Projects

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  GEMS Education Curriculum Development and Professional Learning

  Core Project

  The GEMS education and outreach team studies the impact of their efforts through various research projects, which occur during professional development experiences and in teachers’ classrooms.

Publications

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  Leonardi et al., 2026

  Leonardi, N., Ciuro Sanchez, D., Poel, J. & Hug, B. (2026) Designing and adapting NGSS phenomenon-focused units to support student sensemaking. Science Scope (In press).

Presentations

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  Leonardi et al., 2024

  Leonardi, N., Ciuro Sanchez, D., Yates, C., Blaszynski, M., Bagazinski, A., Poel, J., Clark, T., Roy, P., Lauren, L. H., & Hug, B. (2024, April 15). Designing and customizing phenomenon focused investigations: Linking GEMS science to classroom practice [Poster presentation]. Infection Genomics for One Health (IGOH) Theme Review.