Nicholas Leonardi
Projects
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GEMS Education Curriculum Development and Professional Learning
Core ProjectThe 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.
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Expanding perspectives and participation through GEMS professional learning
Seed ProjectWe study how to create NGSS-aligned curriculum, combining science research and Multiple Ways of Knowing.
Presentations
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Hug & Leonardi, 2024
Hug, B. & Leonardi, N. (2024, April 3). GEMS education and outreach initiatives and research [Presentation]. Infection Genomics for One Health (IGOH) Seminar.
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Hug et al., 2024
Hug, B., Poel, J., Leonardi, N., & Yates, C. (2024, October 14). The sustainable world database: Making connections [Presentation]. Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA) Conference. Naperville, IL, United States.
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Hug et al., 2024
Hug, B., Poel, J., Yates, C., & Leonardi, N., (2024, October 14). Linking science, ELA, sustainability, and MWK [Presentation]. Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA) Conference, Naperville, IL, United States.
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Leonardi & Hug, 2024
Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, January 22-23). GEMS Education and Outreach: Utilizing Research to Inform Curriculum and Professional Learning Design [Poster presentation]. Biology Integration Institutes 2024 Awardees Meeting. Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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Leonardi & Hug, 2024
Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, March 21). Designing and customizing NGSS phenomenon-focused investigations: Challenges and solutions [Presentation]. NSTA National Conference. Denver, CO, United States.
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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.
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Leonardi, Hug, & Krist, 2024
Leonardi, N., Hug, B., & Krist, C. (2024, March 1). Curriculum adaptation to support equitable sensemaking of a phenomenon [Presentation]. College of Education Graduate Student Conference, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States.
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Leonardi et al., 2024
Leonardi, N., Hug, B., Poel, J., & Yates, C. (2024, October 14). Customizing units to support student sensemaking [Presentation]. Illinois Science Teachers Association (ISTA) Conference. Naperville, IL, United States.
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Poel et al., 2024
Poel, J., Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, March 17-20). Challenges and opportunities in using rubrics to develop sustainability focused curriculum units [Paper presentation]. NARST Annual International Conference, Denver, CO, United States.
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Poel, Leonardi, & Hug, 2024
Poel, J., Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, March 18). Challenges and opportunities in using rubrics to develop sustainability focused curriculum units. [Paper presentation]. NARST Annual International Conference. Denver, CO, United States.
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Roy, Leonardi, & Hug, 2024
Roy, P., Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, March 17-20). How teachers make sense of Multiple Ways of Knowing in science. [Paper presentation]. NARST Annual International Conference, Denver, CO, United States.
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Roy et al., 2024
Roy, P., Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, March 17-20). How teachers make sense of Multiple Ways of Knowing in science [Paper presentation]. 2024 NARST Annual International Conference, Denver, CO, United States.
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Lauren et al., 2024
Lauren, L. H., Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2024, September 26). The broader impacts of GEMS education and outreach initiatives [Poster presentation]. GEMS Annual Retreat, Bloomington, IN, United States.
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Leonardi & Hug, 2023
Leonardi, N., & Hug, B. (2023, September 18-19). Broadening Perspectives and Participation through GEMS professional Learning [Presentation]. Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses (GEMS) Annual Institute Retreat.
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Leonardi, Hug, & Krist, 2023
Leonardi, N., Hug, B., & Krist, C. (2023, August 30). Selecting phenomena for next generation science standards (NGSS) aligned investigations [Poster presentation]. Infection Genomics for One Health (IGOH) Annual Retreat.
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Leonardi, Hug, & Krist, 2023
Leonardi, N., Hug, B., & Krist, C., (2023, March 3). Agentic teaching: Strategic science curriculum adaptation for relevance [Poster presentation]. College of Education Graduate Student Conference. Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States.
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Leonardi et al., 2023
Leonardi, N., Roy, P., & Hug, B. (2023, October 14). Varying perspectives: Teachers’ perceptions of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a construct to develop students’ understandings of core biological concepts [Poster presentation]. Learning Sciences Graduate Student Conference (LSGSC), Iowa City, IA, United States.
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Leonardi, Roy, & Hug, 2023
Leonardi, N., Roy, P., & Hug, B. (2023, September 18-19). Varying perspectives: Teachers’ perceptions of Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a construct to develop students’ understandings of core biological concepts [Poster presentation]. Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses (GEMS) Annual Institute Retreat.
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Leonardi, Hug, & Krist, 2022
Leonardi, N., Hug, B., & Krist, C. (2022, September 15-16). Selecting phenomena for next generation science standards (NGSS) aligned investigations [Poster presentation]. Genomics and Eco-evolution of Multi-Scale Symbioses (GEMS) Annual Institute Retreat.