Dr. Matt QuigleyContactemail from students about class: mquigley@jamesmadisonprep.net
General School email: mquigley@madisonprep.org Phone: 480-345-2306 ext 217 Fax: 480-345-0059 Office HoursTutoring is available during Study Hall each day. Please ask for a study hall pass to see me for help.
Welcome to the start of the second trimester!
Earth Science
Chemistry Human Anatomy and Physiology ExtracurricularsCoach for the Academic Decathlon Team
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS BY CLASS:
9th grade Earth Science:
Announcements:
This trimester we will only be using the Earth Science textbook. Chapter 19 Test will be on Thursday, December 14th. Assignments for the Week of 11/06/23
M: Read Section 18.1 and do Chapter 18 Assessment 1, 2, 3, 5, 9, 13, 14, 18, 29, and STP 1, 3, 4, and 5 on pages 527 - 529. T: Section 18.1 review worksheet W: No HW Th: Measuring Relative Humidity lab F: No school Assignments for the Week of 11/13/23 M: Read Section 18.2 and do Chapter 18 Assessment 11, 15, 16, 19, 20, 22, 23, 28, and STP 2 on pages 527 - 529. T: Section 18.2 review worksheet W: Read through lab. Th: Cloud chamber lab F: Read Section 18.3 and do Chapter 18 Assessment 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, and 17 on page 527. Assignments for the Week of 11/20/23 M: Section 18.3 review WS T: Chapter 18 Test Review W: Chapter 18 Test Th: Thanksgiving Holiday F: Thanksgiving Holiday Assignments for the Week of 11/28/23 M: Thanksgiving Holiday T: Read Section 19.1 and do Chapter 19 Assessment 1, 2, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14, and STP 2, 5, and 6 on pages 553 - 555. W: Section 19.1 Review worksheet. Th: Barometer Lab F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 12/04/23 M: Read Section 19.2 and do Chapter 19 Assessment 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, and STP 1 and 3 on pages 553 - 555. T: Section 19.2 Review worksheet W: Global Winds worksheet Th: Global Wind Patterns lab F: No HW 11th grade ChemiSTRy
Announcements:
Chapter 3 Test over sections 3.3 through 3.7 on Tuesday, December 12th. Assignments for the Week of 11/06/23
M: Word Equations worksheet T: Read sections 3.3 and 3.4 and do exercises 3.21, 3.23, 3.27 - 3.29 on pages 112 - 113. W: Do exercises 3.33, 3.35, and 3.37 - 3.39 on page 113 Th: No HW F: No school Assignments for the Week of 11/13/23 M: Mass-mole conversions worksheet T: No HW W: Read Section 3.5 and do exercises 3.5, 3.43, 3.45, 3.47, and 3.48. Th: Read Section 3.6 and do exercises 3.6, 3.56, 3.57, 3.58, and 3.61. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 11/20/23 M: Read Section 3.6 and do exercises 3.6, 3.56, 3.57, 3.58, and 3.61. T: No HW W: No HW Th: Thanksgiving Holiday F: Thanksgiving Holiday Assignments for the Week of 11/28/23 M: Thanksgiving Holiday T: First trimester final exam return. W: Sections 3.1 - 3.6 review problems 3.20, 3.26, 3.40, 3.49, and 3.62. Th: No HW F: Read Section 3.7 and do exercises 3.7, 3.8. 3.67, 3.68, and 3.69. Assignments for the Week of 12/04/23 M: Do review exercises 3.71, 3.72, and 3.73 on page 115 T: Limiting Reactants worksheet W: Types of Chemical Reactions Lab Th: Finish lab F: No HW 12th Grade Human anatomy and physiology
Announcements:
The Chapter 9 Test will be on Friday, December 8th. Assignments for the Week of 11/06/23
M: Read sections 9.1 and 9.2 and do review exercises 1 - 4 on page 249. T: No HW W: Read sections 9.3 and 9.4 and do review exercises 5, 6, and 7 on page 249. Th: No HW F: No school Assignments for the Week of 11/13/23 M: Read sections 9.5 and 9.6 and do review exercises 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 on page 249. T: No HW W: Read sections 9.7 and 9.8 and do review exercises 15 - 21 on pages 249 and 250. Th: No HW F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 11/20/23 M: Read Sections 9.9 and 9.10 and do review exercises 22 - 24 on page 250. T: Read sections 9.11 - 9.12 and do review exercises 25 - 27 on page 250. W: No HW Th: Thanksgiving Holiday F: Thanksgiving Holiday Assignments for the Week of 11/28/23 M: Thanksgiving Holiday T: Read pages 225 - 229 and do review exercises 28 - 33 on page 250. W: Read pages 230 - 234 and do review exercises 34 - 41 on page 250. Th: No HW. F: Brain Dissection. Assignments for the Week of 12/04/23 M: No HW T: Read Section 9.14 and 9.15 and do review exercises 46, 47, and 49 on page 250. W: Do Critical Thinking 2, 4, 6, and 8 on page 250. Th: Chapter 9 test review F: Chapter 9 Test |
BiographyHi, I am Dr. Quigley and I teach the Earth Science and Chemistry classes at James Madison Preparatory School. I live in Tempe and have one daughter, Allyson. While my title is “Doctor” I am not a medical doctor. I have a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University (Gig ‘em Aggies!) in Chemical Oceanography (2000) with an undergraduate degree in Marine Science (1991). Before coming to James Madison, I taught full time for Northland Pioneer College in Snowflake and Show Low, Arizona and at Roxbury Community College in Roxbury, Massachusetts. While teaching at the college level I had the opportunity to teach several different science courses from basic Chemistry and Biology to Human Anatomy and Physiology and Environmental Chemistry.
It is strange how life takes you in directions that are different from what you had originally intended. I started graduate school with the intention of becoming a research scientist but I made some interesting discoveries about myself in the course of my education. First, I found that I become intensely seasick on small research ships (hence the oceanographer now living in a land-locked state). Second, I had a debilitating fear of public speaking while in college, and one of the reasons I decided to get my Ph.D. was that I knew it would force me to confront my fears in the classroom. I was given several opportunities to do some teaching during graduate school and, to my great surprise, I discovered that it was something I truly enjoyed. Once I completed my degree I had to decide if I would pursue a career in teaching or research. I decided to go with what I loved and that has made all the difference. Teaching Philosophy: It is my goal to give my students an understanding of how the physical world around them functions, from the mundane, like gravity, to the more exotic, like subatomic structure. In order to be able to interpret advances in medicine and technology, I want my students to have a good understanding of the scientific method and of how science is done. | ||||||
Academic Decathlon:
Important Dates:
January 22nd - Regional Competition Online Essay
February 2nd and 3rd - Regional Competition in Snowflake, AZ
February 26th - State Competition Online Essay
March 8th and 9th - State Competition
The Theme for the 2023 - 2024 Season is "Technology and Humanity". Please note, Academic Decathlon is only open to High School students grades 9 - 12. But students of ALL abilities are welcome and can compete. If you would like to join the James Madison Preparatory Academic Decathlon team for the 2023 - 2024 season please come see me or email me and I will give you an application. The activity fee for the season is $250.
Study materials for JMPS students are available through the following link:
https://usad.enlyght.com/tc/OrderReview.aspx?DistributionCode=GDAPDWGKEMCR
The primary point of contact between myself and the team members will be through weekly meetings and through the JMPS AcaDec Google Classroom. The classroom code is xrztny2
Weekly Meeting will be held during the Enrichment Hour (Z-Hour) on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:55 - 3:45 pm in the High School Lab room 306. The first meeting will be Tuesday, 08/08/23.
The link below will take you to the Academic Decathlon Google Classroom:
classroom.google.com/c/NjEzOTMwNzI0MTM0?cjc=xrztny2
