Moles

A solid grasp of proportional thinking is crucial to being able to solve all sorts of problems in chemistry as well as “real life” situations. While many students seem to intuitively understand that one mole is equal to 6.022 x 10²³ particles when the analogy is drawn to a dozen eggs, for some, this sort of equality is a puzzling mystery.

What a mole-riffic time we are having here in Kennesaw, Georgia!  Some highlights from my time here include:

This worksheet is intended to be used as a "Guided Instructional Activity" (GIA). It asks students to find the molar mass of selected elements and write the molar mass as two equivalent fractions ("conversion factors") and as an equality. In each representation, students are forced to give the numeral of the measure, unit, and identity of the chemical.