Cambridge Science Festival

The Cambridge Science Festival will go through April 30

From Boston.com: The Cambridge Science Festival, primarily online this year has more than 160 free exhibitions, demonstrations, tours, workshops, and more. The festival website says: “From culinary creations to comedy, from astrophysics to artwork, we’ve got your science needs covered. Meet a scientist! Tour a lab! Talk to an eel!”

Puberty Info for Specific Student Populations

I came across this through a link in an article today in the NY Times - it's information about puberty from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center in Nashville that is geared toward specific student populations and their families and educators -- (1) students with intellectual disabilities and (2) students with autism.

There are separate guides for families of boys and girls with intellectual disabilities, which would also be useful for educators. Note the separate appendix with storyboards and visuals to use while implementing the methods outlined in the guide.  The guides for students with intellectual disabilities are also available in Spanish. 

Girls with intellectual disabilities

• Healthy Bodies: A Parent's Guide on Puberty for Girls with Disabilities
• Spanish language version - for girls
• Girls Toolkit Appendix 

Boys with intellectual disabilities

• Healthy Bodies: A Parent's Guide on Puberty for Boys with Disabilities
• Spanish-language version - for boys
• Boys Toolkit Appendix

For autistic teens and adults

• Puberty, Sex, and Sexuality: An Introduction for Autistic Teens and Adults Toolkit
• View as interactive online course: 
  *To take part in the online course, register for a free account at triad.vkclearning.org and access the information under "Information Toolkit" To learn how to navigate the online learning portal, visit https://vkc.vumc.org/vkc/triad/online/

Portuguese Language Books

There was an email thread with MA school librarians this week about the best place to get Portuguese language books

Amazon has the best selection. Most on Amazon are offered by the vendors Pure Brazil and Foreign Books Illinois and most are reasonably priced.

Another vendor is BuoBooks  (https://www.buobooks.com/).  They claim to be "the world's first Portuguese language bookstore" and are headquartered in Florida with offices in Portugal and Brazil.