|
Students with whiskers and black noses, playing games like
pin the nose on the mole, mole-ing and a scavenger hunt.
No, this is not a pre-school at playtime -- it's a high school
classroom where this year's chemistry 3202 class are having their
Mole Day celebrations. |
 |
You may ask yourself, just what exactly is Mole Day? In chemistry,
a mole is a quantity of a substance containing as many molecules
as there are atoms. The number representing the mole is 6.022
1023. Therefore, Mole Day is celebrated on October (the tenth
month), on the 23rd day of this month, from 6:02 a.m to 6:02
p.m. This year's class celebrated on the 22nd because the 23rd
fell on a Saturday.
Every year there is a theme for Mole Day. This year's theme
was "It's a Mole World". There were songs, jokes and
t-shirts centered around that theme. The students put up a Mole
Wall of Fame in the lobby of Roncalli Central High to which past
and present Chemistry students could sign their name. They had
a crowning of the ‘Mole' King and Queen and they closed
their ceremonies by releasing balloons in front of the school.
Christine Wu, a Grade 10 student in the class said, "I
really like it. This gives us a break from class to have a little
fun and learn something new at the same time."
Mole Day is celebrated during National Chemistry Week every
year.
"It offers chemistry teachers a chance to put some fun
into science and at the same time make it a learning experience,"
says Connie Powell, a Chemistry teacher at the school. "For
me, Mole Day is one of my favorite events. Students continue
to impress me with their enthusiasm and ability to catch on to
a day filled with ‘mole-fic' opportunities!"
Next year when Mole Day comes again, contact your local chemistry
teacher or the National Chemistry Society of Canada to find out
more about its various activities. You can even invent your own
activities. Try to make it bigger, better and more enjoyable
every year . |
