Ecological Path

Hello friend!!!!

This is your activity workbook. You can start by writing your name.

Whit the cooperation of:

YMCA TOLEDO Plaza de los Vecinos, 10 45003 Toledo Tlf: 925.22.42.79

e-mail: toledo@ymca.es When you www. are in ymca.es/toledo nature, don´t leave Web: Name:

any sign of your passing.

Respect plants, animals, and your Date environment. of visit: general If youCenter: conserve nature, you will be able to enjoy it.

FromCity: your home, you can help to conserve and care for nature. Save water and energy. Reduce, reuse, and recycle.

History and Legends of Which legend about Toledo did you like the most?

Toledo Draw a moment from the legend that especially drew your attention.

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On the Ecological Path we will walk the trails with the goal of having fun and getting to know the nature of the site.

Don´t leave the trail or walk away from the group without the permission of a teacher or monitor.

It is fundamental to respect the environment and not leave any type of waste or garbage.

Disturb the fauna as little as possible, don´t pick plants, and when you leave the nature site, try to leave it just like you found it.

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One of the great spectacles that nature can offer us is the power to contemplate birds in their natural habitat.

But ATTENTION!!!! In the country, we should be civil and discreet, passing as unnoticed as possible, neither altering the habitat, nor disturbing the animals.

Now that you have observed some of the birds on the path, try to indentify them by their silhouettes:

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leyendas, quetellambientan y nos cuentan su historia de streets and us historysusincalles a mysterious way with tints of forma misteriosa con tintes de fantasía. fantasy.

Ahora queyou conoces leyendas de Toledo, Now that know algunas some legends of Toledo, look fíjate el ejemplo une conwith flechas: at theen example and yconnect lines: Diego and Inés...

...made a mistake...

...in the bathroom of the cave.

Florinda...

...was left captivated...

...destroying the bridge.

King Rodrigo...

...joined their love before...

...Christ of the Meadow.

The Architect...

The Architect´s Wife...

...solved the problema of the spouse...

...bathed every day

...in the beauty of Florinda. ...upon constructing the Saint Martin Bridge

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Water is the fountain of life, and cities emerge along rivers.

Toledo was born in its current location because of its proximity to the Tagus.

From the photos and the clues, try to identify the artistic monuments that you have visited on the path and note them in the box:

1) On this bridge with a legend, we will see an important colony of birds...

2) In this church, there is a Christ with a lot of mystery...

3) It is said that figures are seen and strange voices are heard at night...

1)__________________________ 2)__________________________ 3)__________________________ 4) The Catholic Kings ordered this great church to be built…

4)__________________________

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Fauna on the Path Fill in the crossword with the names of the birds in the pictures:

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Fauna on the Path One of the most representative species of bird near the Tagus River is the duck.

I´m sure that along the path, you have learned many things about me.

Show it by answering these questions:

Even though both of these examples are ducks, you can see that they are not exactly the same. Can you tell how they are different?

What is the difference between the male and female?

Who is who?

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The river is not a dump . You can help to keep it clean if you deposit residue in the correct place.

Draw lines to connect each one of the following residues with the type of container that you should put it in:

Green Igloo

Dark Green Container

Yellow Igloo

Blue Container

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Tagus Residue Rivers, lakes, and seas collect, and maintain for a long time, garbage produced by human activity.

If you want to enjoy your environment and a clean river, remember...

Learn to deposit residue in the correct containers so they can be treated correctly.

Don´t use the toilet or sink as a garbage can. Keep in mind that it can stop the river or sea.

And the most important... if you observe that something is damaging the river… REPORT IT!!!!!!!

Ahh!!! And remember...

GREEN IGLOO: All glass containers (bottles, jars, and tins) without covers or lids.

BLUE CONTAINER: Any paper and cardboard that is clean and folded well.

YELLOW IGLOO: Soda and food cans, plastic bags and containers, plastic food trays.

WASTE: Food scraps and any type of residue that doesn´t go in the other containers.

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Fauna on the Path The natural richness of our water is seriously threatened by contamination, introduced species, and human activity.

Due to the contamination of the Tagus, there is not a large variety of fish and those that liver there are not very demanding in regard to the quality of the water. We can mainly find Carp and Catfish.

Help the carp to find that path that leads to the food:

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The Ecological Path also has many species of vegetation.

Surely you will learn many interesting things about them.

In the following boxes, draw a taray leaf, an elm leaf and a rosebay leaf:

TARAY

ELM

ROSEBAY

Note 5 species of trees or shrubs that you have been able to see along the path: 1) ____________________________________________________ 2) ____________________________________________________ 3) ____________________________________________________ 4) ____________________________________________________ 5) ____________________________________________________ 6

Make a list of things that dirty and contaminate the river and our environment:

 _______________________________  _______________________________  _______________________________  _______________________________  _______________________________  _______________________________ What can we do? Write some ideas that occur to you in order to solve the problem of contamination in the Tagus:

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Many bodies of water are contaminated to the point of being dangerous to human health and damaging for life.

In the boxes, write the word that corresponds, and order the letters from the shaded squares to discover the words that form the secret phrase: 1st Word

2nd Word

3rd Word

The secret phrase: 10

Flora on the Path Look in the word search for the following vegetation species from the path:

Pita Olmo Higuera

Salado Sauce Adelfa

Árbol del cielo Taray Álamo

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Flora on the Path Are you able to answer the following questions correctly?

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El sauce es un árbol típico de…

a) Los desiertos b) Los bordes de los ríos c) Las montañas más altas

2. La

adelfa es…

a) U n árbol con propiedades medicinales b) U n arbusto con propiedades tóxicas c) U n arbusto con propiedades medicinales pero que en grandes dosis puede resultar tóxica

3. La

pita es…

a) U na clase de pájaro que emite un ruido similar a un silbato b) U na planta que crece en forma de roseta y a los 10 años produce un tallo alargado c) U n insecto venenoso

4. El

árbol del cielo...

a) No tiene flores b) Posee flores con un agradable aroma c) Posee flores que huelen muy mal

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Las hojas del álamo blanco... a) Tienen el haz verde y el envés blanco b) Son alargadas y puntiagudas c) Tienen el haz y el envés verde.

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Draw your environment here. You can also write the names of the plants and animals that you learned today:

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