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By Christine Krapf
Special to the Rappahannock News
Holey Moley!
Lawn live Mole Day!
No, this is not a celebration of the mole, that pesky mammal that burrows underground and ruins your beautiful lawn with its tunnels.
Instead, it is a celebration, a huge celebration, if you are a student of science.
In fact, it is a Virginia Standards of Learning objective - understanding the number of particles that are in a mole, which is the measurement of those particles. It is the basis for the weight of such particles.
So why not eat, drink, sing, play games like Atomic Number Bingo, Pin the Tail on the Mole and Whack-a-Mole, as they did in science class a week before Halloween?
“It promotes chemistry. It raises awareness of science,” said Rappahannock County High School chemistry and physics teacher Dave Naser, who serves as the faculty sponsor of the day that commemorates Avogadro’s Number, which is 6.02 x 10 to the 23rd power.
This is the fifth year that Naser has organized Mole Day. Well, he does not actually organize it. About five weeks into a semester, he tells his students the story of Mole Day and its importance in science.
And his students, they design what activities and food will be served during their class. Each student also may invite one friend to the celebration.
“Basically, this is fun, but it
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