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Up to six proposals of Cabeceiras, in your own order, to do it at home, in company or on a break.

2 de 6 propostas escolhidas · faça-as ao seu ritmo.

PROPOSTA 1 DE 2 · Life you do not always see

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Species biology · documentary reference in the municipality

A mussel begins by travelling with a fish

The larvae of Margaritifera margaritifera, called glochidia, attach themselves to the gills of salmonids such as trout. The fish acts as a host and carries them while they develop. After their transformation, they detach and settle on the bottom. Success at this stage also depends on where they land: dispersal and finding conditions for survival are different things. The diagram summarises general biology, not reproduction observed in the municipality. This journey does not immediately produce an adult capable of reproducing. The ICNF profile places sexual maturity between seven and twenty years and describes a long lifespan. These are general values from that source, not ages measured in specimens from Cabeceiras. The presence of adults and the arrival of new generations are therefore different questions when studying a population. This relationship changes how we see a river. The place occupied by an adult does not explain every life stage: there is also the host fish and the bed where the juvenile settles. It is a story of connections between living things and habitats, much of it happening out of sight.

Vamos experimentar?

  1. Draw a fish and below the bottom of the river.
  2. Draw an arrow between the two to represent the passage described in the scheme.
  3. Explain in your own words why the two stories, the fish and the mussel, are connected.

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

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Sources of this proposal

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An idea, a drawing or a question to go on.

PROPOSTA 2 DE 2 · Travel through time

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Gondiães and Vilar de Cunhas · memory and landscape

A house with three granaries

At Casa de Chouzas, three 19th-century granaries stand alongside the manor house highlighted by the municipality. The group connects two functions: living and storing the harvest. Rather than looking only at the main house, it is worth recognising the importance of buildings supporting agriculture. The introduction to Vilar de Cunhas places this heritage in a landscape of plateau and mountain, shaped by farming and pastoralism. House and granaries can be read in that working context, although the source does not detail each property’s production. The house’s dating is less firm: the municipality presents it as perhaps 19th-century, while assigning the granaries to the 19th century. That difference should remain visible. The photograph accompanying the reading shows the portal, not the three granaries. The heritage reference does not confirm access to the group.

Vamos experimentar?

  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.

Open a história e os seus recursos →
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