Crafts and memoriesDraws a working day
At dusk, livestock returned home
Fields and hills followed a daily rhythm.
São Nicolau · 1758 account
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- Draw three places: field, mount and house.
- Trace arrows to represent the movements described.
- Separate the reason for seeking pasture from the moment you return to the shelter.
A paper interpretation of the account of 1758.
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A world beneath the leavesDraw a garden with several stories
A garden can welcome an invisible world too
More habitats, more stories to discover.
Gardens and conservation · general ecology
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- On paper, he draws three areas: meadow, small forest and embroidery.
- It marks where you would put varied plants and where you would observe the covered soil without stirring.
- Connect each zone to a question about fungi; compare your hypotheses with root readings and decomposition.
Exercise on paper without altering land or assessing the safety of trees.
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Crafts and memoriesDraws an object to carry
Baskets that hold knowledge
Twigs and willow transformed by hand.
Crafts · Outeiro
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- Choose something everyday you need to carry: bread, clothing or small objects.
- Draw an imagined basket and think of the base, the opening and the way to hold it.
- Compare your proposal to someone else: what would change if the content were different?
Drawing exercise inspired by the function of baskets; does not teach a traditional technique of basketry.
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Between rivers and mountainsDraw a river inside
The river has a woodland too
Trees along the banks are part of the waterscape.
Middle and upper Tâmega basin · landscape studied in 2016–2017
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- Draws a bank, water and the bottom of the river.
- Opens each area of the scheme and chooses a relationship to represent in the drawing.
- Use arrow keys to connect environments; a species may depend on more than one zone.
An activity with paper and pencil, from the scheme. It is not necessary to enter the water or collect organisms.
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Crafts and memoriesDraw a street of memories
A street holds crafts too
School, trade and work shaped local life.
Pereiras, Refojos · memories of the 1960s
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- Make four cards: learn, work, buy and play.
- Connects each card to an activity or place referred to in history.
- Adds available dates; leaves blank what the article does not allow accurately dating.
Activity from sources and readings; does not require displacement or manipulation of historical pieces.
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Life you do not always seeDraws a feed sequence
Hunting can begin at rest
A perch can be part of a bat’s strategy.
Greater horseshoe bat · biology described by a British source
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- It represents a landing, an insect and two arrows: exit and return.
- Compare the sequence with the echolocation scheme: one arrow represents movement and the other can represent sound.
- It identifies in the drawing that part comes from the biological description and what it would be necessary to observe to document a local behavior.
Paper activity, without looking for shelters or approaching animals.
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A world beneath the leavesDraw a change under the ground
Roots have partners
An exchange that takes place out of sight.
General ecology · mycorrhizae
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- Draws a plant with roots and a network of hyphae next to them.
- Draw an arrow from the plant to the fungus, with the legend organic compounds.
- Draw another in the direction of the plant, with water and nutrients; compare the scheme with the photographs, which show only the mushrooms.
General representation of a mycorriza, without stating which partnership is present in the local photographs.
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Time travelDraw the journey of an object
From Refojos to Coimbra, a history in motion
Objects also go through changes in institutions.
Refojos and Coimbra · historical route of the chalice
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- Write three names on a sheet: Refojos, Colégio de São Bento and Sé de Coimbra. Call them in the order described.
- Join the Machado de Castro Museum and write next to what the record confirms about the piece.
- Check only the dates provided in the text; leave a question where information is missing.
A reading and drawing activity, no displacements.
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Life you do not always seeDraw echo path
Following echoes to find the way
The night can be explored through sound.
Bats · general biology, without a local observation point
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- Draw a bat and an insect separated by some space.
- Set an arrow from the bat to the insect and one back: sound emission and echo.
- Add to the drawing a question I would like to investigate about these animals. You do not need to search for shelters or to send sounds to do this activity.
An activity to try at your own pace, without collecting specimens.
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Life you do not always seeDistinguish defense and development
A tail that distracts a predator
The gold-striped salamander has a surprising defence.
Serra da Cabreira · general species behaviour
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- Draw two lines: one for tail defense and one for development described in egg reading.
- In the first, separate predator distraction and posterior regeneration. In the second, follow hatching, metamorphosis and maturity.
- Compare events: which describe growth and what is a response to a threat?
Reading-based paper activity; does not involve contact or experiments with animals.
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Life you do not always seeDistinguishing registration and description
An ocellated lizard was recorded in Gondiães
A line in a table preserves an observation from 1994.
Gondiães · record from 1994 and general species biology
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- Write down the place and date of the scientific record referred to in this story.
- Compared to one of the new reptile stories: Does this story indicate a local record?
- Separates evidence of a past occurrence from the general description of a species.
A comparison of documents; does not confirm current presence or indicate search locations.
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Read the landscape through the plantsFrom chestnut burr to photograph
What is hidden inside a chestnut burr?
The chestnut is the fruit; the burr encloses the cluster.
Botany · general features
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- In the photograph, look for an open burr and a loose chestnut.
- Draw them side by side and mark the thorny wrap and the fruit.
- Add the seed in a separate scheme: the photograph does not show the inside of the chestnuts.
The image was made in France. It compares visible structures, without treating it as a photograph of a sou of Cabeceiras.
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