Every year the American Chemical Society sponsors National Chemistry Week, this year's theme is "Behind the Scenes with Chemistry." Every year National Chemistry week contains Mole day, October 23. For those of you who might remember celebrating it in high school chemistry, at 6:02 on 10/23 represents Avogadro's number or 6.02 x 10^23. Avogadro's number is the number of atom/molecules in 1 mole of a substance... hence Mole day!
If you're interested in participating in some local NCW activities check out the American Chemical Society's website here. If there's not an active local section near you, head to the library to check out some chemistry books for your kids! I'm going to try and post more this week on the exciting world of chemistry to celebrate!
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