Dr. Matt QuigleyContactEmail from students regarding class assignments: [email protected]
General School email: [email protected] 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 Third trimester!
Earth Science
Biology Chemistry Human Anatomy and Physiology Advanced Biology ExtracurricularsCoach for the Academic Decathlon Team
HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS BY CLASS:
9th grade Earth Science:
Announcements:
Grand Canyon Trip Thursday and Friday, May 15th - 16th Packing list and Itinerary are below.
Assignments for the Week of 02/17/25
M: President's Day T: Read section 12.1 and do Chapter 12 Assessment 1, 2, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 28, 29, and STP 1 - 5 and 7 on pages 359 - 361. W: Section 12.1 Review worksheet Th: Read section 12.2 and do Chapter 12 Assessment 3, 6, 16, 17, 31, and STP 8 on pages 359 - 361. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 02/24/25 M: Section 12.2 Review Worksheet T: Read section 12.3 and do Chapter 12 Assessment 4, 8, 11, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, and STP 6 on pages 359 - 361. W: Section 12.3 Review worksheet Th: Radiometric dating lab F: Lab worksheet Assignments for the Week of 03/03/25 M: Finish lab worksheet. T: Read section 12.4 and do Chapter 12 Assessment 5 and 11, and STP 9 on pages 359 - 361. W: Review Chapter 12 Th: Chapter 12 Test F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/17/25 M: Read section 13.1 and do Chapter 13 Assessment 2, 13, 22, 24, and STP 2, 3, and 6 on pages 389 - 391. T: Section 13.1 Review WS W: Read section 13.2 and do Chapter 13 Assessment 4, 5, 16, 20, 21, and STP 1 on pages 389 - 391. Th: Section 13.2 Review WS F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/24/25 M: Read section 13.3 and do Chapter 13 Assessment 3, 6, 7, 14, 19, and STP 5 on pages 389 - 391. T: Section 13.3 Review WS W: Read section 13.4 and do Chapter 13 Assessment 1, 8, 9, 10, 18, 27, 29, and STP 4 and 7 on pages 389 - 391. Th: Section 13.4 Review WS F: Determining Geologic Ages Lab Assignments for the Week of 03/31/25 M: Review Chapter 13 T: Chapter 13 Test. HW: Read section 22.1 and do Chapter 22 Assessment 1, 2, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and STP 1, 2, and 3 on pages 639 - 641. W: Section 22.1 Review Worksheet. HW: Read section 22.2 and do Chapter 22 Assessment 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 24, 25, 26, 27, and STP 4 - 7 on pages 639 - 641. Th: ACT Aspire practice test F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 04/07/25 M: No homework T: ACT Aspire testing W: Section 22.2 Review Worksheet. Th: No HW F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 04/14/25 M: Read section 22.3 and do Chapter 22 Assessment 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 28, 29, and 30 on pages 639 - 641. T: Chapter 22 Lab W: Chapter 22 Test Review Th: Chapter 22 Test F: No school Assignments for the Week of 04/21/25 M: Read section 23.1 and do Chapter 23 Assessment 1, 2, 3, 11, 13, and STP 1 and 2 on pages 669 - 671. T: Sect. 23.1 Review WS W: Read section 23.2 and do Chapter 23 Assessment 4, 5, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, 31, 32, 33, 34, and STP 3 on pages 669 - 671. Th: Section 23.2 Review WS F: Read Section 23.3 and do Chapter 23 Assessment 6, 7, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 29, and 30 on pages 669 - 671. Assignments for the Week of 04/28/25 M: No HW T: NWEA testing Science W: Read section 23.4 and do Chapter 23 Assessment 8, 9, 10, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, and STP 4, 5, and 6 on pages 669 - 671. Th: NWEA testing Math F: Moon paper extra credit rough draft due Assignments for the Week of 05/05/25 M: NWEA testing Reading T: Modeling the Solar System and Measuring the Angle of the Sun labs. W: Chapter 23 Review Th: Chapter 23 Test F: Moon paper final draft due Assignments for the Week of 05/12/25 M: Read Section 24.1 and do Chapter 24 Assessment 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 24, and 32, and STP 1 on pages 695 -697. T: Read Section 24.2 and do Chapter 24 Assessment 4, 5, 6, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 25 on pages 695 - 696. Section 24.2 Review WS. W: Read Section 24.3 and do Chapter 24 Assessment 7, 8, 9, 10, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29, 31, 34, and STP 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on pages 695 - 697. Th: Grand Canyon Trip F: Grand Canyon Trip 10th grade BiologyAnnouncements:
Assignments for the Week of 02/17/25
M: President's Day T: Read section 28.1 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 700. W: Read section 28.2 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 706. Th: Chapter 28 Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 20, Applying Concepts 21 and 25, and Assessing Knowledge and Skill 1- 4 on pages 707 - 709. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 02/24/25 M: Animal cells microslide lab T: Chapter 28 Quiz. HW Read section 29.1 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 715. W: Read section 29.2 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 722. Th: No HW F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/03/25 M: Read Section 29.3 and do Section 29.3 Review 1 - 5 on page 729. T: Planarian lab W: Read Section 29.4 and do Section 29.4 Review 1 - 5 on page 732. Th: Chapter 29 Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 20, Applying Concepts 22, 23, 24, and 25, Thinking Critically 30 and 32, and Assessing Knowledge and Skills 1 - 3 on pages 733 - 735. F: Chapter 29 Quiz Assignments for the Week of 03/17/25 M: Read section 30.1 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 745. T: Minilab W: Read section 30.2 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 752. Th: Chapter 30 Review Understanding Concept 1 - 20, Applying Concepts 23 and 25, Thinking Critically 27 and 28, and Assessing Knowledge and Skills 1 - 5 pages 753 - 755. F: Earthworm Lab Assignments for the Week of 03/24/25 M: Finish Earthworm lab worksheet. T: Review for Chapter 30 quiz W: Chapter 30 Quiz. Read section 30.1 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 767. Th: Section 30.1 Review WS F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/31/25 M: Read section 13.2 and do Section 13.2 Review 1 - 5 on page 778. T: Section 30.2 Review Worksheet W: Sonora Desert Museum Th: Chapter 31 Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 20, Applying Concepts 21, 24, Thinking Critically 28, 30, 32, and Applying Knowledge and Skills 1 - 3 on pages 779 - 781. F: Chapter 31 Review worksheet Assignments for the Week of 04/07/25 M: Chapter 31 Review T: Chapter 31 Quiz. HW: Read section 32.1 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 792. W: Section 32.1 Review Worksheet. Th: Read section 32.2 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 798. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 04/14/25 M: Chapter 32 Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 20, Applying Concepts 21, 24, Assessing Knowledge and Skills 1 - 4 on pages 799 - 801. T: Comparing Sea Urchins and Lancelets lab. W: Review for Chapter 32 Quiz Th: Chapter 32 Quiz F: No school Assignments for the Week of 04/21/25 M: Read Biodigest Invertebrates and do Biodigest Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 10 and Thinking Critically 1 - 5 on page 395. T: Review Unit 8 Invertebrates W: Study Unit 8 Th: Unit 8 Review F: Read Section 33.1 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 823 and do Section 33.1 Review Worksheet. Assignments for the Week of 04/28/25 M: Unit 8 Invertebrates Test T: Read BioDigest Vertebrates on pages 920 - 928 and do BioDigest Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 10 and Critical Thinking 1 - 5 on page 929. W: Read section 3.1 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 63. Th: Read section 3.2 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 78. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 05/05/25 M: Chapter 3 Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 20; Applying Concepts 21, 22, 23, 25; Thinking Critically 28, 29, 31, 32; and Applying Knowledge and Skills 1 - 3 on pages 79 - 81. T: Chapter 3 Review worksheet. W: MiniLab on page 69. Th: Chapter 3 Review F: Chapter 3 Quiz Assignments for the Week of 05/12/25 M: Read Section 4.1 and do Section Review 1 - 5 on page 90. T: Read section 4.2 and do Section Review 1 - 4 on page 108 and Section 4.2 Review Worksheet. W: No HW Th: Chapter 4 Review Understanding Concepts 1 - 20, Applying Concepts 22, 23, 25, Thinking Critically 29, 30, and Assessing Knowledge and Skills 1 - 4 on pages 109 -111. F: Chapter 4 Review Worksheet. 11th grade ChemiSTRy
Announcements:
Assignments for the Week of 02/17/25
M: President's Day T: Final Exam review W: Final Exam review Th: Read section 6.1 and do exercises 6.1, 6.9, 6.10, 6.11, 6.13, and 6.15 on pages 251 - 253. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 02/24/25 M: Read Section 6.2 and do exercises 6.3, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21, 6.24, and 6.27. T: No HW W: Read section 6.3 and do exercises 6.4, 6.5, 6.31, 6.32, and 6.33. Th: Iron Gal Ink lab day 1 F: Iron Gal Ink Lab day 2 Assignments for the Week of 03/03/25 M: Read section 6.3 and do exercises 6.4, 6.5, 6.31, 6.32, and 6.33. T: Read section 6.4 and do exercises 6.35, 6.41, 6.44, and 6.45. W: No HW Th: Finish Line Spectrum Lab F: Finish Line Spectrum Lab Assignments for the Week of 03/17/25 M: AZSci practice test T: Read section 6.5 and do problems 6.47, 6.48, 6.49, and 6.50. W: AZSci Test Th: AZSci Test F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/24/25 M: ACT practice T: Read Section 6.6 and do problems 6.54, 6.55, and 6.57. W: ACT test Th: Read Section 6.7 and do problems 6.60, 6.61, and 6.63. F: Research Paper rough draft due Assignments for the Week of 03/31/25 M: Read section 6.8 and 6.9 and do exercises 6.65, 6.66, 6.67, 6.71, and 6.73 on page 255 T: Electron Configuration Level one and Level two worksheets W: Electron Configuration Worksheet Th: Chapter 6 Review F: Chapter 6 Test Assignments for the Week of 04/07/25 M: Chapter 6 Test T: Read sections 7.1 and 7.2 and do exercises 7.7, 7.8, 7.9, 7.10, 7.11, and 7.13 on page 292. W: Read section 7.3 and do exercises 7.15, 7.16, 7.17, 7.19, 7.21, and 7.23 on page 293. Th: Do exercises 7.25, 7.26, 7.28, 7.29, 7.32, and 7.34 on page 293. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 04/14/25 M: Read section 7.4 and do exercises 7.4, 7.35, 7.37, and 7.39 on pages 292 - 293. T: Read section 7.5 and do exercises 7.40, 7.41, 7.43, and 7.49 on pages 293 - 294. W: Read section 7.6 and do exercises 7.53, 7.54, 7.55, 7.57, and 7.59 on page 294. Th: No homework F: No school Assignments for the Week of 04/21/25 M: Read sections 7.7. and 7.8 and do exercises 7.65, 7.67, 7.69, 7.71, 7.73, 7.74, and 7.76 on pages 294 - 295. T: No HW W: Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals lab Th: Group 2: The Alkaline Earth Metals lab F: Chapter 7 Review Assignments for the Week of 04/28/25 M: Chapter 7 Test Review T: Chapter 7 Test. Read section 8.1 and do review exercises 8.1, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, and 8.11. W: Lewis structures worksheet Th: Read section 8.2 and do review exercises 8.2, 8.3, 8.13, 8.15, 8.16, 8.19, and 8.21 F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 05/05/25 M: Read section 8.3 and do exercises 8.4, 8.29, 8.31, and 8.33 on pages 336 - 337. T: Read section 8.4 and do exercises 8.35, 8.36, 8.37, 8.39, and 8.41 on page 337. W: Read section 8.5 and do the Lewis Structures of Molecules review worksheet Th: Do exercises 8.45, 8.46, 8.47, and 8.48 on page 338. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 05/12/25 M: Read section 8.6 and 8.7 and do exercises 8.52, 8.53, 8.55, 8.57, 8.59, 8.60, and 8.61 on pg. 338. T: Read section 8.8 and do exercises 8.65, 8.67, and 8.69 on page 339. W: Junior Camping Trip Th: Junior Camping Trip F: Junior Camping Trip 12th Grade Human anatomy and physiology
Announcements:
This course is finished for the year! Assignments for the Week of 02/17/25
M: President's Day T: No HW W: Sheep Heart dissection lab Th: Finish Sheep Heart Dissection lab worksheet F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 02/24/25 M: Read section 13.3 and do review exercises 8 - 12, and 14 on page 364. T: Read section 13.4 and do review exercises 15 - 22 on page 364. W: No HW Th: Read sections 13.5 and 13.6 and do review exercises 23 - 27 on page 364. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/03/25 M: Read Sections 13.7 and 13.8 and do review exercises 28 - 30 and Critical Thinking 4, 5, 6, and 8 on page 364. T: Chapter 13 Review Worksheet W: Review Chapter 13 Th: Chapter 13 Test F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/17/25 M: Read sections 14.1 - 14.4 and do review exercises 1 - 4 on page 389. T: Read sections 14.5 and 14.6 and do review exercises 5, 6, and 7 on page 389. W: Read sections 14.7 and 14.8 and do review exercises 8 - 13 on page 389. Th: Read section 14.9 and do review exercises 14, 16 - 27 on pages 389 - 390. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/24/25 M: Do review exercises 29 - 37 on page 390. T: Chapter 14 lab worksheet W: Review for chapter 14 test Th: Chapter 14 Test F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/31/25 M: Read sections 15.1 and 15.2 and do review exercises 1 - 5 on page 432 T: Read sections 15.3 and 15.4 and do exercises 9, and 11 - 13 on page 432. W: Read sections 15.5 - 15.7 and do exercises 14, and 16 - 21 on page 432. Th: Read section 15.8 and do exercises 22 - 25 on page 432. F: Read section 15.9 and do exercises 26 - 28, and 30 on page 432. Assignments for the Week of 04/07/25 M: Read section 15.9 and do problems 26, 27, and 28 on page 432. T: Read section 15.10 and do exercises 31, 32, and 33 on page 432. W: Read section 15.11 and do exercises 34, 37 - 42 on page 432. Th: Review Chapter 15 F: Chapter 15 test Assignments for the Week of 04/14/25 M: Chapter 15 test T: Read sections 19.1 and 19.2 and do review exercises 1, 2, 4, 6, and 8 on page 525. W: Read section 19.3 and do review exercises 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, and 15 on page 525. Th: No homework F: No school Assignments for the Week of 04/21/25 M: Read section 19.4 and do review exercises 16, 18, and 19 on page 525. T: Read section 19.5 and do exercises 20, 22, 23, and 24 on page 525. W: No HW Th: Read section 19.6 and do review exercise 26 and Critical Thinking 2 and 7 on page 525. F: Read Sections 19.7 and 19.8 and do review exercises 27, 28, 29, and Critical Thinking 4, 5, 6, and 9 on page 525. Assignments for the Week of 04/28/25 M: No HW T: Read sections 20.1 and 20.2 and do review exercises 1, 2, 3, and 4 on page 549. W: Read section 20.3 up to page 537 and do review exercises 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 10, 13, 14, 15, and 17 on page 549. Th: Read section 20.3 pages 537 - 544 and do review exercises 18, 20, 21, 22, and Critical Thinking 4 and 6 on page 549. F: Read section 20.4 and do review exercises 23 - 26 and Critical Thinking 2 on page 549. Assignments for the Week of 05/05/25 M: No HW T: Final Exam Review W: No class Th: Final exam from 8 - 9:30am F: No class 12th grade oceanography
Announcements:
This course is finished for the year. Assignments for the Week of 02/17/25
M: President's Day T: Read Section 1.1 and do Concept Check 1.1 1 - 3 on page 6. W: Read Section 1.2 and do Concept Check 1.2 1 - 3 on page 13 and Critical Thinking 1.2 on page 31. Th: No HW F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 02/24/25 M: Read Section 1.3 and 1.4 and do Concept Check 1.3 1 - 3 on page 16 and Concept Check 1.4 1 - 4 on page 21. T: Read Section 1.5 and do Concept Check 1.5 1 - 3 on page 23 and Critical Thinking 1.5 on page 32. W: Read Sections 1.6 and 1.7 and do Concept Checks 1.6 1 - 3 on page 27 and 1.7 1 - 2 on page 30, and Critical Thinking 1.6 on page 33. Th: Review Chapter 1 F: Chapter 1 Test Assignments for the Week of 03/03/25 M: Grade Section 1.5 homework. T: Grade Sections 1.6 and 1.7 homework. W: Review Chapter 1 Th: Chapter 1 Test F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/17/25 M: Read sections 2.1 and 2.2 and do Concept Check 2.1 1 - 3 on page 39 and Concept Check 2.2 1 - 4 on page 48. T: Read section 2.3 and do Concept Check 1 - 4 on page 60. W: Read section 2.4 and do Concept Check 1 - 4 on page 66. Th: Read section 2.5 and 2.6 and do Concept Check 2.5 1 on page 68 and Concept Check 2.6 1 on page 69. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 03/24/25 M: Do Essential Concepts Review Critical thinking 2.3, Critical Thinking 2.4, and Critical Thinking 2.6. T: No HW W: Review for Chapter 2 Test Th: Chapter 2 Test F: Read Section 3.1 and do Concept Check 1 and 2 on page 79. Assignments for the Week of 03/31/25 M: Chapter 2 Test. HW: Read Section 12.1 and do Concept Check 12.1 1 - 3 on page 363. T: Read sections 12.2 and 12.3 and do Concept Check 12.2 1 - 3 on page 367 and Concept Check 12.3 1 - 3 on page 369 W: Read section 12.4 and do Concept Check 1 - 6 on page 378 Th: No HW F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 04/07/25 M: No HW T: No HW W: No HW Th: Read section 12.5 and do Concept Check 1 - 3 on page 383. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 04/14/25 M: Chapter 12 Review T: Chapter 12 Review W: Chapter 12 Review Th: Chapter 12 Test F: No school Assignments for the Week of 04/21/25 M: Read section 13.1 and do Concept Check 1 - 5 on page 395. T: No HW W: Read section 13.2 and do Concept Check 1 - 5 on page 402. Th: No HW F: Read Essential Concepts Review for Sections 13.1 and 13.2 and answer the Critical Thinking Questions on page 421. Assignments for the Week of 04/28/25 M: No HW T: Read 13.4 and do Concept Check 1 - 4 on page 413. W: No HW Th: Read 13.5 and do Concept Check 1 - 3 on page 420. F: No HW Assignments for the Week of 05/05/25 M: Do Essential Concepts Review 13.3, 13.4, and 13.5 and answer the Critical Thinking questions on pages 336 - 337. T: Final exam review W: No class Th: Final exam from 8 - 9:30 am F: No class |
BiographyHello! I am Dr. Quigley and I teach the High School Earth Science and Chemistry classes at James Madison Preparatory School. I live in Tempe and have one daughter who is currently in college. 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 because I knew it would force me to confront my fears. 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 scientific inquiry and the scientific method. | ||||||||||||||
Academic Decathlon:
Important Dates:
January 21st 2025 - Regional Competition Online Essay
January 31st through February 1st 2025 - Regional Competition in Show Low, AZ
February 18th 2025 - State Competition Online Essay
February 28th through March 1st 2025 - State Competition
Link to Google Calendar click here
The Theme for the 2024 - 2025 Season is "Our Changing Climate".
Meeting times will be Tuesday and Thursday Z-hour, 3:00 - 3:45 pm, in Mrs. Hemmings room.
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 2024 - 2025 season please come see me or email me and I will give you an application.
Study materials for JMPS students are available through the following link:
https://usad.enlyght.com/tc/OrderReview.aspx?DistributionCode=XPSUMHDABJXB
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 e3jyfhu
Weekly Meeting will be held during the Enrichment Hour (Z-Hour) from 3:00 - 3:45 pm. Meeting days are TBD.
The link below will take you to the Academic Decathlon Google Classroom:
https://classroom.google.com/c/NjkzNTc2MDQyNzM1?cjc=e3jyfhu
