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
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
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
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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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
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
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
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
Quest- Metric Missions- Reading a Graduated Cylinder
Challenge your students to record the volume of objects from graduated cylinder readings. Within the game world storyline, Einstein has locked away a Sir Isaac Newton's armor in a safe. In order to find the safe's combination, students will take their values from the graduated cylinder readings. This quest includes three separate variations for differentiation. Students can jig-saw the different versions as a group to solve the puzzle. Can your students unlock the safe?! Students will be able to
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, Measurement, Science
Quest- The Forest Maze, A Nature of Science Vocabulary Random-Encounter Maze
Challenge your students to get through the forest by practicing essential vocabulary terms from your Nature of Science Unit! This activity serves as a great review before any unit assessment and allows students to match vocabulary terms with their definitions in an exciting and new format! In this activity, students work in pairs to randomly draw definition cards from an envelope. Students match the definition to a specific vocabulary term by writing the term on their student sheet grid. For eac
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Also included in:Â Nature of Science, Bias, and Graphing Bundle!
Quest- Raise the Towers! An Experimental Design and Variables Activity
Over 10 sold! Bring STEM/STEAM into the classroom with a toothpick tower challenge that reviews the basics of experimental design! The battle of Derenvald is nearing but a fog masks the enemy from the soldiers desperate to save the land! Challenge your students to build the watchtowers needed to scout the savage enemy's encampment with this quest! Students are tasked with using a variety of materials and toothpicks to build the tallest tower they can in this experimental design lab. Groups of
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Foldable- Observations and Inferences
Review nature of science concepts with this observations and inferences foldable! Students can have trouble identifying the basic terms related to scientific investigations, but this foldable will allow them to define each one and provide a helpful example at the same time. Your class will then display improvement when it comes to identifying observations and inferences. These notes come with easy to follow instructions and a key defining each of the three concepts so that you can maximize the e
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Quest- Tame the Swamp, a Metric Conversion, Random-Encounter Maze Activity
Over 26 sold! Have your students conquer metric conversions as they escape the random maze! Can your students get through the swamp maze by converting metric units? Challenge your class with this metric conversion, random encounter maze! In this activity, students work in pairs to randomly draw conversion problem cards from an envelope. Students answer these problems on their student sheet grid. For each conversion performed correctly, they earn a point! There are also hidden items and treasure
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Foldable- Experimental Design
Review variables and the basic structure of experimental design with this Experimental Design Foldable! Students can have trouble identifying the differences between independent variables, dependent variables, and constants within an experiment, but this foldable will allow them to define each term and examples from specific experiment examples at the same time. Your class will then display improvement when it comes to identifying variables, experimental groups, and control groups. This include
5th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Foldable- Variables and Experiments
Review variables and the basic structure of experimental design with this Variables and Experiments Foldable! Students can have trouble identifying the differences between independent variables, dependent variables, and constants within an experiment, but this foldable will allow them to define each term and examples from specific experiment examples at the same time. Your class will then display improvement when it comes to identifying variables, experimental groups, and control groups. These n
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Foldable- SI Unit Prefixes
Review International System of Units and metric system concepts with this SI Unit Prefix foldable! Students can have trouble identifying the basic prefix terms related to scientific measurement, but this foldable will allow them to define SI Unit Prefixes and provide their symbols at the same time. Your class will then display improvement when it comes to identifying SI Unit Prefixes. These notes come with easy to follow instructions and a key defining each of the seven main unit prefixes so th
6th - 9th
Basic Principles, General Science, Science
Foldable- Scientific Inquiry
Review scientific inquiry concepts with this scientific inquiry foldable! Students can have trouble identifying the basic terms related to scientific investigations, but this foldable will allow them to define each one and provide a helpful example at the same time. Your class will then display improvement when it comes to identifying observations, inferences, hypotheses, theories, and laws. These notes come with easy to follow instructions and a key defining each of the five concepts so that yo
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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