PHYS 211 Summer 2026
PHYS 211 :: Physics Illinois :: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Schedule
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| Week | Date | Prelecture | Checkpoint | Topic | Lab | Discussion | Homework |
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Monday
6/15/2026 |
Prelecture 1 | Checkpoint 1 |
1-D Kinematics |
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Tuesday
6/16/2026 |
Prelecture 2 | Checkpoint 2 | Vectors and 2-D Kinematics |
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Wednesday
6/17/2026 |
Prelecture 3 | Checkpoint 3 | Relative and Circular Motion |
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Thursday
6/18/2026 |
Prelecture 4 | Checkpoint 4 | Newton's Laws | Discussion 1 Discussion 1 solutions |
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Friday
6/19/2026 |
Juneteenth Holiday | ||||||
| 2 |
Monday
6/22/2026 |
Prelecture 5 | Checkpoint 5 | Forces & FBD |
Lab 1 | ||
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Tuesday
6/23/2026 |
Prelecture 6 | Checkpoint 6 | Friction | ||||
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Wednesday
6/24/2026 |
Prelecture 7 | Checkpoint 7 | Work & Kinetic Energy |
Unit 3 Homework due Unit 4 Homework due |
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Thursday
6/25/2026 |
Prelecture 8 | Checkpoint 8 | Conservative Forces |
Discussion 3 Discussion 3 solutions Quiz 2 |
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Friday
6/26/2026 |
Lab 2 | ||||||
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Monday
6/29/2026 |
Prelecture 10 | Checkpoint 10 |
Work & Potential Energy |
Lab 3 | ||
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Tuesday
6/30/2026 |
Prelecture 11 | Checkpoint 11 | Center of Mass |
Discussion 4 Discussion 4 solutions Quiz 3 |
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Wednesday
7/1/2026 |
Prelecture 12 | Checkpoint 12 | Conservation of Momentum | Unit 7 Homework due Unit 8 Homework due |
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Thursday
7/2/2026 |
Exam 1 |
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Friday
7/3/2026 |
Independence Day - No Classes | ||||||
| 4 |
Monday
7/6/2026 |
Prelecture 13 | Checkpoint 13 | Elastic Collisions |
Lab 4 | Unit 10 Homework due Unit 11 Homework due |
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Tuesday
7/7/2026 |
Prelecture 14 | Checkpoint 14 | Collisions, Impulse | Discussion 5 Discussion 5 solutions Quiz 4 |
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Wednesday
7/8/2026 |
Prelecture 15 | Checkpoint 15 | Rotational Kinematics | Unit 12 Homework due Unit 13 Homework due |
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Thursday
7/9/2026 |
Prelecture 16 | Checkpoint 16 | Parallel Axis Theorem | Discussion 6 Discussion 6 solutions Quiz 5 |
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Friday
7/10/2026 |
Lab 5 | ||||||
| 5 |
Monday
7/13/2026 |
Prelecture 18 | Checkpoint 18 | Rotational Dynamics | Lab 6 | Unit 14 Homework due Unit 15 Homework due |
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Tuesday
7/14/2026 |
Prelecture 19 | Checkpoint 19 | Rotational Statics 1 | Discussion 7 Discussion 7 solutions Quiz 6 |
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Wednesday
7/15/2026 |
Prelecture 20 | Checkpoint 20 | Rotational Statics 2 | Unit 16 Homework due Unit 18 Homework due |
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Thursday
7/16/2026 |
Exam 2 | ||||||
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Friday
7/17/2026 |
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| 6 |
Monday
7/20/2026 |
Prelecture 21 | Checkpoint 21 | Angular Momentum | Lab 7 | Unit 19 Homework due Unit 20 Homework due |
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Tuesday
7/21/2026 |
Prelecture 22 | Checkpoint 22 | Angular Momentum Vector | ||||
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Wednesday
7/22/2026 |
Prelecture 23 | Checkpoint 23 | SHM | Unit 21 Homework due Unit 22 Homework due |
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Thursday
7/23/2026 |
Prelecture 24 | Checkpoint 24 | Simple and Physical Pendulum | Discussion 9 Discussion 9 solutions Quiz 8 |
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Friday
7/24/2026 |
Lab 8 | ||||||
| 7 |
Monday
7/27/2026 |
Prelecture 26 | Checkpoint 26 | Harmonic Waves | Lab 9 | Unit 23 Homework due Unit 24 Homework due |
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Tuesday
7/28/2026 |
Prelecture 27 | Checkpoint 27 | Waves and Superposition | Discussion 10 Discussion 10 solutions Quiz 9 |
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Wednesday
7/29/2026 |
Prelecture 28 | Checkpoint 28 | Static Fluids | Unit 26 Homework due Unit 27 Homework due |
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Thursday
7/30/2026 |
Exam 3 | ||||||
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Friday
7/31/2026 |
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| 8 |
Monday
8/3/2026 |
Prelecture 29 | Checkpoint 29 | Fluid Dynamics | Lab 10 | Unit 28 Homework due | |
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Tuesday
8/4/2026 |
Discussion 11 |
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Wednesday
8/5/2026 |
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Unit 29 Homework due | |||||
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Thursday
8/6/2026 |
Reading Day | ||||||
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Friday
8/7/2026 |
Final Exam | ||||||