# Introduction for Module 4 – Balancing Chemical Reactions

Textbook: Open Stax Chemistry 2e

Suggested Reading: Chapter 3.1, 4.1, 4.3 (Especially 3.1)

Learning Objectives:

- Describe how chemical reactions are like recipes for chemical change
- Explain rules for how quantities of related chemical species can be determined from a balanced chemical reaction
- Convert between number of chemical species (moles) to mass (grams)