# Introduction for Module 1 – Units and Conversions

Textbook: Open Stax Chemistry 2e

Suggested Reading: Chapter 1 (Especially 1.4-1.6)

Learning Objectives:

- Define the importance of units in chemistry, and that the value is only one part of a value in science
- Show how an equivalence of two units can be used as a fraction to convert values
- Demonstrate how to convert between units through multiple conversion factors using the dimensional analysis approach

Captions and Attributions:

- Water displacement is a highly useful analytical tool that shows the volume of an object. Along with the object mass, we can use this to calculate the density. Example 1.7. Experimental Determination of Density by Open Stax is licensed under CC BY 4.0.