PHYS 101 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Announcements
4/4/2025
Week 11 (4/7-4/11): Simple Harmonic Motion and Test 5
Here is a summary of our schedule and deadlines this week:
- Class Meetings
- Lectures 20 and 21
- Discussion 11
- Lab 7
- Online assignments
- [smartPhysics] Prelectures and Checkpoints 20 and 21
- [smartPhysics] Homework 10 is due at 8am on Thursday, April 10
- [smartPhysics] Prelab 7 is due at 8am on the day your lab meets
- Action items
- Make your Test 5 reservation on PrairieTest and take your test this week
- Make your Final Exam reservation on PrairieTest
Test 5 information:
- Test 5 will cover topics from Lectures 16-19
- Expect to see two warmup questions on the test, and about 10 physics questions
- You will use the same formula sheet as always
- See the Lecture 20 slides for figures and an annotated list of learning objectives that will be measured on the test
- A practice test is posted in PrairieLearn
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Registering After the First Day of Classes
If you registered after the first day of classes but before the 10th day of classes, you will not be penalized for assignments or class activities that happened before you were registered. It is your responsibility to make sure you get appropriate credit by doing the following:
- Contact your lecturer ASAP to get credit for missed lectures and extensions for online assignments.
- Request excused absences using the Excused Absence Application for any discussion or lab meetings you missed.
- Review the course materials you missed. Most course materials are available in smartPhysics and in links on the Schedule page. It may take up to 24 hours from when you register for Physics 101 for you to gain login access to these materials.
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Getting Started in Physics 101
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Schedule with lecture notes and slides, discussion problems, etc
Course Components Summary
Lecture
We will be using iClicker for participation and bonus points during lecture. You may use physical iclickers or the iClicker Cloud Student app. (more information about setting up iClicker)
Homework
You can access the content at https://smart.physics.illinois.edu/ and you have full access for the first two weeks free of charge. Sometime in the first two weeks you will need to pay for access by purchasing a code through the UIUC bookstore. Details of how to pay for access are available via pdf.
Discussion
Students must be on time and prepared for discussion. Students arriving more than 15 minutes late for discussion will receive a grade of 0% on the discussion group assignment of the day and will not be permitted to take the quiz.
- For each discussion section (including the first section) you must have your:
- Laptop or tablet
- Paper and writing utensils
- Calculator
- You will work with a group and upload your discussion problems to GradeScope for grading.
- You will take an individual quiz in class on PrairieLearn
- Quiz retakes will be offered on the following Monday
- Quizzes are timed but not proctored - you may take your quiz wherever is convenient for you
- You must have taken the first quiz in class to be eligible for a retake grade
- Your final quiz grade will be 70% your highest score and 30% your lowest score of the two quiz attempts.
- You are not required to retake the quiz. If you do not retake, your final quiz grade will be your first attempt grade.
Laboratory
Please review the required materials list to see what you need.
Students must be on time and prepared for labs. All lab sections take place in person in 4018 Campus Instructional Facility.
- You will do a hands-on Pre-Lab activity in smartPhysics using your IOLab device before every lab.
- In your weekly lab section you will work in groups to design and understand experiments and experimental data, also using your IOLab device.
- You will upload your lab reports to the gradebook by using this link. You must attend class to receive credit for your lab report.
Exams
Excused Absences
Academic Integrity
Use of AI Tools
This course permits you to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as chatbots, text generators, paraphrasers, summarizers, or solvers, to get guidance on assignments except for quizzes and exams, as long as you do so in an ethical and responsible manner. Essentially, you can think of these tools as ways to help you learn but not to entirely create work for assignments like discussion problems, prelabs and labs, and James Scholar Projects. AI is more like your tutor or TA, not a replacement for your independent thinking.
This means that you must:
- Not use AI tools to replace your own thinking or analysis or to avoid engaging with the course content.
- Cite or explain any AI tools you use in written materials you or your group turn in. Provide the name of the AI tool, the date of access, the URL of the interface, and the specific prompt or query you used to generate the output.
- Be transparent and honest about how you used the AI tool and how it contributed to your assignment. Explain what you learned from the AI tool, how you verified its accuracy and reliability, how you integrated its output with your own work, and how you acknowledged its limitations and biases.
You are accountable for any mistakes or errors made by the AI tool. Do not rely on the AI tool to produce flawless or correct results. Always check and edit the output before submitting your work. If you discover any inaccuracies or inconsistencies in the output after submission, notify the instructor immediately and correct them as soon as possible.
Using AI tools in an unethical or irresponsible manner, such as copying or paraphrasing the output without citation or transparency, using the output as your own work without verification or integration, or using the output to misrepresent your knowledge or skills, is considered a violation of Academic Integrity in Physics 101. If you have any questions about what constitutes ethical and responsible use of AI tools, please consult with the instructor before submitting your work.
