Proficiency Standards End of Grade Six (Elementary) Students will be able to: &#149;Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the process of photosynthesis and its importance for all life forms &#149;Identify and describe the basic requirements for sustaining life, e.g. plants and animals need food for energy and growth &#149;Conduct an investigation which illustrates how the environment affects the viability of plants or animals within that environment &#149;Describe and give examples of the various types of interactions that occur among organisms (e.g. predator-prey, symbiotic, producer-consumer-decomposer, host-parasite) to demonstrate how organisms compete or cooperate with each other to gain food, resources or space &#149;Identify and describe examples of New Hampshire animals and plants that live together in one ecosystem, e.g. forest, seashore, lake, river, stream End of Grade Ten (Secondary) Students will be able to: &#149;Design a controlled investigation that demonstrates the interdependence of plants and animals found within a specific New Hampshire ecosystem, e.g. forest, seashore, lake, river, stream &#149;Predict, with rationale, the effects of changing one or two factors in an ecosystem, e.g.
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food for energy and growth &#149
L:among organisms
the interdependence of plants and animals
how the environment affects the viability of plants or animals within that environment &#149;Describe and give examples of the various types of interactions that occur among organisms (e.g. predator-prey, symbiotic, producer-consumer-decomposer, host-parasite) to demonstrate how organisms compete or cooperate with each other to gain food, resources or space &#149;Identify and describe examples of New Hampshire animals and plants that live together in one ecosystem, e.g. forest, seashore, lake, river, stream End of Grade Ten (Secondary) Students will be able to: &#149;Design a controlled investigation that demonstrates the interdependence of plants and animals found within a specific New Hampshire ecosystem, e.g. forest, seashore, lake, river, stream &#149;Predict, with rationale
the viability of plants or animals within that environment &#149
L:within a specific New Hampshire ecosystem
with each other to gain food, resources or space &#149
L:in one ecosystem