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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

A world beneath the leaves

A drawing with three subtitles

A small landscape on stone

A lichen’s raised structures bring relief to the rock.

Abadim · local record and general biology

See the 3 steps
  1. Draw the outline you can see in the photograph.
  2. Add two captions to the surface: color and protrusions.
  3. Writes on the "central fixing" side: it is information from the source, not something demonstrated by the superior view.

An activity with photographs, without collecting or manipulating copies.

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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

A garden has more than flowers

Not all bees look for the same home

Learning about shelters adds another dimension to flowers.

General biology · bee nesting places

See the 3 steps
  1. In a drawing, it marks three elements: flowers, uncovered soil and dead wood.
  2. Connect each shelter to the group of bees referred to in the text.
  3. Add a little calendar of the flowers you know in the garden, keep separate what you've observed and what you still don't know about the animals.

A proposal to read and observe from a distance; it is not a plan to install shelters.

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

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Travel through time

A skill map

One place, two jurisdictions

In 1758, not every matter was decided by the same authority.

Alvite · the couto’s administration in 1758

See the 3 steps
  1. Divide a sheet in civil matters and criminal matters.
  2. It shall place on the columns the authorities referred to for the posts of the trust.
  3. Checks Petimão separately with the link to Celorico indicated in the document.

The scheme represents the description of 1758, not the limits or services of the current administration.

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

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Crafts and memories

A name, a task

A “fingernail” for the grape harvest

An object’s name can hold a small surprise.

Museu das Terras de Basto collection

See the 3 steps
  1. Draws a line of 4,5 cm to represent the height recorded.
  2. Next door, he writes material, function and inventory number.
  3. Choose an object of yours whose name also surprises and compares the designation with the use.

Activity from sources and readings; does not require displacement or manipulation of historical pieces.

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

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The flavours of Cabeceiras

One name, several lands

A partridge’s foot, but in the vineyard

The same grape variety can have different names from place to place.

Cabeceiras · Vine vocabulary

See the 3 steps
  1. Write Arinto in the center of a leaf and connect it to Pé de Pardiz, Pedernã and Perdigão.
  2. Add to each name the territory referred to in this reading. Then make a second group for Borraçal, Bogalhal and Eye of Frog.
  3. If you pick up a name in a conversation, write down who uses it and where.

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

One object, two knowledge

Before the game comes woodwork

The staff also preserves a craft.

Bucos · craft described in the inventory

See the 3 steps
  1. Write two columns: prepare the stick and learn the game.
  2. Records in each column the knowledge mentioned in the reading.
  3. Compared to Casa da Lã: what other crafts depend on learning from someone?

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

A record at dusk

A different home through the year

For a bat, shelter and season are connected.

Bats · general biology and observation, without roost locations

See the 3 steps
  1. Choose a safe public space that you already know and write down the date, the time and if there is still natural light.
  2. If you see animals flying, describe what you can observe without pointing lights at them or trying to get close.
  3. If you don't see any, record that result, too.

Not entering caves, mines or buildings, not touching animals or spreading shelters. The observed flight is not enough to identify a species.

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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

A portrait, a station

Roe deer change their coats

One coat for summer, another for winter.

Species biology · Portuguese context

See the 3 steps
  1. Zoom in on the photograph and look for the stems and reddish tone of the fur.
  2. Read the image date: August 2022. Compares to the description of the summer coat.
  3. Draw the silhouette and mark what this side view leaves hidden; do not complete the later spot by divination.

Photo by Dobruja, Romania. A single image does not show the change of coat of the same animal throughout the year.

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

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Crafts and memories

A letter without an invented map

Letters arrived through another place

Receiving news also meant covering a distance.

Bucos · communications in 1758

See the 3 steps
  1. Draw Bucos and Rapoeira as two points linked to information on mail.
  2. Register the distance as it appears in the source without converting it into a current path.
  3. Place the Casares Bridge on a separate card and explain why you should not turn it into a proven mail step.

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

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Travel through time

One house, two clues

Two dates do not tell a house’s whole story

At Casa da Ramada, doors preserve clues from different periods.

Abadim · architecture and interpreting inscriptions

See the 3 steps
  1. Draw two doors on paper and write 1678 and 1828 on their bakers.
  2. Write down the interpretation proposed by the author with each date.
  3. Leave the rest of the house without dates: the text does not allow assigning an age to each wall.

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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The flavours of Cabeceiras

A kitchen that's been changing

Winter in a cooking pot

Caldo de farinha had its place in January and February.

Pedraça · 2011 food memory

See the 3 steps
  1. Separate on paper the ingredients and utensils mentioned in the memory of 2011.
  2. Compare fireplace and pot with gas stove and stainless steel pans, using only the relationships described.
  3. Write a phrase that distinguishes the custom remembered the frequency with which the informant said to make the broth.

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

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Read the landscape through the plants

A two-layer station

A station that blossomed too

Not every memory of the railway is made of metal.

Arco de Baúlhe · railway memories

See the 3 steps
  1. Divide a sheet between railway elements and garden elements.
  2. Add the rose trees mentioned in the reading and the elements you can distinguish in the photograph.
  3. Place 1962 next to the prize, separating historical memory from what the image shows.

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

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