Mole Day�October 23 (10/23)

• Mole Day activity
• Make sure you have a calculator.
• Trade a pen for a pencil if you don’t have a pencil for today’s activity.

Mole Day! October 23 (10/23)

602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

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• 602 sextillion (602 billion trillions)

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• On October 23, we celebrate the fact that there are 6.02214076x10²³ representative particles (atoms, molecules, etc.) in a mole.

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• If you wanted to travel a mole (6.022x10²³) of inches, how long (in years) would it take you if you traveled at the speed of light (2.998x10⁸ meters/second)?

Answer

It would take about 1.62 million years. Make sure you can show the dimensional analysis work (fraction conversions) or proportions to get this answer.

The first Mole Day celebration:

Whack a Mole

The First Mole Day!

This is meant to be a joke, so please don’t take offense.

Mole Day Writing Challenge Song

• On October 23, we celebrate the fact that there are 6.02214076x10²³ representative particles (atoms, molecules, etc.) in a mole.

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Using the data below, determine how long it would take to write a mole of carbon atoms on your paper.

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• Average Change in pencil mass:
• 0.0036 g (n=60)

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• Total writing time:
• 3min 20.62seconds = 200.62 seconds

Using the data below, determine how long it would take to write a mole of carbon atoms on your paper.

The correct answer is (2 sig figs):

• 670 000s

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Or

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• 11 000 min

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Or

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• 190 hours

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Or

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• 7.7 days

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Make sure you show all of your work.

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Mole Sample Gallery Walk

• Take a look at all of the bottles that contain a mole of different elements and compounds. Fill out your worksheet while you do this.

Amadeo Avogadro

• The Italian scientist who worked with gases and is honored with the molecular counting unit, 6.02214076x10²³.
• Even though guacaMOLE is made out of avocados, Amadeo’s number (6.02214076x10²³) is called Avogadro’s Number.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKs4WKv6foI

calcium carbonate

CaCO₃

Mole Day 2022

Welcome to MOLE’s!

Homewrecker with guacaMOLE

GuacaMOLE is made out of Avocados which sounds eerily similar to Avogadro.

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Mole Day 2017

Welcome to MOLE’s!

Homewrecker with guacaMOLE

GuacaMOLE is made out of Avocados which sounds eerily similar to Avogadro.

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