1. VOCABULARY EXTENSION: Choose several of the words from the text. Use a dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more associations / collocations of each word.
2. INTERNET: Search the Internet and find out more about technology that learns from nature. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson.
3. NAMIB DESERT BEETLE: Make a poster about the Namib desert beetle. Show your work to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all have similar things?
4. WATER SHORTAGES: Write a magazine article about water shortages and what we can do to save water. Include imaginary interviews with scientists and with people who have very little water.
Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Write down any new words and expressions you hear from your partner(s).
5. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? Write a newspaper article about the next stage in this news story. Read what you wrote to your classmates in the next lesson. Give each other feedback on your articles.
6. LETTER: Write a letter to an expert on water. Ask him/her three questions about water. Give him/her three of your ideas. Read your letter to your partner(s) in your next lesson. Your partner(s) will answer your questions.