18th BCCE Mole Breakfast
6:02 AM Wednesday, July 21, 2004 Maple-Willow-Larch Dinning Hall
Maury Oehler, Executive Director, National Mole Day Foundation, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821
Jeff Hepburn, Central Academy, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, IA (515) 242-7911 Extension 3438 jhepburn@netins.net
Ken Hartman, Ames High School (retired) Ames, IA 50010 kshartman1@mchsi.com
Yes it is too early in the morning, but by golly you just can't properly honor Avogadro and his number any other way but at 6:02 am. This is a BCCE and ChemEd tradition. This year we are placing a bounty on BCCE participants who have never attended a Mole Breakfast. Be prepared for our early morning round-up! Thinking of sleeping in? Think again. You are in Iowa. We have roosters and chickens, and we know how to use them.
At the 17th BCCE in Western Washington there were 90 attendees at the Mole Day Breakfast. The 18th BCCE is out to set the record for the most attendees. Maple-Willow-Larch Dining Hall will open at 5:45 AM. You need to be seated before 6:02 AM. This event requires a Mole Breakfast ticket ($16.00). Discounts are available if you are eligible and if you are seated before 6:02 AM (see the discount information below).
Maury Oehler, Executive Director, National Mole Day Foundation, Prairie du Chien, WI 53821 will be attending.
What goes on at a Mole Breakfast? Lots of good food, coffee, prizes, skits, jokes, songs, dance, magic tricks, mole demonstrations, and fun camaraderie. There will be a mole share-a-thon. Learn how you can plan and organize a Mole Day Event for your chemistry class on October 23. Particpants share fun ways of getting the mole concept across to their students. The organizers of this year's Mole Breakfast will introduce a new song, "Pi A-La-Mole".
Mole Breakfast tickets can be purchased on the on-line 18th BCCE registration form. Because of the special menu for the Mole Breakfast, all tickets must be purchased in advance of the conference.
A special Mole Breakfast shuttlebus service will be available for BCCE participants staying at Frederiksen Court. The bus leaves Frederiksen Court at 5:35 AM by the Hawthorn M arket. There will be a van at 5:45 AM for those of you who missed the bus.. BCCE participants staying at the Gateway, Belmont, or Comfort Suites will have some form of transportation to get them to the MWL Dinning Commons in time for this event. There is no dress code for this event. Come as you are.
Discounts
Any person who wears bib overalls to this event will receive a discount of $2.00 off their Mole Breakfast ticket.
Any couple who arrives at the Mole Breakfast dressed as the American Gothic pair as depicted on the 18th BCCE logo (green safety goggles, white lab coats, Erlenmeyer flask in hand), will each receive a discount of $4.00 off their Mole Breakfast tickets.
Any experienced Mole Breakfast person who brings in six new high school chemistry instructor recruits will receive a discount of $6.00 off their Mole Breakfast ticket. Only the person who brings in the newbees gets the discount.
Any experienced Mole Breakfast person who brings in six new college chemistry instructor recruits will receive a discount of $10.00 off their Mole Breakfast ticket. Only the person who brings in the newbees gets the discount.
Any experienced Mole Breakfast person who brings in any combination of six new high school or college chemistry instructor recruits who never attended a BCCE before will receive a discount of $12.00 off their Mole Breakfast ticket. Only the person who brings in the newbees gets the discount.
Any experienced Mole Breakfast person who brings in any combination of six new high school or college chemistry instructor recruits, who never attended a BCCE before and who all are wearing bib overalls will receive a discount of $14.00 off their Mole Breakfast ticket. Only the person who brings in the newbees gets the discount.