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

Required Materials

Web Information

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

prelectures, checkpoints, homework (smartPhysics)
your course grade book
access to lecture slides and to other course information and notices

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

Required Materials

For Prelectures, Checkpoints, Prelabs and Prelectures

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.

For Lecture

iClicker Remote. New or used any version, but not the phone app or iclicker cloud. There should be a large supply of used iclickers available from past students, which can significantly reduce the cost. These clickers will be used for physics 211, 212, 213/214.

For Discussion

A calculator with trigonometric functions.
Paper, pen or pencil.

For Lab

Every student will need to have access to an IOLab device and access to a computer running Windows 8.1 or above or a Mac running OSX 10.13 or above. Your options for IOLab access include:

Rent a device from Macmillan for the semester. IOLab devices can be rented from the following website: https://store.macmillanlearning.com/us/product/iOLab-Version-2.0/p/1464101469.
(NOTE: Use the code SHIPFREE at checkout and the shipping will be free).
- If you are buying or renting a device on-line you should do this as soon as possible since shipping can take 1-2 weeks.
- If you have any problems with the Macmillan website or concerns about the delivery of your device you should go to https://macmillan.force.com/macmillanlearning/s/contactsupport and select I am Using: Student Store (i.e. do not select I am Using: IOLab, which will get you tech support for the device itself).
Purchase a new or used IOLab from the Bookstore: https://bookstore.illinois.edu/buy_book_detail.asp?pf_id=15132185
Buy an IOLab from another student on campus
Arrange to share with a friend or roommate
Use one of the Course Reserve IOLabs at Grainger Library to complete Prelabs; Arrange with your lab group to share IOLabs in class.

Optional Materials

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)
OpenStax textbook. This is free and we have links to the appropriate sections https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1).
University of Illinois Physics 211 Exams.