A world beneath the leavesSeparate place and identity
From tree bark to meadow soil
Bark, leaves, wood or soil: the surface a fungus grows on offers a first clue.
Fungal habitats · general explanation
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- Draws four supports: bark, dead wood, fallen leaves and soil of a meadow.
- It combines with each drawing a word of the glossary.
- If you make an observation, record the support without dislocating the copy; leave the identification open when you do not know it.
A comparison of words and habitats, without collecting copies.
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Life you do not always seeSeparate what you see from what you hear
A song hidden in the greenery
Sometimes an insect is heard before it is seen.
Species biology · photograph recorded in the municipality
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- Look at the local photo and note two details you can see.
- Make a second list of what the image does not allow to know, like the sound at that moment.
- It compares the lists with the text and distinguishes an observation from an explanation of the species.
Use the photo of this reading; it is not necessary to search or disturb animals.
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Life you do not always seeSeparates the explanation log
Wild boar come out as the light fades
A long snout and a very varied diet.
Mammals · behaviour and local reference
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- Write two lines: local reference and general habits.
- Attach each text information to the corresponding line.
- Write down a question that would require a local study, such as the abundance of the population.
A farm of the sources, without looking for or feeding animals.
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Life you do not always seeSeparate observations and questions
Animals in an old portrait
An account of the mountains written in 1758.
Bucos · an account from 1758
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- Make two columns: farm animals and fauna mentioned as hunting.
- Distribute the animals referred to in the text, without adding species that the source does not name.
- Write down a question that the report does not solve, such as how many animals existed or how they were observed.
Exercise with a document of 1758, without inferring current abundance or occurrence.
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Between rivers and mountainsSits the mountains on a leaf
Cabreira, Barroso and Lameira
Three names to help you read the landscape.
Geographical framework
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- Write Cabeceiras in the center of a leaf and mark north, south, east and west.
- Place Cabreira and Barroso on the north side and Lameira on the west side, following the text.
- Continue with the history of the Tâmega and add the rivers. The result is a plan of orientation, without scale.
You can do your homework.
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Between rivers and mountainsSits the municipality in four directions
The Tâmega traces the boundary
A river that helps explain the south of the municipality.
Geographical framework
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- Draws a rose from the simple winds, with north, south, spring and west.
- Places the Tâmega south and southeast, the Bessa the spring and the mountains on the sides indicated by the text.
- Opens the river network and compares: what are the boundaries of the territory and what are water connections?
An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.
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Travel through timeThree dates in the same document
Freight had its appointed day
The Tâmega Line carried goods too.
Tâmega Line · remembering the service in 1984
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- Orders 1908, 1984 and 2025.
- It associates each date with the construction of the locomotive, the recalled service and the publication of the Museum.
- He signs Celorico from Basto as a place of the postal image, without confusing it with Arco de Baúlhe.
Documental reading activity, without inventing transported destinations or goods.
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The flavours of CabeceirasThree grains, three questions
Three grains in one landscape
The pantry in Bucos did not depend on just one grain.
Bucos · 1758 account
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- Write down the three cereals named in the account of Bucos.
- It follows the connection to the rivers and identifies the task that depended on the mills.
- Compared to Alvite: which cereals appear in the two descriptions?
Keep the names used in the sources; do not deduct recipes or flour proportions from the harvests.
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Travel through timeThree places in a biography
From Cancela to portraits of Brazil
A photographer from Refojos left his mark across the Atlantic.
Refojos de Basto · photography and biography
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- Associates Refojos to the origin, Fortaleza to the teacher and Rio de Janeiro to the recognition of 1855.
- It distinguishes Frederick Walter's arrival in 1847 from Pacheco's nomination in 1855.
- Pick an old family photograph and write down what you know about author, place and date, leaving blank what you don't know.
- Open the presentation of the National Library in the sources and compare the legend of the portrait of 1883 with the information of your photograph.
An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.
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Travel through timeThree clues to a chapel
A chapel shortened the distance
In Casares, reaching church was a practical matter.
Bucos · 1758 account
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- Make two lines, one for Casares and one for Carrazedo.
- In each case, it records the invocation and administrator mentioned in the document.
- Check the chapel whose function is explained by the distance to the church. Do not complete the other line by assumption.
Comparative reading of the report of 1758; does not indicate access to buildings.
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Between rivers and mountainsThree responses to lack of water
Storing water from the hillside
Small springs helped irrigate the fields.
Alvite · 1758 account
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- Create three cards: keep water in prey; move mills with animals; search for grinding in other parishes.
- Connect each card to the problem to which you responded in the testimony of 1758.
- Choose information you would need to confirm to compare this picture with the present.
Proposal on paper or on screen, from reading and its sources. It does not require visit, collection of objects or confirmation of current conditions.
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Between rivers and mountainsThree verbs to look at the margin
Clearing a stream means knowing what to leave
Along the Penoutas stream, ferns are part of the story.
Ribeira de Penoutas · reported intervention in August 2026
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- Write remove, control and preserve in three columns.
- It distributes by them the actions described in the news of 2026.
- Compared with the intervention of Ranha: what materials and choices appear in each report?
Feed comparison activity; does not indicate vegetation to cut or propose to enter the bed.
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