MOLE DAY 2008

THURSDAY OCTOBER 23

Mole Day is a "national" celebration of chemistry and education.  It is observed from 6:02 am to 6:02 pm on October 23rd (6:02, 10/23). Why? The mole is a unit of measurement based on work done almost 200 years ago by Amadeo Avogadro. His work led to the association of a number – 6.02 X 10^23 – with the mole. Similar to the dozen, a mole is a unit of matter that allows particles to be "counted." The major difference between the mole and the dozen is that the mole is much bigger!

In honor of mole day 2007, the chemistry students tie dyed shirts.  The shirts were worn to school on October 23.  The students ended the project by doing research on how chemistry and tie dye are related.

Click on the pictures to take a better look of what we did for mole day 2007.

              Tie Dying             

        Mr. Mortensen made a cool shirt.   

Students learned about dyes.