Life you do not always seeTry repairing
Beneath our feet, a world of mixtures
Soil contains water and air too.
Soil life · general ecology
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- Choose an accessible spot next to a path and observe the ground without digging or moving away the cover.
- Draw three things you can see and mark what remained undiscovered. Not seeing animals is also a result.
- Compare the drawing with the following stories: separate what you observed from what you learned in reading.
a proposal for observation on the surface, without collecting animals or identifying species.
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Crafts and memoriesTry a tangle
Spinning is not weaving
Between fibre and cloth lies a world of tools.
Terras de Basto · from fibre to fabric
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- Draw several parallel lines on a sheet: they will be your imagined web.
- With another color, draw a cross line, interrupting it alternately to suggest the passage above and below.
- Compare the drawing to the description of the shuttle. It is a paper scheme, not a reproduction of a traditional pattern.
A drawing experience to perceive the interlacing, without workshop tools.
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Read the landscape through the plantsMake your flower calendar
A calendar of flowers
Pollinators need flowers at different times of year.
Gardens · general ecology and seasons
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- Split a sheet into four seasons and choose two stories from this collection.
- Record only the periods given by the sources. Leave the other spaces blank rather than guessing.
- Add an observation of you with date and place. Separate what you saw from the general description or report of 2011.
You can start at home with readings and complete the calendar on a visit without picking plants.
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Read the landscape through the plantsMake a tree diary
One tree, several visits
Returning to the same place is another way to read the seasons.
Observation · general activity through the seasons
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- Choose a tree you can see from a public path and write down the date and place, without needing to identify the species.
- Draw or photograph the branches from the same point: are there green, dried leaves, flowers or fruits? Do not harvest parts of the plant.
- Return to another date and compare. Write down what has changed and what you do not yet know; a visit does not set the whole species calendar.
You can store the records in a notebook or on your phone. This activity does not send observations to the site.
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Travel through timeMake a word map
A valley full of names
In 1758, the parish was described through its settlements too.
Santa Senhorinha · landscape described in 1758
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- Write down the names of the places mentioned, without assigning them coordinates.
- Connect Olela to the history of fairs and the church to the history of celebrations.
- It distinguishes in the drawing what comes from the account of 1758 and the questions I would like to investigate.
A scheme of relationships between stories, not a geographical map or a visitation route.
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Crafts and memoriesMake an object chip
Olive oil travelled in this case
An object’s name does not always reveal its contents.
Museu das Terras de Basto collection · carrying olive oil
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- Pick an object you have at home and draw it.
- Record the name, the materials you can recognize and the function.
- Separate what you observed from what you would need to ask the owner.
Use an object of yours. It is not necessary to photograph, send data or manipulate museum pieces.
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Read the landscape through the plantsLeave or branch?
A shrub with well-defended branches
Spines are part of the gorse’s silhouette.
General botany · getting to know gorse
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- He makes three cards: tojo, gilbardeira and carqueja.
- From the readings, it associates thorn, flat branch and green stem to the corresponding plant.
- Draw the differences without collecting or touching the thorns.
Comparison of structures described; it is not an identification key.
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Read the landscape through the plantsLeaves now, fruits another time
Buckthorn fruits change colour
Riverbanks have shrubs worth getting to know too.
Local observation · União das freguesias de Gondiães e Vilar de Cunhas · general botany
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- Open the local photograph and follow the ribs of a sheet that is clear.
- Find fruits in the image: if you cannot distinguish them, record that lack of evidence.
- Draws apart the color sequence described in the text, identifying it as source information, not as something seen in this photograph.
An exploration of the photograph, without collecting plants. The image documents a moment, not all the characteristics of the species.
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The flavours of CabeceirasFruit of yesterday, words of today
In Faia, fruit matters too
Cherries, wine and olive oil help tell the story of this farming landscape.
Faia · agriculture and food memory
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- Split a sheet into two parts: memory of 1758 and municipal presentation.
- It places 'fruit' on the first and 'cherries' on the second, following the sources.
- Compared with Vila Nune: what products are highlighted and what is said about cereal?
Comparing times does not prove that a culture has remained the same among them.
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The flavours of CabeceirasSave the story of a dish
Chestnuts in spring?
Cooking followed the calendar of work.
Oral memory · Pedraça
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- Choose a familiar recipe in the family and write down who taught it to whom.
- Record the time of year, the time and the time at which it was served. It distinguishes the old memory of the current habit.
- Ask them what ingredients were saved for another season. Add the date of the conversation and the name of the person, if they consent.
An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.
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The flavours of CabeceirasSave a recipe with your story
Every recipe has someone who passes it on
Cooking connects people, generations and parishes.
Cavez and Pedraça · transmission of recipe, 2011
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- Choose a recipe that is part of your memory and write the name by which you know it.
- In your notebook or document, register ingredients, gestures and occasions when it was prepared. Separate the quantities you know from those you do not remember.
- Add who taught you, the place and date of your registration. If you collect someone else's memory, confirm with them how you want to be identified before sharing it.
Proposal to make on your own. The site does not receive or store this recipe.
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Travel through timeShine or give a signal?
A station by lamplight
Before looking at the train, notice the platform’s light.
Museum collections · railway lighting
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- Draw two columns: pier and last vehicle.
- Connect the lamp to the pier and the taillight to the last vehicle.
- Writes the function of each light: allow to see the space or indicate that the composition was complete.
Comparison of the objects described by the Museum; it is not a current railway signage manual.
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