Mole Day is October 23rd!
What is a mole?
In Chemistry a mole is NOT an animal!!
10-23 is Mole Day because the date is significant. The Mole is the most important concept in Chemistry. On Mole Day we celebrate this number. It is a unit of measuring atoms/molecules. A mole is simply a number, like "1 dozen" is the number 12. "One mole" is a much greater number! It is equal to 6.02 X 10^23! To give you an idea of how large this number is:
1 Mole of marshmallows would cover the entire earth and be 12 miles high!!! Is that a large number???
1 Mole of marbles would fill the entire Grand Canyon and there would still be enough left over to displace all the water in Lake Michigan and a few other lakes!
What do we do on Mole Day?
We celebrate!! We sing, read original poems, create posters, and eat while we indulge ourselves in sick mole jokes. Bring food, your own stuffed moles*, and games. All of this is to celebrate and learn about the mole.
* Yes, it is true that a mole is also an animal. This is our Chemistry class mascot! Does that explain why we have so many stuffed, carved, beaded, drawn etc. "moles" around?
 
Every student must bring in a project to share with the class!
THIS YEAR: Mole Day is Thursday 10-23 [2008]
Theme this year: Mole of Fortune;
2007:
"REMEMBER THE A-LA-MOLE"
OR
OO7: "MOLES ARE FOREVER"
 
 
 
MONDAY October 23, 2006
2006 Mole Day theme was:
[CLICK]MOLE MADNESS
 
 
 
October 23, 2004 MOLE DAY THEME:
In at Third Place:
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