Mole Day is an unofficial holiday that chemistry teachers and students celebrate on October 23rd each year. The day pertains to 6.02 x 10^23, a basic measuring unit found by Italian chemist Amedeo Avogrado and known as “Avogrado’s Number”. Mole Day typically falls during  National Chemistry Week.

“Mole Day began in the 1980s worldwide to bring awareness to chemistry and get kids interested in taking the chemistry [course] said chemistry teacher Theresa Ware. Mole Day is “dedicated to this counting unit called the mole that we use in chemistry to count,” Ware stated. The unit was created by Amedeo Avogrado in 1811 and is known as “Avogrado’s Number” and is still used in chemistry courses today.

Some students indulge in the Mole Day festivities by having potlucks, creating “Avogrado’s Number” shirts, and dressing as mole rats, and creating posters. “The mole has nothing to do with the chemistry counting unit since it’s the same word. Of course, we adopted that mole as our mascot. There are lots of cookies that look like moles and cakes that look like moles and lots and lots of food that resemble a mole,” said Ware.

Sophomore student, Catherine Sanders, “my favorite part of mole day was getting to see everyone’s flyers and homemade desserts, “ said Sanders. “Mole started May 15th, 1991 making Mole Day on October 23rd,” said Sanders.

Mole Day can easily be celebrated “at home, you could do a [simple] social media post” explained Ware. If students are unable to be in class to celebrate Mole Day “some students might still cook some food or make some sweet treats and take pictures of them and send them in,” said Ware.

“You can honestly celebrate Mole Day anywhere. There’s not just one specific way to celebrate it.” Sanders added.

Some other fun things you and your family could do to celebrate Mole Day include; painting your car windows, painting your face to resemble a mole, creating Mole Day t-shirts and flags, you could also make a stuffed Mole.