NARST Annual International Conference Schedule at a Glance - 2013 Wyndham Río Mar Río Grande, Puerto Rico Event Friday, April 5 7:30 AM 5:00 PM NARST Executive Board Meeting #1 Caribbean Salon 3 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Conference Registration Río Mar Atrium
Saturday, April 6 7:30 AM 12:00 PM NARST Executive Board Meeting #2 Caribbean Salon 3 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Río Mar Atrium Please note: You must register for the Pre-conference Excursion or Workshops with your Advance Conference Registration. 7:30 AM - 12:00 PM Pre-conference Excursion: Program Committee Bus Departs from Main Entry to Río Mar Cost: $50 Maximum # of participants: 39 Title: Journey to El Yunque: Excursion to Luquillo Long-Term Ecological Research Field Station Presenters: Steven McGee, Jess Zimmerman, Noelia Báez Rodriguez, Omar Perez-Reyes, Pauline Chinn, and Rojjana Klechaya 8:00 AM 12:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop #1: Equity and Ethics Committee Río Mar Salon 2 Title: The S in STEM Education: Focusing on Social Justice Issues in Science Education Organizers & Subcommittee Preconference Workshop Members: Felicia Moore Mensah, Joi Merritt, Matthew Weinstein, Debi Roberts Harris, Irene Osisioma, and Jacqueline Samuel Presenters: Regina Wragg, Blakely Tsurusaki, Leon Walls, Gillian Bayne, Mary Atwater, Sumi Higawara, Deb Morrision, Alicia Trotman, and Alejandro Gallard 8:00 AM 12:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop #2: Publications Committee El Morro 1 and 2 Title: Developing High Quality Reviews for the Journal of Research in Science Teaching Presenters: Angie Calabrese Barton, Joe Krajcik, and JRST Associate Editors
8:00 AM 12:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop #3: Research Committee Río Mar Salon 8 Title: Developing a Competitive Proposal for Programs in NSF s Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal Settings Presenters: Ellen McCallie, Sandra Toro, Elizabeth VanderPutten, Julio Lopez, and Janet Kolodner 8:00 AM 12:00 PM Pre-Conference Workshop #4: Research Committee Río Mar Salon 4 Title: Exploration of a New Words-to-Images Tool for Analyzing Videos of Science Teaching Presenters: Kathleen Roth, April Gardner, and Molly Stuhsatz 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch On your own 1:00 PM 2:30 PM Concurrent Session # 1 2:45 PM 4:00 PM Concurrent Session # 2 4:00 PM 4:30 PM Break 4:30 PM 5:50 PM Plenary Session # 1 Río Mar Ballroom 5 and 6 Speaker - Margaret Honey, New York Hall of Science, NYC Title - Design, Make, Play: Growing the Next Generation of STEM Innovators 6:00 PM 7:00 PM Mentor-Mentee Nexus Río Mar Salon 2 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Research Interest Groups (RIGs) Meetings The Continental and Diasporic Africa in Science Education Río Mar Salon 3 Engineering Education Río Mar Salon 7 Latino/a RIG (LARIG) Río Mar Salon 9 7:00 PM 9:30 PM Presidential / Welcome Reception Vista Verde Garden (Appetizers served and cash bar)
Sunday, April 7 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Committee Meetings 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Río Mar Atrium 8:30 AM 10:00 AM Concurrent Session # 3 10:15 AM 11:45 AM Concurrent Session # 4 12:00 1:00 PM NARST Business Meeting Caribbean Salon 3 (Box lunch provided for 1st 100 attendees who sign up) 12:00-1:00 PM Lunch On your own 1:15 PM 2:45 PM Concurrent Session # 5 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM Break 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Concurrent Session # 6A: Poster Session Río Mar Ballroom 5 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM Concurrent Session # 6B: Poster Session Río Mar Ballroom 6 5:30 PM 7:00 PM Graduate Student Forum Río Mar Salon 2 6:00 PM 8:00 PM Springer Reception (By invitation only) Caribbean Salon 3 7:00 PM 8:30 PM Publisher Reception TBD 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Graduate Student and Early Career Scholars Social Poolside (Informal social - on your own)
Monday, April 8 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Committee Meetings 7:00 AM 5:00 PM Registration Río Mar Atrium 8:30 AM 10:00 AM Concurrent Session # 7 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break 10:30 AM 11:50 AM Plenary Session #2: Río Mar Ballroom 5 and 6 Speaker - William F. Tate IV, Washington University in St. Louis Title - Research on Ecological Context and Place: Investigating the Landscape of STEM Opportunities 12:00 PM 2:00 PM Awards Luncheon Vista Verde Garden 2:15 PM 3:45 PM Concurrent Session # 8 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Concurrent Session # 9 5:45 PM 6:45 PM New Researcher and Junior Faculty Early Career Discussion Caribbean Salon 1 6:00 PM 7:30 PM JRST Editorial Board Meeting Caribbean Salon 3 7:30 PM 10:00 PM JRST at 50: A Tropical Silver Celebration Vista Verde Garden Desserts, Cash bar, Entertainment
Tuesday, April 9 7:00 AM 8:15 AM Strand Meetings 7:00 AM 12:00 PM Registration Río Mar Atrium 8:30 AM 10:00 AM Concurrent Session # 10 10:15 AM - 11:45 AM Concurrent Session # 11 12:00 PM 1:00 PM Lunch On your own 1:00 PM 2:30 PM Concurrent Session # 12 2:45 PM - 4:15 PM Concurrent Session # 13 4:45 PM 10:00 PM Equity Dinner Off-site Group transportation departs hotel at 4:45; returns after dinner Barrachina Restaurant, San Juan (Maximum attendance: 100) Dinner, including tax and gratuity, is $35. Please note: You must register for this event with your Advance Conference Registration. Wednesday, April 10 7:30 AM - 11:00 AM NARST Executive Board Meeting #3 Caribbean Salon 3