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Course Description
This course is supplement to PHYS 211 with a collaborative group learning approach to improving conceptual understanding and problem solving in introductory calculus-based mechanics. This course is designed to provide extra practice for learning course concepts and functions as a pre-discussion to PHYS211's discussion section.
Class Meeting
Loomis 276, Fridays from 12:00 - 1:50 PM (M1) or 2:00 - 3:50 PM (M2)
Instructor
Tahereh Mozafarishamsi (tahereh2@illinois.edu)
Office Hours: Fridays from 4 to 5 pm, Loomis 271
Syllabus
See here
Formula Sheet
See here
Schedule
Date | Topic | Notes | Practice Problems | Problem Sets | Practice Exams |
January 24 week 1 |
1D Kinematics, Vectors and 2D Kinematics (Units 1 & 2) |
Notes 1 |
(due Jan 24) |
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January 31 Week 2 |
Relative and Circular Motion, Newton's Laws (Units 3 & 4) |
Notes 2 Summary of Formulas 2 |
(due Feb 7) |
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February 7 Week 3 |
Forces and Free body Diagrams, Friction (Units 5 & 6) |
Notes 3 Summary of Formulas 3 |
Practice 3 Solution |
Problem Set 3 (due Feb 14) Solution |
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February 14 Week 4 |
Practice Exam 1 (Units 1-6) |
Practice Exam 1 Solution |
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February 21 Week 5 |
Work and Kinetic energy, Conservative Forces and Potential Energy (Units 7, 8 & 9) |
Notes 5 Summary of Formulas 5 |
Practice 5 Solution |
Problem Set 5 (due Feb 28) Solution |
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February 28 Week 6 |
Center of Mass, Conservation of Momentum (Units 10 & 12) |
Notes 6 Summary of Formulas 6 |
Practice 6 Solution |
Problem Set 6 (due March 7) Solution |
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March 7 Week 7 |
Elastic Collision, Impulse and Reference Frames (Units 13 & 14) |
Notes 7 Summary of Formulas 7 |
Practice 7 Solution |
Problem Set 7 (due March 14) Solution |
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March 14 Week 8 |
Practice Exam 2 (Units 7-14) |
Practice Exam 2 Solution |
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March 21 |
Spring Break |
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March 28 Week 9 |
Rotational Kinematics, Parallel Axis Theorem & Rotational Dynamics (Units 15, 16 & 18) |
Notes 9 | Practice 9 Solution |
Problem Set 9 (due April 4) Solution |
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April 4 |
Statics (Units 19 & 20) |
Notes 10 | Practice 10 Solution |
Problem Set 10 (due April 11) Solution |
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April 11 |
Angular Momentum & Angular Momentum Vector (Units 21 & 22) |
Notes 11 | Practice 11 Solution |
Problem Set 11 (due April 18) Solution |
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April 18 | Practice Exam 3 (Units 15-22) |
Practice Exam 3 Solution |
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April 25 |
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Notes 13 | |||
May 2 | Office Hours |
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Course Grade Breakdown
Attendance (i.e., arriving on time) will be 10% of the total grade, participation is 20%, completion of your practice assignments is worth 30%, and your problem sets are worth 40%.