elements of a place (catchments, values different groups have for places, environmentally friendly strategies and actions)
impact of changes on environment.

Stewardship

Learning outcomes	Module outcomes
3.2 Students create and undertake plans that aim to influence decisions about an element of a place that they have investigated:	survey the public to gauge public awareness and community commitment for action to lessen the threat design and produce a poster that communicates to the public; community action to attack the tilapia infestation in the local area.
4.1 Students make justifiable links between ecological and economic factors and the production and consumption of a familiar resource:	consider the ecological and economic consequences of exotic pest fish introduction.
4.2 Students predict the impact of changes on environments by using comparative evidence:	design a flip chart showing a degradation process which leads to exotic fish pest infestation compare appropriate actions — do’s and don’ts — of exotic pest fish infestation management compare and contrast techniques to study similarities/differences between exotic pest fish species and selected native fish species.
4.3 Students participate in a field study to recommend the most effective ways to care for a place:	analyse information from public survey to find how many exotic pest fish are caught and popular methods of disposal visit Fisheries Department facility or local Environmental Education Centre to observe exotic pest fish species in captivity (suggested activity only — not in module)

Strand: Time, continuity and change

Causes and effects

3.4 Students organise information about the causes and effects of specific historical events:

examine pest fish infestation in Australia, effects of the infestation and existing management strategies using methods such as a timeline and debate

4.4 Students critique information sources to show the positive and negative effects of a change or continuity on different groups:

identify similarities and differences between a well managed catchment and a degraded catchment in terms of freshwater ecology—relationships between animals and plants.

Note: These charts were reproduced with permission from The State of Queensland (The Office of the Queensland School Curriculum Council) 2000.