Students Continue Mole Day Tradition

At 6:02 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, the East cafeteria will be filled to capacity with around 350 Chemistry I and Chemistry II students to celebrate the Mole, a very important and useful unit to Chemistry.

Held annually on the same day, there will be a variety of games including old favorites like Molesical Chairs and Whack-a-Mole and a new one featuring bowling pins and atomic orbitals. The theme for the celebration is Animole Kingdom, so the cafeteria will be decked out in green streamers and balloons with pictures of animals.

The event is organized by both International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Chemistry II students and overseen by chemistry teachers Steven Appier, Jerrod Bardwell and Susan Hallstrom They have spent the last several weeks preparing and organizing. To go along with games and decorations, there will be 30 dozen Krispy Kreme glazed doughnuts, over 150 bagels, fruit and drinks paid for by t-shirt sold  to the Chemistry I students.

The Mols is used to convert measurements from atomic mass units to grams, among other calculations. One mole has 6.022 X 10^23 particles, no matter the type of substance, hence the early start time and the day of the celebration, 10/23.

“I’m excited for the games, we have two new games this year,” junior Chem II student Afton Apodoca said. “And all the food, 400 dollars worth of food and 30 dozen doughnuts.”