A world under the leavesTwo lichens, two forms
Looks like a leaf, but it's a partnership.
Among mosses, there's a lichen that deserves a second look.
Abadim · local register and general biology
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- Observe the lobes and depressions in Lobarina's photograph.
- Opens Lasallia's photograph and compares contour and protrusions.
- Note a visible difference and another that you know only through description, such as attachment to support.
An activity with photographs, without collecting or manipulating copies.
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Between rivers and mountainsTwo heights, different paths
From the mountain to the valley, the map changes height
Look at Cabeceiras north to south.
Relief of the municipality
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- It marks on paper a mountain point and a valley point, without assigning them invented locations or quotas.
- Connects the same dots by a short line and by a longer one, with curves.
- Compared what changed: the length of the path changed, but the heights of the two extremes remained.
Conceptual scheme, without scale or indication of a real path.
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Crafts and memoriesTwo colors, two informations
One almude, two colors in memory
The inventory records more than the form of an object.
Pedraça · inventoried object 2015
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- Split a sheet between the original color and the color described in the inventory.
- Write down on each side the color indicated by the source.
- Adds a question that the text does not answer, such as the date the object was repainted.
Reading exercise of a historical description; it is not a restoration proposal.
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Time travelTwo dates, two places
Two outcasts, seven days
October 1514 left two marks on the territory.
Documented history · 1514
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- Draw a line for October 1514 and mark the days 5 and 12.
- Associate Cabeceiras and Vadym with each date. Add the current name of Vadym.
- Open a story of Abadim and distinguish the date of the document from the dates that the source assigns to the heritage.
A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.
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Time travelTwo sources, two questions
Bread also tells a story of devotion
In the accounts of Santa Senhorinha, food reveals concerns of the rural world.
Santa Senhorinha · historical reading of hagiography
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- Compare this reading with the harvests of 1758.
- It identifies the purpose of each text: religious narrative or response to a parish inquiry.
- Write a question about food that each source helps to explore.
It is not necessary to accept the narrative as literal proof to study what it reveals about its context.
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Time travelTwo ways to count
A village between a manor and two legends
In Cunhas, the built heritage finds the oral tradition.
Cunhas · heritage and legends in the municipal guide
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- He writes two titles on a sheet: referred heritage and told legend.
- Distribute for them the elements of this story.
- Choose one of the legends and imagine an illustration, identifying it as your creation inspired by the narrative.
It distinguishes the oral tradition of a proven event; the design does not reconstruct a historical building.
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Time travelTwo ways to count the bridge
The voice that had built above
Around the bridge, memory also invented paths.
Local legend · Ponte de Cavez
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- Choose an episode of legend and a moment of bridge chronology.
- Write next to each the type of source: traditional narrative, parochial memory or news of a work.
- Compare what each account seeks to convey. An episode of the legend does not need to receive a construction date.
A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.
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Crafts and memoriesTwo memories, two days
The news had day to come
The post office linked Vila Nune to Porto through two support points.
Vila Nune · communications in 1758
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- Create a line for Vila Nune and another for Santa Senhorinha, with columns for place of support, arrival and departure.
- Just fill out what each report says: keep Monday and Tuesday on different lines.
- Check what you will find: cause of difference, route of each card and delivery duration. Compare the information without choosing a version per guess.
Comparison of documents from 1758. It does not represent current postal hours.
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Life you do not always seeChoose two ways to live in the river
Six species under the surface
A sample shows a small portrait of the Tâmega in Cavez.
Cavez · 2016–2017 monitoring
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- Open two cards and choose a difference: current, power, displacement or origin.
- Read the corresponding stories and write a general feature of each fish.
- On the other hand, it records separately the common location: presence on sampling of Cavez of 2016–2017.
Comparison of sources on the screen; no need to catch fish or enter the river.
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- Biosphere / Iberdrola, APA file — Monitoring of ichthyofauna 2016–2017, February 2018; pp. 5, 35 and 40, station record 22 on p. 175 PDFConsultation/revision: 2026-11-06
- Mora Fluviary — Barbo-common, biology of the speciesConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Municipality of Santa Maria da Feira — Northern Boga, fauna catalogueConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Arouca Geopark — Northern scale, Squalius carolitertii: description and biologyConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- ICNF — embroidery, ecology and riverside vegetation, pp. 2–3 (bibliography up to 2005)Consultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Gaia Biological Park — Gobio, Gobio lozanoi: habitat, food and sizeConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
- Águeda River Interpretation Center — Sun LossConsultation/revision: 2026-11-07
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Between rivers and mountainsChoose three runways from the landscape
A mountains and a river to locate Passos
Two names help you read southwest of the municipality.
Passos · relief and water
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- It makes three small drawings: a mountains, a watercourse and a construction.
- It combines the names mentioned in the text, without inventing distances between them.
- It opens one of the related stories and adds a question about the work or memory of this place.
A reading exercise; the drawings do not form a pedestrian route.
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Crafts and memoriesTry creating
Linen and wool have gained new steps
Local knowledge gets into the shoe design.
Pedraça and Bucos · textiles and design
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- Read the stories of linen of Pedraça, wool of Bucos and clogs of Outeiro.
- Choose two mentioned materials and draw an object that could combine them.
- Give your idea a name and write down the knowledge that inspired it. It is your creation, not a historical piece.
A design and imagination proposal, with materials of your choice.
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The flavours of CabeceirasTry drawing
The landscape also reaches the honey
The heather connects the hills to the test at the table.
Cabeceiras · regional production area
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- Draw the flower path → bee → hive → jar.
- Add in this drawing the collection and extraction work described in history.
- If you have a pack of honey at home, compare the name and origin indicated on the label. The colour itself does not confirm the origin.
A paper proposal to explore history at your own pace.
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