![Click me! Click me!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/Beaker/12193603_738073139656950_3668768542044950899_n.jpg)
*Not an actual picture of Mr. Varela
"I've been
teaching since..." |
2001 |
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"I've been at
ARIS since..." |
2018 |
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Classes Taught |
- 8th grade Physical Science
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Credentials |
- Single Subject California Credential
- BCLAD (Bilingual Crosscultural, Language,
and Academic Development)
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Education |
University of California, Irvine
Bachelor of Science,
Biological Sciences (major)
Philosophy (minor)
![UC Irvine Anteaters UC Irvine Anteaters](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/uci_logo.png)
California State University, Long Beach
Master of Science,
Secondary Science Education w/ Honors
Outstanding Thesis of the Year Award
![Long Beach State 49ers Long Beach State 49ers](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/csulb_logo.png)
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Family |
Mr. Varela with Mrs. Varela and 4 kids:
Daniel, Katie, Aidan, and Ralphy (left to right)
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Pets |
- 2 orange tabby cats, Peaches and Cream
![Peaches and Cream Peaches and Cream](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/Peaches_and_Cream.png)
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Favorite
Sports Teams |
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![Go Halos! Go Halos!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/Angels.jpg) |
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![Go Clipps! Go Clipps!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/Clippers.png) |
Angels |
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Clippers |
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![Go Ducks! Go Ducks!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/Ducks7-575x373.png) |
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![Bolt Up! Bolt Up!](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/Chargers.jpg) |
Ducks |
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Chargers |
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Favorite
Music Artists |
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![Dierks Bentley Dierks Bentley](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/dierks_bentley.jpg) |
Red Hot Chili Peppers |
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Dierks Bentley |
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Led Zeppelin |
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Aerosmith |
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Favorite
Books |
![The Outsiders The Outsiders](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/outsiders.jpg) |
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![Unbroken Unbroken](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/unbroken.jpg) |
"The Outsiders"
by S.E. Hinton |
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"Unbroken"
by Laura Hillenbrand |
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![Jurassic Park Jurassic Park](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/JP.jpg) |
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![Watchmen Watchmen](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/watchmen.jpg) |
"Jurassic Park"
by Michael Crichton
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"Watchmen"
by Alan Moore
& Dave Gibbons |
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Favorite
Scientists |
![Rosaling Franklin Rosaling Franklin](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/rosalind%20franklin.jpg) |
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![Nikola Tesla Nikola Tesla](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/nikola%20tesla.jpg) |
Rosalind
Franklin |
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Nikola
Tesla |
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![Lewis Howard Latimer Lewis Howard Latimer](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/lewis%20howard%20latimer.jpg) |
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![Ellen Ochoa Ellen Ochoa](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/ellen%20ochoa.jpg) |
Lewis Howard
Latimer |
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Ellen
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Favorite
Quotes |
"A person who never made a mistake
never tried anything new."
~ Albert Einstein
"The philosophy of the school room in
one generation will be the philosophy
of government in the next."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"A child miseducated is a child lost."
~ John F. Kennedy
"Life's most persistent and urgent question is,
'What are you doing for others?' "
~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Hobbies |
![Lake Havasu Lake Havasu](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/hobby3.png) |
Relaxing at Lake Havasu. |
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![Concerts Concerts](https://cdnsm5-ss18.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_214379/Image/Academics/Science/VarelaScience/images/About_the_Teacher/hobby1a.jpg) |
Going to concerts and music festivals. |
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Traveling! |
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