The flavours of CabeceirasDraws the journey from a recipe
A recipe that crossed continents
The lemon biscuits arrived with a family story.
Refojos · family memory published in 2020
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- Draws three points: the magazine, the family kitchen in Mozambique and the museum.
- Connect them and score about 1966 and 2020 at the corresponding moments.
- Pick a recipe you know and record what you know about who transmitted it.
It uses dates as references to family memory, without inventing steps that the source does not count.
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Life you do not always seeDraw only what you see
A slug with a leopard pattern
Discreet animals deserve a place in the municipality’s portrait too.
Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune · local record and general biology
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- It outlines the body of the slug from the photograph.
- Mark some spots and the position of the tentacles.
- Write next to the date and the author. Your drawing interprets an image, does not add a new field log.
An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.
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Crafts and memoriesDraw the heights on paper
This mug made coffee
Not every mug was only for drinking.
Museu das Terras de Basto collection · Arco de Baúlhe
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- Draw three lines with the stated heights, using the same scale for each.
- Compare the mug and brazier: their heights are almost the same, but their diameters differ.
- Write each object’s function beside its name. The lines compare dimensions; they do not show the objects’ shapes.
Use a pencil and ruler without handling or heating the objects.
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Travel through timeDraw the links of the village
A small bridge on a long route
Casares lay on many people’s route.
Bucos · transport in 1758
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- Write on a sheet Casares, parish church, Fox and mills, without putting them on a real map.
- Connect each name to the need described: crossing, receiving news, cult or grinding.
- It distinguishes what the text describes from what it merely proposes, such as the stone bridge.
Scheme of historical relations, without distances or indication of itinerary.
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Travel through timeDraws the relations of a parish
Eight settlements and six chapels
In Cavez, an old list connects villages, residents and monasteries.
Cavez · settlement and devotion in 1758
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- Write the six names of the chapels and the place that accompanies each.
- Group them by responsibility: religious institutions, a particular patron saint or residents.
- Compared to Alvite and Rio Douro. He points out similarities without assuming that all places were organized in the same way.
A relationship scheme from 1758, without representing distances, current property or access to buildings.
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Travel through timeDraw the three lives of the station
A railway took forty years to arrive
Arco was the final stop on a journey along the Tâmega.
Transport history · Arco de Baúlhe
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- Draws three boxes: passengers, goods and museum.
- Associates to each box a function described in the stories of this route.
- Search in the text which of the working spaces began to receive exhibitions.
A proposal to make with texts, paper and pencils, no movement.
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The flavours of CabeceirasDraws two words fields
Within one parish, the harvest changed
In 1758, the cold separated two farming landscapes.
Abadim · agriculture described in 1758
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- It makes two columns: Torre and Santo António; Travassô, Porto d’Olho and Torrinheiras.
- It distributes the cultures mentioned by each column.
- It compares with the history of the cereals of Bucos, without turning the lists into quantities.
Comparison of historical descriptions; it is not a current agricultural calendar.
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Between rivers and mountainsDraw two levels
Grinding above, movement below
A mill is organised vertically too.
Cabeceiras de Basto · windmill architecture studied in 2011
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- Draw two boxes, one over the other.
- Identify the cable below and grind it on top. Add an arrow for the water to arrive at engine engine level.
- Compare with the reading of the levadas: extend the drawing out of the building to the canal that leads the water.
Paper scheme to understand the description; it does not represent a concrete building.
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A world beneath the leavesDraws two ways to start the journey
A drop can set spores travelling
Rain plays a part in dispersal too.
General biology of fungi · no local occurrence attributed
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- Draw a bag with an opening and a drop falling on it. Uses an arrow to exit the spores.
- Next door, he draws a cover that breaks and leaves the spores exposed.
- Adds wind or water after release. Marks where the first moment ends and the transport begins.
A paper activity: it is not necessary to touch, tighten or collect fungi.
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Life you do not always seeDraws two ways to transport
Small loads on tiny legs
Pollen can travel in plain sight.
Pollinators · general biology
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- It schematically represents a bee and marks the hind legs.
- In a second drawing, it indicates hair under the abdomen as another possibility described.
- He writes the same question in both: what detail would it take to distinguish the structure?
Scheme based on description; does not assign a structure to an insect that has not been identified.
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Between rivers and mountainsDraw spaces and connections
There is water beneath the ground too
The map of water resources does not end at the surface.
Council · Water resources in the 2025 report
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- Draws two rectangles with the same number of small circles inside.
- One of them connects several circles by lines; the other, leaves them separate.
- It uses the drawing to explain the difference between there being space and there are paths between spaces.
Paper model to understand the idea; it does not represent a rock or a concrete aquifer.
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