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

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Course Schedule for PHYS 211
Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
8/25/2025
     

Prelab 1 (smart physics)

Lab 1

Discussion 1

No quiz

   
Tuesday
8/26/2025
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 1-D Kinematics
pdf ppt Ch 2-3
   
Wednesday
8/27/2025
         
Thursday
8/28/2025
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Vectors and 2-D Kinematics
pdf ppt Ch 4.1-4.3
   
Friday
8/29/2025
         
2
Monday
9/1/2025
    Labor day no class

Prelab 2 (smart physics)

Lab 2


Discussion 2
Discussion 2 solutions
Quiz 1

   
Tuesday
9/2/2025
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Relative and Circular Motion
pdf ppt Ch 4.4-4.5
Units 1,2 smart.physics  
Wednesday
9/3/2025
         
Thursday
9/4/2025
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Newton's Laws
pdf ppt Ch 5.1-5.5
   
Friday
9/5/2025
         
3
Monday
9/8/2025
     

Prelab 3 (smart physics)

Lab 3

Discussion 3 
Discussion 3 solutions
Quiz 2
   
Tuesday
9/9/2025
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Forces & FBD
pdf ppt Ch 5.6-5.7
Units 3,4 smart.physics  
Wednesday
9/10/2025
         
Thursday
9/11/2025
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Friction
pdf ppt Ch 6.1-6.3
   
Friday
9/12/2025
         
4
Monday
9/15/2025
     

Prelab 4 (smart physics)

Lab 4

Discussion 4 
Discussion 4 solutions
Quiz 3
   
Tuesday
9/16/2025
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Work & Kinetic Energy
pdf ppt Ch 7
Units 5,6 smart.physics  
Wednesday
9/17/2025
         
Thursday
9/18/2025
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Conservative Forces
pdf ppt Ch 8
   
Friday
9/19/2025
         
5
Monday
9/22/2025
      Exam 1 during lab No discussion    
Tuesday
9/23/2025
    No lecture (exam)   Exam 1 (Units 1-6)
Wednesday
9/24/2025
         
Thursday
9/25/2025
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint  10 Work & Potential Energy
pdf ppt Ch 8
Units 7,8 smart.physics  
Friday
9/26/2025
         
6
Monday
9/29/2025
     

Prelab 5 (smart physics)

Lab 5

Discussion 5
Discussion 5 solutions
Quiz 4
   
Tuesday
9/30/2025
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11

Center of Mass
pdf ppt Ch 9.6

   
Wednesday
10/1/2025
         
Thursday
10/2/2025
Prelecture 12

Checkpoint 12

Conservation of Momentum
pdf ppt Ch 9.1-9.3
Unit 9 smart.physics  
Friday
10/3/2025
         
7
Monday
10/6/2025
     

Prelab 6 (smart physics)

Lab 6

Discussion 6
Discussion 6 solutions
Quiz 5
   
Tuesday
10/7/2025
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Elastic Collisions
pdf ppt Ch 9.4
Units 10,12 smart.physics  
Wednesday
10/8/2025
         
Thursday
10/9/2025
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Impulse and Reference Frames
pdf ppt Ch 9.2, 9.5
   
Friday
10/10/2025
         
8
Monday
10/13/2025
     

Prelab 7 (smart physics)

Lab 7

Discussion 7
Discussion 7 solutions
Quiz 6
   
Tuesday
10/14/2025
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Rotational Kinematics
pdf ppt Ch 10.1-10.4
Units 13,14 smart.physics  
Wednesday
10/15/2025
         
Thursday
10/16/2025
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Parallel Axis Thm & Torque
pdf ppt Ch 10.5-10.6
   
Friday
10/17/2025
         
9
Monday
10/20/2025
      Exam 2 during lab No Discussion    
Tuesday
10/21/2025
 

 

No lecture (Exam)   Exam 2 (Units 7-14)
Wednesday
10/22/2025
         
Thursday
10/23/2025
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Rotational Dynamics
pdf ppt Ch 10.7-10.8
Units 15,16 smart.physics  
Friday
10/24/2025
         
10
Monday
10/27/2025
     

Prelab 8 (smart physics)

Lab 8

Discussion 9
Discussion 9 solutions
Quiz 7
   
Tuesday
10/28/2025
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Statics 1
pdf ppt Ch 12.1
   
Wednesday
10/29/2025
         
Thursday
10/30/2025
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Statics 2
pdf ppt Ch 12.2
Unit 17 smart.physics  
Friday
10/31/2025
         
11
Monday
11/3/2025
     

Prelab 9 (smart physics)

Lab 9

Discussion 10
Discussion 10 solutions
Quiz 8
   
Tuesday
11/4/2025
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Angular Momentum
pdf ppt Ch 11.1-11.3
Units 19, 20 smart.physics  
Wednesday
11/5/2025
         
Thursday
11/6/2025
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Angular Momentum Vector
pdf ppt Ch 11.4
   
Friday
11/7/2025
         
12
Monday
11/10/2025
     

Prelab 10 (smart physics)

Lab 10

Discussion 11
Discussion 11 solutions
Quiz 9
   
Tuesday
11/11/2025
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Simple Harmonic Motion
pdf ppt Ch 15.1-15.3
Units 21, 22 smart.physics  
Wednesday
11/12/2025
         
Thursday
11/13/2025
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Simple and Physical Pendula
pdf ppt Ch 15.4
   
Friday
11/14/2025
         
13
Monday
11/17/2025
     

Exam 3 during lab

 No Discussion    
Tuesday
11/18/2025
    No Lecture (exam) Unit 23 smart.physics Exam 3 (units 15-22)
Wednesday
11/19/2025
         
Thursday
11/20/2025
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Harmonic Waves
pdf ppt Ch 16.1-16.4
   
Friday
11/21/2025
         
14
Monday
11/24/2025
    Fall break, no class  
 
   
Tuesday
11/25/2025
    Fall break, no class    
Wednesday
11/26/2025
    Fall break, no class    
Thursday
11/27/2025
    Fall break, no class    
Friday
11/28/2025
    Fall break, no class    
15
Monday
12/1/2025
     

Lab practical exam

(both in-person and

smart physics components)

Discussion 13
Discussion 13 solutions
Quiz 10
   
Tuesday
12/2/2025
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Waves and Superposition
pdf ppt Ch 16.5-16.6
Units 25, 26 smart.physics  
Wednesday
12/3/2025
         
Thursday
12/4/2025
Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28 Fluid Statics
pdf ppt Ch 14.1-14.4
   
Friday
12/5/2025
         
16
Monday
12/8/2025
     

No in-person lab
activities this week

No in class discussion - set posted
solutions posted
   
Tuesday
12/9/2025
Prelecture 29 Checkpoint 29 Fluid Dynamics
pdf ppt Ch 14.5-14.6
Units 27, 28 smart.physics  
Wednesday
12/10/2025
      Unit 29 smart.physics  
Thursday
12/11/2025
Reading Day