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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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
Powerpoint Notes- The Nature of Science
Over 20 sold! Start your science units off right with this nature of science powerpoint notes set! Presented here is a powerpoint (pptx file) set of notes consisting of 16 slides concerning the Nature of Science. These notes include images and definitions for terms concerning the Nature of Science and is linked to the Nature of Science Guidebook where students can record their findings. There is also a short activity where students use the Nature of Science to determine what they believe happe
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest- A Bridge of Destiny, An Engineering Design Process Project
Over 30 sold! Bring STEM/STEAM into your classroom and exemplify the engineering design process with this toothpick bridge competition! Challenge your students with a STEM / STEAM toothpick bridge in this gamified lesson! In the game story, students must construct a bridge to carry an army across a rift valley. Student groups are tasked with designing and constructing a toothpick bridge prototype to determine which design has the best efficiency. This is determined by comparing their bridge's m
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, Engineering, Science
NGSS
MS-ETS1-2
, MS-ETS1-4
, MS-ETS1-1
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Graphing Bundle- 5 Graphing Quests and Guided Notes with a Companion Notebook!
Over 20 sold! Reinforce graphing concepts and engage your students with this quadruple quest bundle! Looking for a quintet of graphing labs and a set of graphing notes for your students? This product combines five wonderful graphing activities that provide students the opportunity to collect their own measurements, use data tables, construct graphs, and then interpret those graphs to answer analysis questions. I have provided a sequence that places an emphasis on scatter plots in this graphing
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, Graphing, Science
Nature of Science and Bias Bundle
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- Dihydrogen Monoxide, A Bias in Argument Activity
Over 45 sold! Have your students identify bias in arguments over the banning of dihydrogen monoxide! Ever want to include an example of a debate where bias drips in many forms with your Nature of Science unit? Do you need an activity where students evaluate the bias in two opposing arguments about a common chemical and are forced to make up their mind on whether or not that dangerous chemical should be banned? I present The Dihydrogen Monoxide Quest where students are challenged with the task
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Nature of Science, Bias, and Graphing Bundle!
Challenge your students with this engaging bundle for the nature of science, bias, and graphing! Begin with the nature of science, focusing on observations and inferences. Your students will construct models and defend their claims with evidence. Your class will then explore concepts in bias. They will be able to identify examples of bias while limiting bias in their conclusions. Students will then be able to practice building and using bar graphs, pie graphs, line graphs, and scatter plots. Th
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Bias Bundle- PowerPoint Notes, Interactive Notebook/Guidebook, and 3 Activities!
Need a solid resource for teaching bias to your students? Presented in this bundle is the perfect way for students to identify potential bias in various situations. Not only will they learn how to identify bias in its many forms, they will learn how to limit their bias as they work through these investigations. This bundle includes the Bias PowerPoint notes. The companion notebook, or guidebook, for the entire Science Process Skills unit is also included for free! It also contains two full gamif
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest- The Water Monster, An Observation and Inference Activity
Over 75 sold! Have your students attempt to solve the mystery of what pulled the child into the water using observations and inferences! This activity serves as the first activity, or "quest" in my gamified Nature of Science Unit. Students begin their game journey after having met Sir Isaac Newton in a parallel universe called Aureus Imperium and they happen upon a boy who claims that a monster somehow pulled him into a small pond. His mother doesn't believe this of course, so students are task
6th - 8th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Powerpoint Notes- The Metric System Introduction
Presented here is a powerpoint (pptx file) set of notes consisting of 16 slides concerning the Metric System. These notes include an introduction to length, mass, volume, and density, and is linked to the Nature of Science Guidebook where students can record their findings. Students will also be able to practice water displacement and density calculations within these notes. These notes can serve as a perfect refresher for students who may need a quick review of the common Metric System Quanti
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Also included in:Â Science Process Skills Guidebook Notes with 7 Full Sets of Notes Bundle
Quest- The Slender Strangers, A Graphing and Scatter Plot Activity
Over 25 sold! Have your students create scatterplots to discover the correlation between height and wingspan! Do your students need help collecting data and making scatter plots in an engaging way? I present the quest of the Slender Strangers! In this activity, students are challenged by using a meter stick to determine if human wingspan is related to height. They then use this data to construct a scatter plot to determine if there is a relationship of not. In the game story setting, student g
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, Graphing, Science
Science Process Skills Guidebook Notes with 7 Full Sets of Notes Bundle
This is the student guidebook for Science Process Skills in our gamified classroom with our full set of powerpoint notes that matches the guidebook. Students use this guidebook for notes as we learn new content throughout the unit. This guidebook is a form of interactive notebook which includes a vocabulary glossary, learning target list for the unit, and more! The game world scenario has students working through the continent of Derenvald and they are greeted by Sir. Isaac Newton. With this bun
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest- The Problems of the Front, An Experimental Design and Variables Activity
Over 10 sold! Encourage your students to identify experimental variables, control groups, experimental groups, and placebo effects in several simple experiments set in the game world of Aureus Imperium! Need a quest to strengthen students' grasp of experimental design basics and variables? Have them assist the warriors of the soldiers' camp in this quest! It is the eve before an upcoming battle and the general is concerned his troops are distracted by a series of experiments they have been condu
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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