PHYS 211 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Required Materials

This course uses the Web extensively. Internet access and a Web browser are required for:

Computers with appropriate web browsers are available in Technology Services, Engineering Work Stations and housing division computer labs.

For Lab
You will need to have access to a recent Windows or Mac computer and to an IOLab device in order to do the Pre-lab activities (done before every lab in your apartment or dorm room), and to design and perform experiments during your weekly lab class. You can use engineering workstations to do the prelabs if you prefer.

There are 4 ways you can get your IOLab device:
- Students from last semester may be selling them. All red IOLab devices are the same, so don't worry if they aren't called "Version 2"
- Macmillan sells them online with free shipping. Their online store, set up specifically for UIUC, is linked here. (Don't worry that the web-page says PHYS 101/102 and not 211 - it just hasn't been updated yet). They have i-clickers available at the same link so make sure you select the right item.
- Macmillan has a rental program that will allow you to get a device for the semester for $50. Since the new labs will not be implemented in PHYS 212 until the fall of 2020 you will not need an IOLab device next semester if you are taking 212, so renting one for 4 months is probably your cheapest option for PHYS 211 this fall.
  If you have any concerns about the delivery of your device you can contact them directly at (800) 936-6899.

It is fine to share your IOLab with a friend as long as you can arrange things so that you can work on the prelabs by yourself and also bring the device to your lab class every week.
If you are buying or renting a device on-line you should do this ASAP since shipping can take 6-8 days.

University of Illinois Physics 211 Lecture Notes (provides basic structure for lecture with space for you to add notes).

Gladding, Selen & Stelzer Classical Mechanics, W.H. Freeman (this is an inexpensive printed companion to FlipIt Physics, and is suggested but not required).
Any edition of Tipler's book "Physics for Scientists & Engineers", W.H. Freeman (The Tipler textbook has a website with useful study aids: https://www.macmillanlearning.com/catalog/search.aspx?search=Physics%20for%20Scientists%20%26%20Engineers&sitesearch=1).
University of Illinois Physics 211 Exams (please note that many of these exams are also posted online here).