Hellmund Science
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Kettering, Ohio, United States
About the store
-College Supplemental Instructor
-College Tutor for general math and science courses
-Taught 9th grade Physical Science (3 yrs.)
-Taught 9th grade Accelerated Physical Science (2 yrs.)
-Taught 11th-12th grade Environmental Science (2 yrs.)
-Taught 8th grade General Science (10 yrs.)
-Taught Design and Modeling (1 yr.)
-Taught Computer Science (1 yr.)
-Taught Video gam and App Creation (1 yr.)
-Hold a Bachelors Degree in Biological Sciences- Life Science
-Hold a Masters of Education Degree
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Quest- Connecting the Dots, A Plate Tectonics, Earthquake, and Volcano Activity
Introduce the theory of plate tectonics with evidence from earthquakes and volcanoes! In this quest, your students must help Lady Ada Lovelace from the game world of Aureus Imperium uncover the link that exists with the location of earthquakes, volcanoes and plate boundaries! Students are given the coordinates of a series of major earthquakes and famous volcanoes on planet Earth. They use the latitude and longitude coordinates and plot these locations on a world map. Students then draw the edges
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-2
Also included in:Â Earth's Layers, Seismic Waves, Plate Tectonics Bundle
Quest- The Case of the Missing Thermometer, A Nature of Science Activity
Over 125 sold! Have your students investigate the mystery of the missing thermometer as they interrogate several guests in a closed room puzzle! Practice the Nature of Science while trying to solve this alternate reality Whodunit! With this activity, students review the five tenets of the Nature of Science while trying to solve the mystery of the missing thermometer! Students work in pairs and review batches of evidence to make observations and inferences concerning the house-guests at a dinner
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Earth's Layers, Seismic Waves, Plate Tectonics Bundle
Your search for the ultimate bundle of activities to keep your gamified class engaged in the realms of Earth's Layers, Seismic Waves, and Plate Tectonics is at an end! Presented in this bundle is a collection of quest activities that establishes a clear connection in content between models of Earth's layers, seismic waves, and our theory of plate tectonics. Each quest can build on the other allowing your scholarly adventurers several learning opportunities while keeping their engagement burning.
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-2
 +2
Quest- Hunting Tornadoes, A Tornado Plotting Activity to Find Tornado Alley!
Introduce tornadoes with evidence from devastating F5 and EF5 tornadoes from the past with this activity! In this quest, your students utilize data gathered from the National Weather Service over 1953-2013 to map the locations of over fifty terrifying tornadoes to uncover the location of Tornado Alley! Students will use the latitude and longitude coordinates for these tornadoes and will plot these locations on a map of the United States of America. They will research how tornadoes are rated base
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS2-5
Also included in:Â Natural Disaster Bundle
Quest- The Puzzle of Pangea, A Continental Drift / Plate Tectonics Activity
Introduce the theory of plate tectonics with evidence from the continental drift hypothesis! Students must help the game-world version of Sir Alfred Wegener as he strives to convince a disbelieving world that the continents are moving and have moved over time! Students are presented with eight landmass puzzle pieces and they must interpret coastlines, landforms, and fossils to rebuild the supercontinent of Pangea! This activity is a great review of Earth Layers and a wonderful preview of Plate T
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-3
, HS-ESS2-1
 +1
Also included in:Â Earth's Layers, Seismic Waves, Plate Tectonics Bundle
Quest- Earthquake-Resistant Towers, An Engineering Design Process /STEAM Project
Challenge your students to design and build a 2 story earthquake-resistant building using straws, paperclips, and string! This project is the perfect addition to your plate tectonics, earthquake, or seismic waves unit. It incorporates elements of the engineering design process and reviews earthquake concepts. Students will research earthquake-resistant designs and then design and build their own earthquake-resistant building. Students will be mindful of building materials and types of stresses.
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS3-2
, MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
 +2
Also included in:Â Natural Disaster Bundle
Nature of Science Bundle- 4 Quest activities with notes and interactive notebook
Need a solid set of resources for teaching the abstract nature of science to your students? Presented in this bundle is the perfect way for students to identify and use the nature of science in various situations. Your students will begin by identifying observations and inferences before working their way through the five facets of the nature of science which state that science is based on evidence, science can change over time, science involves communication, science must reduce personal bias,
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest- The Burned Village- An Observation and Inference Activity
Over 200 sold! Have your students use observations and inferences to solve the mystery of what triggered a village fire! Challenge your students by having them solve the mystery of the abandoned burned village! This activity utilizes a series of clues to be used as evidence to assist students with identifying qualitative/quantitative observations to make inferences. Students journey with Sir Isaac Newton in this gamified quest and must work together in this Nature of Science Unit lesson. Altho
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest- Battle Chariots, An Engineering Design Process /STEAM Project
Have your students embark on this 9-week long engineering design process STEM/STEAM challenge with battle chariots! Using Newton's Laws of Motion and Momentum as a guide, students design, build, duel, and redesign small battle chariots to take out an opponents egg while at the same time protecting their egg "driver". This project fits with any physics and physical science unit and allows students to apply the concepts they have learned in a very kinesthetic way. Students design their chariot pr
6th - 9th
Physical Science, Physics, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-2
, HS-ETS1-3
 +13
Earthquake Bundle
Presented here is the bundle of Earthquake assignments from Hellmund Science! Engage your students with several challenges regarding earthquakes. Have them plot them, monitor them, and even design and build earthquake-resistant towers to test on a shake table! This is the perfect addition to your natural disaster or Earth science unit! By purchasing this bundle, you will get one quest for free! Included in this bundle: Seismic Waves Summary Sheet4-Corners Natural Disaster Quick Research Slips
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Engineering, Science
Quest- Hunting Earthquakes, A Current-Event Earthquake Plotting Activity
Introduce the theory of plate tectonics with evidence from earthquakes that occur on the same day students complete this activity! In this quest, your students utilize the United States Geological Survey's digital earthquake map to uncover the link that exists with the location of earthquakes and plate boundaries! Students use the USGS digital map to observe the coordinates of a series of current earthquakes on planet Earth. They use the latitude and longitude coordinates and plot these location
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS3-2
Also included in:Â Earth's Layers, Seismic Waves, Plate Tectonics Bundle
Quest- Metric Missions- Fortify the Fortress! Use a ruler to measure length!
Challenge your students to use their wits and their rulers to measure replacement scientific tools, swords, shields, and fortress walls in this Metric Mission for the quantity of Length! Your learners have four different difficulty options to allow for differentiation as they must follow measurement directions. Their goal is to recreate the image of a beaker, flask, shield, sword, pair of swords, or castle walls using units of centimeters! This serves as a great activity that can be linked to an
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, Measurement, Science
Quest- The Suspicious Cartographer, A Bias in Graphing Activity
Over 35 sold! Have your students identify bias in graphing! Have your students embark on this small quest where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in graphing! The game story presents them before a suspicious cartographer who is out to convince them that their journey will be hampered because rainfall this year has been dramatically higher than average. He claims to have a solution; a water-proof cloak! Furthermore, to persuade students he displays data in the form of graphs.
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Foldable- Levels of Organization
Review Life Science concepts with this Levels of Organization foldable! Students can have trouble identifying how cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems relate to one another, but this foldable will allow them to explain each structure and provide a helpful sketch or example at the same time. Your class will then display improvement when it comes to identifying the organization of life. These notes come with easy to follow instructions and a key defining each of the five organization classifi
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Biology, Science
NGSS
MS-LS1-2
, MS-LS1-3
, MS-LS1-1
 +1
Powerpoint Notes- Experimental Design
Presented here is a powerpoint (pptx file) set of notes consisting of 26 slides concerning Experimental Design. These notes include an introduction to variables, hypothesis statements, and experimental and control groups. It is linked to the Nature of Science Guidebook where students can record their findings. Students will be able to identify independent variables, dependent variables, constant variables, control groups, experimental groups, and make hypothesis statements as well as conclusion
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Also included in:Â Science Process Skills Guidebook Notes with 7 Full Sets of Notes Bundle
Quest- Naming the Unknown, A Binomial Nomenclature and Classification Quest!
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... a living UAP/UFO predator abducting Master Einstein and his horse! As he shouts "Nein!" it is up to your students to help Lord Carolus Linnaeus create a scientific name for these unknown predators in the game world of Aureus Imperium! Your students will utilize a system of binomial nomenclature to identify the genus and species names of 26 separate forms of these flying predators. Prefixes and suffixes have been provided to help your studen
6th - 10th
Anatomy, Biology, Science
NGSS
HS-LS4-1
, MS-LS4-2
, HS-LS4-4
 +1
Also included in:Â Quest- Naming the Unknown Bundle! Digital and Hardcopy Versions!
Quest- Attack of the Horde, A Metric System Station Lab Activity
Over 30 sold! Have your students conquer the metric system with this stations quest! In the game setting, students find themselves in Sir Alexander Fleming's cabin deep in the woods when suddenly they are surrounded by an army of shambling zombie-like creatures! They must assist him by making accurate measurements using the metric system in order for them to escape! This station-based metric system lab activity allows students to use and measure the quantities of length, mass, volume, and dens
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest: The Night Terror- A Nature of Science Observation/Inference Challenge
A farmer's cattle has been attacked at night by an unknown predator in the game world of Aureus Imperium! He begs your students to help him discover the predator's identity so that he can protect his remaining cattle! Your students will use evidence found at the farm as well as bite marks discovered on the injured cattle's hide to infer the predator's identity! Their inferences must be based on careful observations rather than opinions and assumptions. Although students are engaged with trying
6th - 9th
General Science, Science
Also included in:Â Nature of Science, Bias, and Graphing Bundle!
Quest- The Principles of Relative Dating
Sir Isaac Newton of the fictional game world of Aureus Imperium has uncovered a geologic record column of rock strata in Malus Terra! Your students have been tasked with helping Newton learn about the history of the location's environment by using relative dating techniques. As they work, they are approached by the " Principals" of relative dating in order to learn the principles of relative dating! This quest will have your students review each of the five relative dating principles and use th
6th - 9th
Earth Sciences, Environment, Science
NGSS
MS-ESS1-4
, MS-ESS2-3
, MS-ESS2-2
What is in the Sky? A Nature of Science Modern Mystery of Social Media and Bias!
Have your students embark on this modern mystery where they are challenged to identify examples of bias found in social media! This activity, based on true events, begins when several people spot an unknown object in the sky above a tornado ravaged city in Ohio. Cell phone-armed citizens begin taking pictures of the object before sending them to the local weatherman for answers. Ten eyewitnesses debate their inferences regarding the object's identity until the sun sets and they are left with no
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
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About the store
Experience
-College Supplemental Instructor
-College Tutor for general math and science courses
-Taught 9th grade Physical Science (3 yrs.)
-Taught 9th grade Accelerated Physical Science (2 yrs.)
-Taught 11th-12th grade Environmental Science (2 yrs.)
-Taught 8th grade General Science (10 yrs.)
-Taught Design and Modeling (1 yr.)
-Taught Computer Science (1 yr.)
-Taught Video gam and App Creation (1 yr.)
-Hold a Bachelors Degree in Biological Sciences- Life Science
-Hold a Masters of Education Degree
Teaching style
For the last seven years I have created and implemented a Game-Based design approach to 8th grade general science. In addition to this, I have utilized Universal Design protocols and have incorporated aspects of the Flipped Classroom as well. My approach to education focuses on kinesthetic learners with project-based approaches. Underlying PBIS initiatives have been employed in my classroom as a companion to my teaching style.
Awards & shining teacher moments
2016 William's Teacher of the Year Award from Wilmington City Schools.
Additional biographical information
See what my current students are using on my weebly site at hellmund.weebly.com.
This is the main resource they use for their 8th grade science game curriculum where students have created gamertags, character avatars, earn gold, have life points, and earn experience for the work they do! They can view the shop where they can spend gold for game cards and so much more!
My pinterest can be found at: www.pinterest.com/HellmundScience
I post examples of student work and things I have incorporated into my gamified curriculum.
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