Oct. 23 can also be known as Mole Day. This day is celebrated annually by chemists as it commemorates Avogadro’s number, 6.02 x 10^23, which is a measuring unit within chemistry.
Matthew Lundy, chemistry teacher, celebrates this special holiday with their classes every year. Extra credit is even offered to students who model creative ways to display the idea of mole or Avogadro’s number. Different art projects, songs, jokes, and mole themed foods are shared within the class.
“We celebrate Mole Day because chemistry is a really hard class and it gives us time to relax. We get to do some cool demos, we fire a Mole Day cannon, and eat a bunch of mole themed snacks,” Lundy said.
Moments or events like this can bring a class closer and ultimately create memories for students to look back on.
