Develop the flexibility to respond to change, recognise connections with the past and conceive solutions for preferred futures. Learners developing an understanding of patterns and connections between the natural environment and human impacts within catchment systems. Students learn about catchment management issues from historical and present day perspectives including world, national and local issues. Learners participate in action based projects to help build scenarios of preferred futures. Students come to recognise connections with indigenous Australians in the past, at the present and for the future. Develop a positive sense of self and group identity, accept individual and group responsibilities and respect individual and group differences. Learners developing an understanding of themselves within the catchment community, of the groups to which they belong, and of other members of their community who are actively striving to achieve sustainable environments. Learners develop a positive sense of self, and group responsibility by participating in projects and activities for sustainability. Work in harmony with others and for common purposes, within and across cultures. Learners understand the interconnectedness of local, national and global issues through the study of ecosystems and the role of water in the environment. Learners cooperating with each other and with outside organisations and community groups to achieve sustainable outcomes. Learners come to understand what is needed for sustainable social and physical environments by studying past present and future management of water in the environment. Be independent and critical thinkers, with the ability to appraise information, make decisions, be innovative and devise creative solutions. Learners develop understandings of what sustainable social, cultural and physical environments are through the study of water in the environment. Learners use a wide range of thinking modes to address the complex issues arising from the study of water in the environment. Learners developing enterprising and creative solutions for contemporary water and biodiversity management issues by participating in programs for the environment. Communicate powerfully. Learners having the ability to make effective use of language, mathematical information and the tools of information and communications technology by participating in, and communicating about, the diverse issues covered in the study of water in catchments.