Processes That Shape It
Indicator 3.3.5
Give examples of how change, such as weather
patterns, is a continual process occurring on Earth.
Lesson/Project
Tornado, Weather In a Picture
Tornado, Weather In a Picture
Indicator 3.3.6
Describe ways human beings protect themselves from
adverse weather conditions.
Tornado, Weather In a Picture
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Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Grade 4
Math
Number Sense
Indicator 4.1.1
Lesson/Project
Counting and Writing to 30! In English
and Spanish
Read and write whole numbers up to 1,000,000.
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
Indicator 4.1.2
Identify and write whole numbers up to 1,000,000, given
a place-value model.
Counting and Writing to 30! In English
and Spanish
Computation
Indicator 4.2.2
Represent as multiplication any situation involving
repeated addition.
Lesson/Project
Simple Multiplication
Indicator 4.2.4
Demonstrate mastery of the multiplication tables for
numbers between 1 and 10 and of the corresponding division facts.
Simple Multiplication
Data Analysis and Probability
Indicator 4.6.1
Represent data on a number line and in tables, including
frequency tables.
Lesson/Project
Bar Graphs Using Light Data, Graphing
and Interpreting Data Using Line
Graphs, Last Week's Weather,
Precipitation, Using a Number Line
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Indicator 4.6.2
situation.
Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction, Bar
Graphs Using Light Data, Graphing and
Interpreting Data Using Line Graphs,
Last Week's Weather, Precipitation,
Temperature and Bar Graphs
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera
Interpret data graphs to answer questions about a
Indicator 4.6.3
Summarize and display the results of probability
experiments in a clear and organized way.
Last Week's Weather
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WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Problem Solving
Indicator 4.7.4
Use a variety of methods, such as words, numbers,
symbols, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, tools, and models to solve
problems, justify arguments, and make conjectures.
Lesson/Project
Temperature and Bar Graphs, Using
Historical Weather Data
Indicator 4.7.7
Know and use appropriate methods for estimating results
of whole-number computations.
Using Historical Weather Data
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Science
Scientific Thinking
Category
Communication Skills
Indicator 4.2.4
Use numerical data to describe and compare objects and
events.
Lesson/Project
Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction
Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction
Indicator 4.2.5
Write descriptions of investigations, using observations
and other evidence as support for explanations.
Air Pressure - A Basic Introduction
The Physical Setting
Category
The Earth and the Processes That Shape It
Lesson/Project
Evidence of the Effects of Weather,
Hurricane!, The Blizzard, The Sun
Hurricane!, The Blizzard
Indicator 4.3.2
Begin to investigate and explain that air is a substance
that surrounds us, takes up space, and whose movements we feel as wind.
Indicator 4.3.4
Describe some of the effects of oceans on climate.
Indicator 4.3.5
Describe how waves, wind, water, and glacial ice shape
and reshape Earth’s land surface by the erosion of rock and soil in some
areas and depositing them in other areas.
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Evidence of the Effects of Weather,
Hurricane!
Evidence of the Effects of Weather, The
Blizzard
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Map Gallery
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Indicator 4.3.8
Explain that the rotation of Earth on its axis every 24
hours produces the night-and-day cycle.
The Sun
Indicator 4.3.9
Draw or correctly select drawings of shadows and their
direction and length at different times of day.
Category
Matter and Energy
Indicator 4.3.11
Investigate, observe, and explain that things that give
off light often also give off heat.
The Sun
Common Themes
Category
Systems
Indicator 4.6.1
Demonstrate that in an object consisting of many parts,
the parts usually influence or interact with one another.
Category
Constancy and Change
Indicator 4.6.4
Observe and describe that some features of things may
stay the same even when other features change.
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Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Weather Camera
What is a Thunderstorm?
What is a Thunderstorm?
Lesson/Project
Rainbows
Rainbows
Effects of Cloud Cover on Temperature,
Evidence of the Effects of Weather,
Hurricane!, Rainbows
Effects of Cloud Cover on Temperature,
Evidence of the Effects of Weather,
Hurricane!, Rainbows
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Tools
WeatherBug Achieve Standards Correlation
Indiana Academic Standards
Kindergarten – 5th Grade
Grade 5
Math
Number Sense
Indicator 5.1.1
Convert between numbers in words and numbers in
figures, for numbers up to millions and decimals to thousandths.
Computation
Indicator 5.2.1
Solve problems involving multiplication and division of
any whole numbers.
Data Analysis and Probability
Indicator 5.6.1
Explain which types of displays are appropriate for
various sets of data.
Lesson/Project
Counting and Writing to 30! In English
and Spanish
Lesson/Project
Simple Multiplication
Indicator 5.6.2
Find the mean, median, mode, and range of a set of data
and describe what each does and does not tell about the data set.
Problem Solving
Indicator 5.7.1
Analyze problems by identifying relationships, telling
relevant from irrelevant information, sequencing and prioritizing information,
and observing patterns.
Last Week's Weather, Using Historical
Weather Data
Lesson/Project
Bar Graphs Using Light Data
Indicator 5.7.2
Decide when and how to break a problem into simpler
parts.
Indicator 5.7.6
Know and apply appropriate methods for estimating
results of rational-number computations.
Bar Graphs Using Light Data
Lesson/Project
Last Week's Weather, Precipitation,
Temperature and Bar Graphs, Using
Historical Weather Data
Tools
Tools
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Weather Observations
Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera,
Map Gallery
Using Historical Weather Data
Science
The Physical Setting
Category
The Earth and the Processes That Shape It
Indicator 5.3.5
Observe and explain that clouds and fog are made of
tiny droplets of water.
Lesson/Project
The Sun, Three General Cloud Types
Three General Cloud Types
Indicator 5.3.6
Demonstrate that things on or near Earth are pulled
toward it by Earth’s gravity.
The Sun
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Tools
Weather
Observations,
Weather Camera
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Kindergarten – 5th Grade
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