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A LITTLE CURIOITY, MANY IDEA

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Draw, compare, observe or imagine: small proposals linked to the stories of Cabeceiras, with steps and sources.

They are activities to explore at your pace, not events with registration. The indicated time is that of reading support.

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279 proposals in this selection

Life you do not always see

Try observing

A small bird that dives

The white-throated dipper brings birdwatching into the current.

Species biology · with a local record

See the 3 steps
  1. Observe the photograph connected to the reading and look for the contrast between the white chest and the darker plumage.
  2. Compare the compact shape of the body with the short tail. Which of these details can you really see in the image?
  3. Separate what the image shows from what the text explains: diving and flight are not documented in this photograph.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Between rivers and mountains

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A small river shapes the map too

In Outeiro, the Trutas joins the Peio.

Outeiro · hydrographic network

See the 3 steps
  1. Write Trouts and Peio on a sheet and connect the names with an arrow in the direction indicated by the source.
  2. Open the story of the encounter of the rivers in the Ranha to continue the discovery.
  3. Do not use this scheme as a path map: it represents a link between rivers.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Read the landscape through the plants

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A small carpet full of life

Mosses invite a closer look.

General biology · mosses, without a local species inventory

See the 3 steps
  1. Observe a small moss surface without removing it.
  2. Compare the shapes and textures you can distinguish.
  3. Check if the site is in the shade and if the surface looks damp.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Life you do not always see

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An old trunk still nourishes life

For beetle larvae, decaying wood can be both home and food.

Species recorded in the municipality · general ecology

See the 3 steps
  1. Open the photo of this reading and look for the details you can distinguish in the adult.
  2. Write down a visible feature and another feature that the image does not allow to confirm.
  3. Compare with the explanation of the larvae: what is photography observation and what is life cycle information?

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Read the landscape through the plants

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A tree with pale bark

Birch catches the eye before you even look at its leaves.

General botany · birch

See the 3 steps
  1. In a tree that you can observe from the path, register bark, form of leaves and date.
  2. If there are no leaves, note that absence without identifying the species only by bark.
  3. Compare with the birch description and mark the characteristics you could not verify.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Travel through time

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A house with three granaries

In Chouzas, the heritage of homes meets that of harvests.

Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

See the 3 steps
  1. Look at the photo of the portal and list only the elements you can see.
  2. Compared to the three granaries mentioned in the text: what depends on the written description?
  3. Imagine a caption that distinguishes the frame of the photograph from the remaining patrimonial set.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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A world beneath the leaves

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A fallen leaf still has a journey ahead

In the soil, matter changes hands.

General ecology · decomposition

See the 3 steps
  1. Observe fallen leaves and wood from a path without stirring the blanket of the soil.
  2. Look for differences in texture and integrity: are there whole leaves and others already fragmented?
  3. Record what you see without assigning all transformation to fungi: isolated observation does not identify the organisms involved.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Read the landscape through the plants

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One leaf, two sides

The olive tree’s silvery side also tells a story.

Hillside crops · olive botany

See the 3 steps
  1. Observes the photograph: draw the contour and the central nerve of the sheet.
  2. The image does not show the two sides of the same sheet. Separate what you see from what the text explains on the lower face.
  3. If you observe an olive tree throughout the year, record separately leaves, flowers and fruits, without taking off material.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 2 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

Sources of this proposal

✓ No seu caderno · Editar seleção

Crafts and memories

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A small prayer card, a shared concern

Devotion left traces on paper too.

Refojos · undated devotional memory

See the 3 steps
  1. Read the message and find the three groups you're addressing.
  2. It distinguishes the known date of publication of the unknown date of the object.
  3. If you hold a photograph or a family role, note that information has really written and that part depends on a memory.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Life you do not always see

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A small frog with a strong connection to water

Some lives depend on the bank as much as the stream.

Species biology · record in Rio Douro

See the 3 steps
  1. Open the local photograph and look for the contour of the snout, the strip next to the eye and the hind legs.
  2. Make a small drawing only with the details you can distinguish; leave those that the image does not reveal blank.
  3. Compare the drawing to the description of the reading. A photograph has limits: you do not have to touch an animal to continue to learn.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Crafts and memories

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A bowl of seeds, a skill passed on

Learning from another person is heritage too.

Pedraça · memory of learning linen crafts

See the 3 steps
  1. Orders four moments: seeds, cultivation, spinning and weaving.
  2. It identifies who contributed to the beginning of Fatima Mota's activity.
  3. He chooses an everyday object and imagines how he could incorporate a traditional fabric without erasing the work of those who did it.

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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Between rivers and mountains

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Vilar looks towards the Beça

Houses, hillside and water shape the village landscape.

Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

See the 3 steps
  1. Draws three plans: a house, the whole village and the Beça valley.
  2. In each plan, it places an element referred to in the text.
  3. Add agriculture, livestock and crafts to the landscape reading: what questions would you like to explore about these works?

An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.

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Support reading: about 1 min. The activity takes place at your pace.

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