Merry Mole Day!
One of many moles created by students in Ms. Schmidt's chemistry class.
December 10, 2009 • written by Kayla Elston
Filed under Students in the Classroom, featured, top story
The spirit and magic of the holidays has once again influenced the students moods of Slidell High School. Once mid-November rolls around many teens get the holiday itch. Everyone knows what time of year it is: time for Mole Day!
Into the second nine weeks of the school year, Ms. Schmidt’s Honors Chemistry classes get the chance to put a little bit of creativity into their lesson. The Mole project is assigned before Thanksgiving and due after the holiday. Students are given the task to create a mole, based off of the scientific mol = 6.02 x 10^23. The teens in Ms. Schmidt’s class are given the chance to express themselves through a self-picked theme. The themes range from holidays to fairy tales to anything you can think of.
Q: When did the mole project begin?
A: Before I ever started teaching. It goes on around the world. I began doing it the third year I was teaching Chemistry.
Q: How did it begin?
A: Through everything I read. People I know everywhere told me about it.
Q: What was your biggest mole?
A: It was so big. I don’t even begin to have an idea. It had to be transported on the top of a car. It had to be tied onto the poles in my old classroom in second hall.
Q: Do you have a favorite mole? if so what?
A: They’re all so creative and different. Maybe the one of myself in my wheelchair. That one definitely surprised me the most.
Q: What were some of the moles that really stood out to you this year?
A: Every year people do things that have never been done. There are so many. I love the project because it really shows me who people are and what they are interested in. I can’t really tell people’s personalities through classwork. It shows me who they are.
Q: Will the mole project continue?
A: Absolutely. For as long as I’m a teacher I will continue the project.
As this year’s seasons of moles comes to an end, everyone, including Ms. Schmidt is waiting for the unique barage of moles to come next year.
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