Happy Mole Day to You!

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Today we can celebrate the SI unit of amount of substance, the mole of items [with symbol: mol items], which specifies the number of formula units in a given amount of substance.  The mole unit is special because chemists use the concept of moles to measure the relative amounts of reactant and product formula units needed to produce a given amount of product.   By use of the mole concept, we can measure out and count the extremely small and numerous submicroscopic formula units in the laboratory. By definition, 6.022 x 1023 items of any kind is called a mole of items just as a group of 12 items of any kind is called a dozen of those items.  This number, 6.022 x 1023, is named the Avogadro number in honor of an early chemist by the name of Amadeo Avogadro (who was the first person to clearly distinguish the concept of atoms from the concept of molecules).  The reason Mole Day...
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LARN C001 CC1D1

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LARN C001 CC1D1 A.  Bring up a Chrome browser and click here for the link below that describes How to Enroll in Your Google Classroom. Use the information given on the class' whiteboard, or accessible through the link below, to enter the proper code for your section of the chemistry course (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, or 06), not some other section's code. B. Bring up a Chrome browser and click on the link given in class to gain access to the Student Resources folder and everything in it on your teacher's Google Drive. After you have the folder displayed in front of you, notice the folder name towards the top of the display.  Click on the downward pointing triangle to obtain a drop down menu. Then double click on the "Add to Drive" option to attach the Student Resources folder to your MNSD Google drive. C. Make arrangements for daily computer internet access at home, at the public library, or before or...
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LARN C000 DAY T CC1D0

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LARN C000 DAY T CC1D0 A. Bring up a Chrome browser and click here for the link that describes How to Enroll in Your Google Classroom. Use the information given on the class' whiteboard, or accessible through the link below, to enter the proper code for your section of the chemistry course (01, 02, 03, 04, 05, or 06), not some other section's code. B. Bring up a Chrome browser and click on the link given in class to gain access to the Student Resources folder and everything in it on your teacher's Google Drive. After you have the folder displayed in front of you, notice the folder name towards the top of the display.  Click on the downward pointing triangle to obtain a drop down menu. Then double click on the "Add to Drive" option to attach the Student Resources folder to your MNSD Google drive. C. Make arrangements for daily computer internet access at home, at the public library, or before...
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