Peru, Nebraska – Chemistry faculty and students from Peru State College put on their annual Mole Day magic show on October 25.
Mole Day is an unofficial holiday celebrated among chemistry enthusiasts on October 23, between 6:02 am and 6:02 pm. The day commemorates Avogadro’s Number (6.02 x 10 23 ), a basic measuring unit in chemistry.
Student Dylan George opened the celebration dressed as a mole before students and teachers conducted several chemistry created “magic tricks.” This included turning a normal fire green and using a trash can to blast plastic cups off of audience member’s heads.
Attendants of the school’s magic show also munched on different mole themed foods throughout the performance, such as mole-asses cookies, car-mole-corn and taco-mole sauce.
Sarah Budz, a pre-nursing and criminal justice major, who performed one of the magic tricks, commented on the experience, “I think Mole Day is a great way to get the campus and community together and learn about chemistry in a fun and exciting way. Some people are intimidated by chemistry, but Mole Day makes it fun for everyone!”
Dr. Nathan Netzer (left) and Dr. Dennis Welsh (right) perform a magic trick.
Sophie Marks (left), Sarah Budz (right), and Dylan George (front) prepare for the opening of the Mole Day celebration.
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Alexa Cline contributed to this release.
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