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PHYS 211 Weekly Schedule
Week Date Prelecture Checkpoint Lecture Lab Discussion Homework Exam
1
Monday
1/20/2025

Prelab 1 (smart physics)

Lab 1

Discussion 0

(no quiz)

Tuesday
1/21/2025
Prelecture 1 Checkpoint 1 1-D Kinematics
pdf ppt Ch 2-3
Wednesday
1/22/2025
Thursday
1/23/2025
Prelecture 2 Checkpoint 2 Vectors and 2-D Kinematics
pdf ppt Ch 4.1-4.3
Friday
1/24/2025
2
Monday
1/27/2025

Prelab 2 (smart physics)

Lab 2


Discussion 1
Discussion 1 solutions
Quiz 1

Tuesday
1/28/2025
Prelecture 3 Checkpoint 3 Relative and Circular Motion
pdf ppt Ch 4.4-4.5
Units 1,2 smart.physics
Wednesday
1/29/2025
Thursday
1/30/2025
Prelecture 4 Checkpoint 4 Newton's Laws
pdf ppt Ch 5.1-5.5
Friday
1/31/2025
3
Monday
2/3/2025

Prelab 3 (smart physics)

Lab 3

Discussion 2
Discussion 2 solutions
Quiz 2
Tuesday
2/4/2025
Prelecture 5 Checkpoint 5 Forces & FBD
pdf ppt Ch 5.6-5.7
Units 3,4 smart.physics
Wednesday
2/5/2025
Thursday
2/6/2025
Prelecture 6 Checkpoint 6 Friction
pdf ppt Ch 6.1-6.3
Friday
2/7/2025
4
Monday
2/10/2025

Prelab 4 (smart physics)

Lab 4

Discussion 3
Discussion 3 solutions
Quiz 3
Tuesday
2/11/2025
Prelecture 7 Checkpoint 7 Work & Kinetic Energy
pdf ppt Ch 7
Units 5,6 smart.physics
Wednesday
2/12/2025
Thursday
2/13/2025
Prelecture 8 Checkpoint 8 Conservative Forces
pdf ppt Ch 8
Friday
2/14/2025
5
Monday
2/17/2025
No lab
activities this week
Discussion 4
Discussion 4 solutions
No quiz
Tuesday
2/18/2025
No lecture (exam) Exam 1 (Units 1-6)
Wednesday
2/19/2025
Thursday
2/20/2025
Prelecture 10 Checkpoint  10 Work & Potential Energy
pdf ppt Ch 8
Units 7,8 smart.physics
Friday
2/21/2025
6
Monday
2/24/2025

Prelab 5 (smart physics)

Lab 5

Discussion 5
Discussion 5 solutions
Quiz 4
Tuesday
2/25/2025
Prelecture 11 Checkpoint 11

Center of Mass
pdf ppt Ch 9.6

Wednesday
2/26/2025
Thursday
2/27/2025
Prelecture 12

Checkpoint 12

Conservation of Momentum
pdf ppt Ch 9.1-9.3
Unit 9 smart.physics
Friday
2/28/2025
7
Monday
3/3/2025

Prelab 6 (smart physics)

Lab 6

Discussion 6
Discussion 6 solutions
Quiz 5
Tuesday
3/4/2025
Prelecture 13 Checkpoint 13 Elastic Collisions
pdf ppt Ch 9.4
Units 10,12 smart.physics
Wednesday
3/5/2025
Thursday
3/6/2025
Prelecture 14 Checkpoint 14 Impulse and Reference Frames
pdf ppt Ch 9.2, 9.5
Friday
3/7/2025
8
Monday
3/10/2025

Prelab 7 (smart physics)

Lab 7

Discussion 7
Discussion 7 solutions
Quiz 6
Tuesday
3/11/2025
Prelecture 15 Checkpoint 15 Rotational Kinematics
pdf ppt Ch 10.1-10.4
Units 13,14 smart.physics
Wednesday
3/12/2025
Thursday
3/13/2025
Prelecture 16 Checkpoint 16 Parallel Axis Thm & Torque
pdf ppt Ch 10.5-10.6
Friday
3/14/2025
9
Monday
3/17/2025
Spring break, no class
Tuesday
3/18/2025

 

Spring break, no class
Wednesday
3/19/2025
Spring break, no class
Thursday
3/20/2025
Spring break, no class
Friday
3/21/2025
Spring break, no class
10
Monday
3/24/2025
No lab
activities this week
Discussion 8
Discussion 8 solutions
No quiz
Tuesday
3/25/2025
No lecture (exam) Exam 2 (Units 7-14)
Wednesday
3/26/2025
Thursday
3/27/2025
Prelecture 18 Checkpoint 18 Rotational Dynamics
pdf ppt Ch 10.7-10.8
Units 15,16 smart.physics
Friday
3/28/2025
11
Monday
3/31/2025

Prelab 8 (smart physics)

Lab 8

Discussion 9
Discussion 9 solutions
Quiz 7
Tuesday
4/1/2025
Prelecture 19 Checkpoint 19 Statics 1
pdf ppt Ch 12.1
Wednesday
4/2/2025
Thursday
4/3/2025
Prelecture 20 Checkpoint 20 Statics 2
pdf ppt Ch 12.2
Unit 17 smart.physics
Friday
4/4/2025
12
Monday
4/7/2025

Prelab 9 (smart physics)

Lab 9

Discussion 10
Discussion 10 solutions
Quiz 8
Tuesday
4/8/2025
Prelecture 21 Checkpoint 21 Angular Momentum
pdf ppt Ch 11.1-11.3
Units 19, 20 smart.physics
Wednesday
4/9/2025
Thursday
4/10/2025
Prelecture 22 Checkpoint 22 Angular Momentum Vector
pdf ppt Ch 11.4
Friday
4/11/2025
13
Monday
4/14/2025

Prelab 10 (smart physics)

Lab 10

Discussion 11
Discussion 11 solutions
Quiz 9
Tuesday
4/15/2025
Prelecture 23 Checkpoint 23 Simple Harmonic Motion
pdf ppt Ch 15.1-15.3
Units 21, 22 smart.physics
Wednesday
4/16/2025
Thursday
4/17/2025
Prelecture 24 Checkpoint 24 Simple and Physical Pendula
pdf ppt Ch 15.4
Friday
4/18/2025
14
Monday
4/21/2025

 

 

Discussion 12
Discussion 12 solutions
Tuesday
4/22/2025
No lecture (exam) Unit 23 smart.physics Exam 3 (units 15-22)
Wednesday
4/23/2025
Thursday
4/24/2025
Prelecture 26 Checkpoint 26 Harmonic Waves
pdf ppt Ch 16.1-16.4
Friday
4/25/2025
15
Monday
4/28/2025

Lab practical

(both in-person and

smart physics components)

Discussion 13
Discussion 13 solutions
Quiz 10
Tuesday
4/29/2025
Prelecture 27 Checkpoint 27 Waves and Superposition
pdf ppt Ch 16.5-16.6
Units 25, 26 smart.physics
Wednesday
4/30/2025
Thursday
5/1/2025
Prelecture 28 Checkpoint 28 Fluid Statics
pdf ppt Ch 14.1-14.4
Friday
5/2/2025
16
Monday
5/5/2025

No in-person lab
activities this week

No in class discussion -
These sets are for your self study

Discussion 14
Discussion 14 solutions

Tuesday
5/6/2025
Prelecture 29 Checkpoint 29 Fluid Dynamics
pdf ppt Ch 14.5-14.6
Units 27, 28 smart.physics
Wednesday
5/7/2025
Unit 29 smart.physics
Thursday
5/8/2025
Reading Day
Friday
5/9/2025

Combined Final Monday May 12th from 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM.  

Conflict Final Thursday, May 15th from 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM.