Ann Ratcliffe

Office: Ross 2279C

MAST Institute

UNC, Greeley, CO 80639

Phone: 970/351-1525

E-mail: ann.ratcliffe@unco.edu

Currently

Lab, Field, and Studio Safety instructor and workshop facilitator

Coordinator, Center for Precollegiate Studies and Outreach, UNC

Program Manager, Upward Bound Math and Science Program (COSMOS), UNC

Field Coordinator, NSF and NPS-funded Cave Ecosystem Research at Wind Cave, SD, Dept. of Biological Sciences

1995 - 1998

Project Manager, ChemQuest (now ChemDiscovery ), an NSF-funded multimedia high school chemistry curriculum project, UNC

1986 - 1995

Lecturer and Coordinator of the General Chemistry Teaching Labs, Oklahoma State University

Degrees

Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Chemistry

Master of Arts in Teaching, Duke University

Teaching Experience

University of Northern Colorado

Aims Community College, Greeley, CO

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

American Community School, Beirut, Lebanon

George Washington High School, Danville, VA

Some Chemistry Publications

Chemistry: The Experience , John Wiley & Sons, 1993

Study Guide for Carl Snyder's Extraordinary Chemistry of Ordinary Things , John Wiley & Sons, 1997, 2000, 2003

Some other interests

Caving, gardening, science fiction, philosophy, writing

Memberships

American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Health and Safety and Division of Chemical Education

National Science Teachers Association

National Speleological Society

Helictite bush (Calcite, CaCO 3 )

Snowdrift Avenue in Wind Cave. The walls are covered with aragonite (CaCO 3 ) crystals.

(Photos Wind Cave National Park)

Boxwork in Wind Cave