Responding+with+Wonderment+and+Awe

Responding with Wonderment and Awe  //Some people are "turned off" to learning. They make statements like// //"When am I ever going to use this stuff" or "Why do I have to think// //so much" or "Does this count for a grade". Learning can be exciting// //and fulfilling, if you approach it with wonderment and awe. "The most// //beautiful experience in the world is the experience of the mysterious."// //- Albert Einstein//

At first when we were introduced to the concept of moles, I was completely confused. It seemed to that it was the amount of something. I couldn't grasp the concept of what this something was. After doing calculations, reading, and watching Youtube videos, I started to understand the concept. It started to make me respond to this concept with wonderment and awe. Once the idea that you can use anything and convert the number or anything into moles. When we did the experiment in which we were given a certain amount of items, the number of items was one mole. We then used this idea to do calculations of moles. Then came Avogadro's number, where we could convert anything to moles. It was just really interesting to know how large of a number 1 mole was.

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