PHYS 100 Fall 2025
PHYS 100 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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- All Prelectures, Checkpoints, HWs: due 8AM on due date.
| Week | Date | Prelectures/Checkpoints | Lectures | Textbook Reading | HW A | HW B | Discussions | Quests | Exams | |||||||
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Monday
8/25/2025 |
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Tuesday
8/26/2025 |
Discussion 0 | |||||||||||||||
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Wednesday
8/27/2025 |
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Thursday
8/28/2025 |
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Friday
8/29/2025 |
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 |
Lecture 1: Kinematics: Definitions and Graphs ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 3.1-3.3 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
8/30/2025 |
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Sunday
8/31/2025 |
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| 2 |
Monday
9/1/2025 |
Labor Day - No Class Activities | ||||||||||||||
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Tuesday
9/2/2025 |
HWA 1 | Discussion 1 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
9/3/2025 |
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Thursday
9/4/2025 |
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Friday
9/5/2025 |
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 |
Lecture 2: 1D relative motion ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
HWB 1 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
9/6/2025 |
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Sunday
9/7/2025 |
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| 3 |
Monday
9/8/2025 |
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Tuesday
9/9/2025 |
HWA 2 | Discussion 2 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
9/10/2025 |
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Thursday
9/11/2025 |
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Friday
9/12/2025 |
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 |
Lecture 3: Vectors and 2D relative motion ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 2.1-2.3, 4.5 | HWB 2 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
9/13/2025 |
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Sunday
9/14/2025 |
Quest 1 | |||||||||||||||
| 4 |
Monday
9/15/2025 |
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Tuesday
9/16/2025 |
HWA 3 | Discussion 3 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
9/17/2025 |
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Thursday
9/18/2025 |
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Friday
9/19/2025 |
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 |
Lecture 4: Constant acceleration ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 3.4-3.6 | HWB 3 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
9/20/2025 |
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Sunday
9/21/2025 |
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| 5 |
Monday
9/22/2025 |
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Tuesday
9/23/2025 |
HWA 4 | Discussion 4 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
9/24/2025 |
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Thursday
9/25/2025 |
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Friday
9/26/2025 |
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 |
Lecture 5: Projectile motion ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 4.1-4.3 | HWB 4 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
9/27/2025 |
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Sunday
9/28/2025 |
Quest 2 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Monday
9/29/2025 |
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Tuesday
9/30/2025 |
HWA 5 | Discussion 5 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
10/1/2025 |
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Thursday
10/2/2025 |
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Friday
10/3/2025 |
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 |
Lecture 6: Newton's 2nd Law ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 5.1, 5.3-5.4, 5.6-5.7 | HWB 5 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
10/4/2025 |
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Sunday
10/5/2025 |
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| 7 |
Monday
10/6/2025 |
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Tuesday
10/7/2025 |
HWA 6 | Discussion 6 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
10/8/2025 |
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Thursday
10/9/2025 |
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Friday
10/10/2025 |
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 |
Lecture 7: Newton's 1st and 3rd Law pptx pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 5.2, 5.5, 6.1 | HWB 6 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
10/11/2025 |
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Sunday
10/12/2025 |
Quest 3 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Monday
10/13/2025 |
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Tuesday
10/14/2025 |
HWA 7 | Discussion 7 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
10/15/2025 |
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Thursday
10/16/2025 |
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Friday
10/17/2025 |
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 |
Lecture 8: Friction ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 6.2 | HWB 7 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
10/18/2025 |
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Sunday
10/19/2025 |
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| 9 |
Monday
10/20/2025 |
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Tuesday
10/21/2025 |
HWA 8 | Discussion 8 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
10/22/2025 |
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Thursday
10/23/2025 |
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Friday
10/24/2025 |
Prelecture 9 Checkpoint 9 |
Lecture 9: Spring forces ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
HWB 8 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
10/25/2025 |
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Sunday
10/26/2025 |
Quest 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 |
Monday
10/27/2025 |
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Tuesday
10/28/2025 |
HWA 9 | Discussion 9 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
10/29/2025 |
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Thursday
10/30/2025 |
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Friday
10/31/2025 |
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint 10 |
Lecture 10: Midterm Review ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
HWB 9 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
11/1/2025 |
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Sunday
11/2/2025 |
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| 11 |
Monday
11/3/2025 |
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Tuesday
11/4/2025 |
Discussion 10 (optional) |
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Wednesday
11/5/2025 |
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Thursday
11/6/2025 |
MIDTERM | |||||||||||||||
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Friday
11/7/2025 |
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11 |
Lecture 11: Uniform circular motion ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 4.4, 6.3 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
11/8/2025 |
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Sunday
11/9/2025 |
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| 12 |
Monday
11/10/2025 |
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Tuesday
11/11/2025 |
HWA 11 | Discussion 11 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
11/12/2025 |
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Thursday
11/13/2025 |
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Friday
11/14/2025 |
Prelecture 12 Checkpoint 12 |
Lecture 12: Universal Gravity ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
Ch. 13.1-13.2, 13.4 | HWB 11 | ||||||||||||
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Saturday
11/15/2025 |
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Sunday
11/16/2025 |
Quest 5 | |||||||||||||||
| 13 |
Monday
11/17/2025 |
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Tuesday
11/18/2025 |
HWA 12 | Discussion 12 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
11/19/2025 |
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Thursday
11/20/2025 |
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Friday
11/21/2025 |
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 |
Lecture 13: Problem solving/Final Review I ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
HWB 12 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
11/22/2025 |
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Sunday
11/23/2025 |
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| 14 | Fall break (11/25/2025 - 11/29/2025) | |||||||||||||||
| 15 |
Monday
12/1/2025 |
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Tuesday
12/2/2025 |
HWA 13 | Discussion 13 (solutions) |
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Wednesday
12/3/2025 |
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Thursday
12/4/2025 |
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Friday
12/5/2025 |
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 |
Lecture 14: Problem solving/Review II ppt pdf 11am notes noon notes |
HWB 13 | |||||||||||||
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Saturday
12/6/2025 |
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Sunday
12/7/2025 |
Quest 6 (optional) |
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| 16 |
Monday
12/8/2025 |
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Tuesday
12/9/2025 |
No Discussion | |||||||||||||||
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Wednesday
12/10/2025 |
Last Day of Classes | HWA 14 | HWB 14 | |||||||||||||
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Thursday
12/11/2025 |
Reading Day | |||||||||||||||
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Friday
12/12/2025 |
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