Read the landscape through the plantsDraw connections in the landscape
A landscape needs connections
The gaps between green spaces matter too.
Landscape ecology of the municipality
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- Draw three green spots apart on a sheet.
- Add a line of water and an imaginary alley that brings the spots closer. The drawing illustrates an idea; it does not prove the passage of animals.
- Look in the related readings a real example of riverbank or municipality park.
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Read the landscape through the plantsDraw calendar
Flowers and fruit on the same branch
The strawberry tree’s seasons overlap.
Local observation · União das freguesias de Arco de Baúlhe e Vila Nune · general botany
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- Draw two consecutive autumns and connect the flower of the first to the ripe fruit of the second.
- Add a new flower in the second fall.
- Separately mark the role of insects in flowering and birds in seed dispersal.
A paper scheme, without collecting flowers or fruits.
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Read the landscape through the plantsDraw the set and the parts
A blackberry is a small cluster
A bramble’s fruit has more detail than it first appears.
General botany · bramble
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- Draws a blueberry as a set of small rounded units.
- Next door, he draws a sheet composed of three to five folioli.
- Write with the drawings: set of fruits and parts of a leaf.
Activity from reading, without collecting plants or tasting fruits.
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Read the landscape through the plantsDraws the contrast of the slope
Orada changed from summit to valley
The same mountain could reveal different landscapes.
Alvite · written account from 1758
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- Draw a schematic slope and separate the top of the faldas.
- Place each element where the account refers to it: penedos, trees, cultures and residents.
- Open the story of the shepherding and add another function of the mountains, identifying the year of the fountain.
Design of a historical description, without scale and without representing the current uses.
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A world beneath the leavesDraws stepwise growth
Why do mushrooms grow in a circle?
The pattern of hidden growth appears on the surface.
General biology · growth of fungi
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- Mark a point on a sheet and draw three filaments from it.
- In a second figure, it prolongs and branches the filaments; it adds links between some branches.
- In a third figure, it marks a possible margin of mushroom appearance. It distinguishes the visible ring net.
Simplified growth model without assigning a size, age or species to a real circle.
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Crafts and memoriesDraw craft
Pull, pierce and nail: making a clog
Each tool solves a small part of the work.
Terras de Basto · clog-making inventory
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- Draw a wooden base and a leather strip without any real tools.
- Connect three words to the drawing: pull, drill and preach.
- Associate each gesture to the described tool and add the pliers to correct an error.
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Life you do not always seeDraw pattern, explain limit
A fish with a network of scales
Dark scale edges create a pattern on the northern Iberian chub.
Cavez · record from 2016–2017 and general biology
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- Draws an elongated outline for the fish.
- Inside, it represents scales with dark margins, creating a net.
- Adds a caption: drawing based on description, not identification of a copy.
Uses paper or a digital drawing; it is not necessary to observe a live animal.
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A world beneath the leavesDraws the food path
A meal prepared on the outside
Fungi do not need a mouth to obtain food.
General biology · feeding of fungi
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- Draws three boxes: organic matter, simple compounds and hyphae. Connects them and indicates where the enzymes act.
- It adds two zones to the drawing: one rich in food and another poor. It represents branching differences.
- Draws two separate pieces of wood and a cord that binds them. Compares this model with the explanation of the rhizomorphs.
A paper experience, without cultivating fungi or collecting specimens.
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Time travelDraws the written portrait
Three altars in one body
The church also fits in a portrait made of words.
Alvite · church described in 1758
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- On a paper, write the names of the three altars mentioned.
- Separate the list of altars from the list of building spaces.
- Identify the year of description before comparing it to another church.
The scheme represents the reading of the document, not a plan of the current building.
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A world beneath the leavesDraws possible relationships, not certainties
Not every root makes a partner
Some associations are more specific.
Micorrizas · general ecology
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- Draw two different plants and a fungus on paper.
- Connect the fungus to plants with dashed lines and mark them as hypotheses, not as confirmed associations.
- Add a caption: being near a plant does not prove the partnership. The scheme does not represent a observed location.
Conceptual activity: does not require digging roots or collecting fungi.
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A world beneath the leavesDraw three shapes
Corals that do not live in the sea
A fungus can resemble branches or folds of jelly.
General biology · forms of fungi
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- On a leaf, draw a hat, a branched shape and a rounded fold form.
- Write down what changes in the outline of each drawing. They are imagined schemes, not pictures of species.
- Compare the drawings with the source descriptions, without manipulating copies to test the texture.
A drawing activity, without collecting or identifying edibleity.
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Read the landscape through the plantsDraws three clues
A leaf with a wavy outline
Look at the leaf’s outline and stalk on a pedunculate oak.
Botany · general features
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- Watch the photograph and draw the outline of a leaf, marking the wolves.
- Follow the ribs you can see and mark where the leaf connects to the branch.
- Compared with the description of the subspecies: the photograph illustrates Quercus robur, but does not confirm all the details of this description.
An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.
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