Physics 221
Enrichment Mechanics
Jacob Rangel
Announcements
Exam 3 Information:
- Your third exam will be made available on Prairielearn at 8 AM on Wednesday, April 22
- Access to the exam will end (meaning you will get booted from the system) at 12 PM on Thursday, April 23
- You will have 1 hour and 45 minutes to complete the exam
- Exam 3 will cover lectures & homework 15-22, excluding lecture 17
This course will be taking place online for the remainder of the semester. Note the following procedures effective March 23:
- Notes videos will be posted to the course website every Thursday at 11 AM
- Blank PDF copies of Practice assignments will be posted to the course website every Thursday at 11 AM
- Blank PDF copies of Problem Sets will be posted to the course website every Thursday at 11 AM
- All assignments will be due the following Monday at 4 PM, meaning you will have 5 days to complete all your assignments
- You will be scanning (using either a computer scanner or an app on your cell phone) your assignments and emailing me a PDF
I will also be implementing new course policies effective March 23:
- Late work: any assignment turned in after Monday at 4 PM will be considered late and your assignment score will be docked by 50%
- Attendance & Participation: the eight assignments that are already entered in the attendance and participation categories will still count for 10% and 20%, respectively, of your overall grade and no more assignments will be added into these categories
- Zoom: I will make myself available at any point you need to ask questions or clarify something 211 or 221 related. Send me an email to setup a meeting time
- Piazza: I created a Piazza account for all students enrolled in PHYS 221. Please remember you can ask any questions about this course or 211 related to lectures, homework, quizzes, etc. Here is the link: https://piazza.com/class/k7qiiqr88n348f
Exam 2 Information:
- Your second exam will be held on Wednesday, March 25
- Exam 2 will cover Lectures 9-14 (excluding 11)
- Your exam will be online, through Prairielearn; you must add the PHYS 211 course
- Please refer to Prof. Gadway's email regarding how exactly exams will work for the rest of the semester
Exam 1 Information:
- Your first exam will be held on Wednesday, February 26 at 7 PM
- Exam 1 will cover Lectures 1-8
- For your room assignments, please see this link
- Practice exams with solutions are found here
If you joined the course late, please make sure you have the following assignments completed by class on February 21:
- Practice 1, 2, 3, 4
- Problem Set 1, 2, 3, 4
- Don't worry about the "Notes" assignments
General Information
Course Description
Supplement to PHYS 211 with a collaborative group learning approach to improving conceptual understanding and problem solving in introductory calculus-based mechanics. Intended for underprepared students who have taken PHYS 100, but other at-risk students will be admitted also.
Instructor
Jacob Rangel, 255 Loomis → jjrange2@illinois.edu
Class Meeting
Loomis 222, Fridays from 12:00 - 1:50 (M1) or 2:00 - 3:50 (M2)
Syllabus
See here.
Policies
Course Grade Breakdown
Attendance (i.e., arriving on time) will be 10% of the total grade, participation is 20%, completing your notes and practice assignments is worth 30%, and your problem sets are worth 40%, which will be graded for correctness.
Homework due dates
Any "practice" assignments or problem sets that are not finished by the end of class is due the following week at the beginning of class. Late work is accepted for half-credit.