Core Curriculum Content Standards for Students with
Severe Disabilities
Science List of Standards
STANDARD 5.7
Cumulative Progress Indicators
1. Identify characteristics of plants and animals
encountered in everyday life.
Revised Cumulative Progress
Indicators (CCCS, 2002)
Grade 2: 5.5.2A1,A2; 5.5.2B1;5.5.2C1
2. Identify similarities and differences in plants
and animals.
Revised Cumulative Progress
Indicators (CCCS, 2002)
Grade 2: 5.5.2A2
Grade 4: 5.5.4A2-3; 5.5.4B1;
5.5.4B2
Grade 6: 5.5.6B1-2
Grade 8: 5.5.8B1
3. Demonstrate understanding of changes that
occur in plants and animals over time
(e.g., changes from infancy
to adulthood).
Revised Cumulative Progress
Indicators (CCCS, 2002)
Grade 4: 5.5.4C1
Grade 6: 5.5.6C1;5.5.6B2
Grade 8: 5.5.8B2
