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A LITTLE CURIOITY, MANY IDEA

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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 under the leaves

Separate place and identity

From tree bark to meadow floor

Casca, leaves, wood or soil: looking at the support opens a first clue.

Fungal habitats · general explanation

See the 3 steps
  1. Draws four supports: bark, dead wood, fallen leaves and soil of a meadow.
  2. It combines with each drawing a word of the glossary.
  3. If you make an observation, record the support without dislocating the copy; leave the identification open when you do not know it.

A comparison of words and habitats, without collecting copies.

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

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The life you don't always see

Separate what you see from what you hear

A corner hidden in the green

Sometimes a bug can be heard before you see it.

Biology of the species · photograph registered in the municipality

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  1. Look at the local photo and note two details you can see.
  2. Make a second list of what the image does not allow to know, like the sound at that moment.
  3. It compares the lists with the text and distinguishes an observation from an explanation of the species.

Use the photo of this reading; it is not necessary to search or disturb animals.

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

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The life you don't always see

Separates the explanation log

The boar comes out when the light goes down

A long snout and a very varied diet.

Mammals · local habits and reference

See the 3 steps
  1. Write two lines: local reference and general habits.
  2. Attach each text information to the corresponding line.
  3. Write down a question that would require a local study, such as the abundance of the population.

A farm of the sources, without looking for or feeding animals.

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

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The life you don't always see

Separate observations and questions

The animals of an ancient portrait

An account of the mountains, written in 1758.

Bucos · memory 1758

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  1. Make two columns: farm animals and fauna mentioned as hunting.
  2. Distribute the animals referred to in the text, without adding species that the source does not name.
  3. Write down a question that the report does not solve, such as how many animals existed or how they were observed.

Exercise with a document of 1758, without inferring current abundance or occurrence.

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

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Between rivers and mountains

Sits the mountains on a leaf

Cabreira, Barroso and Lameira

Three names to guide the look.

Geographical framework

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  1. Write Cabeceiras in the center of a leaf and mark north, south, east and west.
  2. Place Cabreira and Barroso on the north side and Lameira on the west side, following the text.
  3. Continue with the history of the Tâmega and add the rivers. The result is a plan of orientation, without scale.

You can do your homework.

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

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Between rivers and mountains

Sits the municipality in four directions

The Tâmega draws the limit

A river to understand the south of the municipality.

Geographical framework

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  1. Draws a rose from the simple winds, with north, south, spring and west.
  2. Places the Tâmega south and southeast, the Bessa the spring and the mountains on the sides indicated by the text.
  3. Opens the river network and compares: what are the boundaries of the territory and what are water connections?

A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.

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

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Time travel

Three dates in the same document

The goods had a marked day

The Tâmega Line also carried goods.

Tâmega · service memory line in 1984

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  1. Orders 1908, 1984 and 2025.
  2. It associates each date with the construction of the locomotive, the recalled service and the publication of the Museum.
  3. He signs Celorico from Basto as a place of the postal image, without confusing it with Arco de Baúlhe.

Documental reading activity, without inventing transported destinations or goods.

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

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The flavours of Cabeceiras

Three grains, three questions

Three cereals in the same landscape

The storeroom of Bucos did not depend on one grain.

Bucos · testimony of 1758

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  1. Write down the three cereals named in the account of Bucos.
  2. It follows the connection to the rivers and identifies the task that depended on the mills.
  3. Compared to Alvite: which cereals appear in the two descriptions?

Keep the names used in the sources; do not deduct recipes or flour proportions from the harvests.

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

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Time travel

Three places in a biography

From Cancela to portraits of Brazil

A photographer from Refojos left a mark across the Atlantic.

Refojos de Basto · photography and biography

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  1. Associates Refojos to the origin, Fortaleza to the teacher and Rio de Janeiro to the recognition of 1855.
  2. It distinguishes Frederick Walter's arrival in 1847 from Pacheco's nomination in 1855.
  3. Pick an old family photograph and write down what you know about author, place and date, leaving blank what you don't know.
  4. Open the presentation of the National Library in the sources and compare the legend of the portrait of 1883 with the information of your photograph.

A proposal to make at your pace, without collecting copies.

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

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Time travel

Three clues to a chapel

A chapel shortened the distance

In Casares, getting to church was a practical matter.

Bucos · testimony of 1758

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  1. Make two lines, one for Casares and one for Carrazedo.
  2. In each case, it records the invocation and administrator mentioned in the document.
  3. Check the chapel whose function is explained by the distance to the church. Do not complete the other line by assumption.

Comparative reading of the report of 1758; does not indicate access to buildings.

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

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Between rivers and mountains

Three responses to lack of water

Store water coming from the hill

Small springs helped water the fields.

Alvite · testimony of 1758

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  1. Create three cards: keep water in prey; move mills with animals; search for grinding in other parishes.
  2. Connect each card to the problem to which you responded in the testimony of 1758.
  3. Choose information you would need to confirm to compare this picture with the present.

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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Between rivers and mountains

Three verbs to look at the margin

Clearing a stream is also knowing what stays

In the stream of Penoutas, fetuses are part of history.

Ribeira de Penoutas · reported intervention in August 2026

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  1. Write remove, control and preserve in three columns.
  2. It distributes by them the actions described in the news of 2026.
  3. Compared with the intervention of Ranha: what materials and choices appear in each report?

Feed comparison activity; does not indicate vegetation to cut or propose to enter the bed.

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

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