Chemistry Students Celebrate Mole Day

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Chemistry Students Celebrate Mole Day

• Presentation to East Windsor Board of Education
• Thursday, November 6, 2008

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What is Mole Day?

• Celebrated annually on October 23rd from 602 AM
  until 602 PM, Mole Day commemorated Avogadros
  Number (6.022 x 1023), which is a basic measuring
  unit in chemistry.

Amadeo Avogadro (1776 1856)
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How much IS a mole?

• A mole of water (H20) is 18 grams of water
• A mole of copper (Cu) is 63.5g of copper
• A mole of table salt (NaCl) is approximately
  58.5g of salt

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Why celebrate Mole Day?

• Mole day is celebrated as a way to foster
  interest in chemistry in schools throughout the
  United States and around the world.

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How did EWHS celebrate Mole Day?

• East Windsor High School chemistry students
  celebrated Mole Day by designing and creating
  stuffed moles!

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Examples of Students creative ideas

• The Water-MOL-on
• Marilyn Mon-MOLE
• The Goalie Moley
• The Ca-MOLE-flage Mole
• The MOLE-aysian Mole
• The Españole Mole

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We even had a life-sized Mole Boy!

• Steve Quesnel spread the word about Mole Day
  during his lunch wave!

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We also celebrated Halloween in chemistry!

• AP students Stephanie Piekos, Alex Griffin and
  Elizabeth Hong dressed as elements from the
  Periodic Table!

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Why are there two of them?
Because Iodine is DIATOMIC! (I2)
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Chemistry students learn how to titrate
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Thank You!

• Special thanks to Steve Quesnel and Stephanie
  Piekos for helping to present this evening!