{"id":6377,"date":"2020-10-15T20:05:32","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T20:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=6377"},"modified":"2021-06-25T20:24:57","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T20:24:57","slug":"discussion-the-mole","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/chapter\/discussion-the-mole\/","title":{"raw":"Discussion: The Mole","rendered":"Discussion: The Mole"},"content":{"raw":"This discussion can be found in Google Docs:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PEO2hitiu6bpZFq0nxUSSNqJUF0ZGfByGZQ5kpPt9y0\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chemistry for Majors Discussion: The Mole<\/a>\r\n\r\nTo make your own copy to edit:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li><strong>If you want a Google Doc:<\/strong>\u00a0in the file menu of the open document, click \u201cMake a copy.\u201d This will give you your own Google Doc to work from.<\/li>\r\n \t<li><strong>If you want a PDF or Word file:<\/strong>\u00a0in the file menu of the open document, click \u201cDownload\u201d and select the file type you would like to have (note: depending on the file type you select, the formatting could get jumbled).<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt's always hard to grasp a new idea that isn't tangible or can't be seen. Think back to when you first learned about negative numbers. Up until that point you learned about numbers mainly by using items you could touch and physically count. Negative values blew that understanding right out of the water! The best way to visualize negative values is yet another construct you have to learn \u2013 the number line.\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2020\/10\/18224335\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-18-at-2.43.16-PM.png\"><img class=\"wp-image-7157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2020\/10\/18224335\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-18-at-2.43.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Number line from -3 to 3 showing -1,-2,-1,0,1,2,3 evenly spaced on a line with arrowed endpoints\" width=\"514\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nChemistry often uses measurements that may be unfamiliar to students because they are not used in everyday life. Even though they are foreign at first, you must develop an understanding of these measurements because they are so useful in various science fields.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Answer the following questions in your discussion post:<\/span>\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">What is a mole?<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Is the mole a unit?<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">What would you use to measure a mole?<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li>Why do scientists use moles?<\/li>\r\n \t<li>To help yourself and others conceptualize large numbers, find an online example that can help us understand the extent of:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>a million<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a billion<\/li>\r\n \t<li>a mole<\/li>\r\n \t<li>the wealth of the richest person in the world<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Leave a comment for the person who finds the most unique or helpful illustration\/description of one of the concepts.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","rendered":"<p>This discussion can be found in Google Docs:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1PEO2hitiu6bpZFq0nxUSSNqJUF0ZGfByGZQ5kpPt9y0\/edit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chemistry for Majors Discussion: The Mole<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To make your own copy to edit:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>If you want a Google Doc:<\/strong>\u00a0in the file menu of the open document, click \u201cMake a copy.\u201d This will give you your own Google Doc to work from.<\/li>\n<li><strong>If you want a PDF or Word file:<\/strong>\u00a0in the file menu of the open document, click \u201cDownload\u201d and select the file type you would like to have (note: depending on the file type you select, the formatting could get jumbled).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always hard to grasp a new idea that isn&#8217;t tangible or can&#8217;t be seen. Think back to when you first learned about negative numbers. Up until that point you learned about numbers mainly by using items you could touch and physically count. Negative values blew that understanding right out of the water! The best way to visualize negative values is yet another construct you have to learn \u2013 the number line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2020\/10\/18224335\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-18-at-2.43.16-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7157 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2020\/10\/18224335\/Screen-Shot-2020-12-18-at-2.43.16-PM.png\" alt=\"Number line from -3 to 3 showing -1,-2,-1,0,1,2,3 evenly spaced on a line with arrowed endpoints\" width=\"514\" height=\"112\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chemistry often uses measurements that may be unfamiliar to students because they are not used in everyday life. Even though they are foreign at first, you must develop an understanding of these measurements because they are so useful in various science fields.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Answer the following questions in your discussion post:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">What is a mole?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Is the mole a unit?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">What would you use to measure a mole?<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Why do scientists use moles?<\/li>\n<li>To help yourself and others conceptualize large numbers, find an online example that can help us understand the extent of:\n<ul>\n<li>a million<\/li>\n<li>a billion<\/li>\n<li>a mole<\/li>\n<li>the wealth of the richest person in the world<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Leave a comment for the person who finds the most unique or helpful illustration\/description of one of the concepts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-6377\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>The Mole. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17533,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"The Mole\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-6377","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":3031,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/6377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17533"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/6377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8169,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/6377\/revisions\/8169"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3031"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/6377\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=6377"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=6377"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/chemistryformajors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=6377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}