National Mole Day

Mole Day was first celebrated in 1991 by a group of chemistry teachers who wanted to encourage students to see that chemistry is interesting and fun and possibly even consider a career in this field. Mole Day is celebrated from 6:02am to 6:02pm on October 23 to commemorate Avogadro's Number, a basic measuring unit in chemistry.

Here are some resources to help students celebrate Mole Day, which is part of National Chemistry Week.

• Mole Day Celebration- Fun ideas to celebrate Mole Day
  
• Introduction to Mole Day- Lesson that helps students understand the relationship between a counting unit, mass, and number of particles. This is Day 2 of the lesson.
  
• From Molecules to Mole Day Do's- Lesson for students in grades 10-12 to familiarize them with the mole concept.
  
• Mole Day from the American Chemical Society- This site is packed with ideas to learn about and celebrate Mole Day. 

Check out a couple of additional resources for Mole Day on this previous post.

How Big Is A Mole? - And Other Mole Day Resources

Tomorrow is Mole Day. No, not the kind in the picture rather we're talking about the number. Sophia Learning has put together a small set of Mole Day activities that you can do with your students. Included on Sophia Learning's Mole Day page is the following TED-Ed lesson How Big Is A Mole?


For more serious lessons about moles you may want to direct students to Sophia Learning's fifteen part course on moles.