Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Apologia Chemistry: Weigh a Mole

 My Chemistry Co-op class is weighing moles.  I asked them to weigh water, baking soda, table salt, Epsom salts, aluminum foil, and nails.  The kids need the chemical formulas and molar mass.  This lab is similar.  Want more ideas?  Weigh a mole of pennies.  Pennies older than 1982 are copper and those newer than 1982 are zinc.  Below are examples.










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