PHYS 211 Fall 2025
PHYS 211 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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| Week | Date | Prelecture | Checkpoint | Lecture | Lab | Discussion | Homework | Exam |
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| 1 |
Monday
8/25/2025 |
Prelab 1 (smart physics) Lab 1 |
Discussion 1 No quiz |
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Tuesday
8/26/2025 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 | 1-D Kinematics pdf ppt Ch 2-3 |
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Wednesday
8/27/2025 |
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Thursday
8/28/2025 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Vectors and 2-D Kinematics pdf ppt Ch 4.1-4.3 |
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Friday
8/29/2025 |
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| 2 |
Monday
9/1/2025 |
Labor day no class |
Prelab 2 (smart physics) Lab 2 |
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Tuesday
9/2/2025 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Relative and Circular Motion pdf ppt Ch 4.4-4.5 |
Units 1,2 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
9/3/2025 |
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Thursday
9/4/2025 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Newton's Laws pdf ppt Ch 5.1-5.5 |
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Friday
9/5/2025 |
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| 3 |
Monday
9/8/2025 |
Prelab 3 (smart physics) Lab 3 |
Discussion 3 Discussion 3 solutions Quiz 2 |
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Tuesday
9/9/2025 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Forces & FBD pdf ppt Ch 5.6-5.7 |
Units 3,4 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
9/10/2025 |
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Thursday
9/11/2025 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Friction pdf ppt Ch 6.1-6.3 |
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Friday
9/12/2025 |
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| 4 |
Monday
9/15/2025 |
Prelab 4 (smart physics) Lab 4 |
Discussion 4 Discussion 4 solutions Quiz 3 |
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Tuesday
9/16/2025 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Work & Kinetic Energy pdf ppt Ch 7 |
Units 5,6 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
9/17/2025 |
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Thursday
9/18/2025 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Conservative Forces pdf ppt Ch 8 |
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Friday
9/19/2025 |
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| 5 |
Monday
9/22/2025 |
Exam 1 during lab | No discussion | |||||
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Tuesday
9/23/2025 |
No lecture (exam) | Exam 1 (Units 1-6) | ||||||
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Wednesday
9/24/2025 |
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Thursday
9/25/2025 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 | Work & Potential Energy pdf ppt Ch 8 |
Units 7,8 smart.physics | ||||
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Friday
9/26/2025 |
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| 6 |
Monday
9/29/2025 |
Prelab 5 (smart physics) Lab 5 |
Discussion 5 Discussion 5 solutions Quiz 4 |
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Tuesday
9/30/2025 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | ||||||
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Wednesday
10/1/2025 |
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Thursday
10/2/2025 |
Prelecture 12 | Conservation of Momentum pdf ppt Ch 9.1-9.3 |
Unit 9 smart.physics | |||||
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Friday
10/3/2025 |
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| 7 |
Monday
10/6/2025 |
Prelab 6 (smart physics) Lab 6 |
Discussion 6 Discussion 6 solutions Quiz 5 |
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Tuesday
10/7/2025 |
Prelecture 13 | Checkpoint 13 | Elastic Collisions pdf ppt Ch 9.4 |
Units 10,12 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
10/8/2025 |
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Thursday
10/9/2025 |
Prelecture 14 | Checkpoint 14 | Impulse and Reference Frames pdf ppt Ch 9.2, 9.5 |
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Friday
10/10/2025 |
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| 8 |
Monday
10/13/2025 |
Prelab 7 (smart physics) Lab 7 |
Discussion 7 Discussion 7 solutions Quiz 6 |
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Tuesday
10/14/2025 |
Prelecture 15 | Checkpoint 15 | Rotational Kinematics pdf ppt Ch 10.1-10.4 |
Units 13,14 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
10/15/2025 |
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Thursday
10/16/2025 |
Prelecture 16 | Checkpoint 16 | Parallel Axis Thm & Torque pdf ppt Ch 10.5-10.6 |
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Friday
10/17/2025 |
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| 9 |
Monday
10/20/2025 |
Exam 2 during lab | No Discussion | |||||
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Tuesday
10/21/2025 |
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No lecture (Exam) | Exam 2 (Units 7-14) | |||||
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Wednesday
10/22/2025 |
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Thursday
10/23/2025 |
Prelecture 18 | Checkpoint 18 | Rotational Dynamics pdf ppt Ch 10.7-10.8 |
Units 15,16 smart.physics | ||||
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Friday
10/24/2025 |
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| 10 |
Monday
10/27/2025 |
Prelab 8 (smart physics) Lab 8 |
Discussion 9 Discussion 9 solutions Quiz 7 |
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Tuesday
10/28/2025 |
Prelecture 19 | Checkpoint 19 | Statics 1 pdf ppt Ch 12.1 |
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Wednesday
10/29/2025 |
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Thursday
10/30/2025 |
Prelecture 20 | Checkpoint 20 | Statics 2 pdf ppt Ch 12.2 |
Unit 17 smart.physics | ||||
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Friday
10/31/2025 |
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| 11 |
Monday
11/3/2025 |
Prelab 9 (smart physics) Lab 9 |
Discussion 10 Discussion 10 solutions Quiz 8 |
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Tuesday
11/4/2025 |
Prelecture 21 | Checkpoint 21 | Angular Momentum pdf ppt Ch 11.1-11.3 |
Units 19, 20 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
11/5/2025 |
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Thursday
11/6/2025 |
Prelecture 22 | Checkpoint 22 | Angular Momentum Vector pdf ppt Ch 11.4 |
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Friday
11/7/2025 |
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| 12 |
Monday
11/10/2025 |
Prelab 10 (smart physics) Lab 10 |
Discussion 11 Discussion 11 solutions Quiz 9 |
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Tuesday
11/11/2025 |
Prelecture 23 | Checkpoint 23 | Simple Harmonic Motion pdf ppt Ch 15.1-15.3 |
Units 21, 22 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
11/12/2025 |
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Thursday
11/13/2025 |
Prelecture 24 | Checkpoint 24 | Simple and Physical Pendula pdf ppt Ch 15.4 |
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Friday
11/14/2025 |
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| 13 |
Monday
11/17/2025 |
Exam 3 during lab |
No Discussion | |||||
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Tuesday
11/18/2025 |
No Lecture (exam) | Unit 23 smart.physics | Exam 3 (units 15-22) | |||||
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Wednesday
11/19/2025 |
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Thursday
11/20/2025 |
Prelecture 26 | Checkpoint 26 | Harmonic Waves pdf ppt Ch 16.1-16.4 |
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Friday
11/21/2025 |
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| 14 |
Monday
11/24/2025 |
Fall break, no class | ||||||
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Tuesday
11/25/2025 |
Fall break, no class | |||||||
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Wednesday
11/26/2025 |
Fall break, no class | |||||||
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Thursday
11/27/2025 |
Fall break, no class | |||||||
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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 |
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Tuesday
12/2/2025 |
Prelecture 27 | Checkpoint 27 | Waves and Superposition pdf ppt Ch 16.5-16.6 |
Units 25, 26 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
12/3/2025 |
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Thursday
12/4/2025 |
Prelecture 28 | Checkpoint 28 | Fluid Statics pdf ppt Ch 14.1-14.4 |
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Friday
12/5/2025 |
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| 16 |
Monday
12/8/2025 |
No in-person lab |
No in class discussion - set posted solutions posted |
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Tuesday
12/9/2025 |
Prelecture 29 | Checkpoint 29 | Fluid Dynamics pdf ppt Ch 14.5-14.6 |
Units 27, 28 smart.physics | ||||
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Wednesday
12/10/2025 |
Unit 29 smart.physics | |||||||
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Thursday
12/11/2025 |
Reading Day | |||||||
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