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Physics 211, "University Physics I", Section 08, Spring 2026

This material can be found online at URL

http://spiff.rit.edu/classes/phys211/phys211.html

Have a wild, science-filled Friday night at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Friday, Mar 27!

The RMSC is hosting our second College Night on March 27th from 7-10 PM. Students will get access to the RMSC's interactive exhibits and Planetarium shows while connecting with peers and making memories in a relaxed, student-only atmosphere.

General tickets for RIT students are free and planetarium tickets are free for the first 15 RIT students in attendance at each show! Students should register here.

Programs & Activities will include:

  • Buzz-worthy Electricity Theater shows with singing Tesla Coils
  • Experience the life of a space explorer in our Astronaut exhibit (best experienced with a crew!)
  • Meet members of our Collection staff to learn about some of the weird, strange, and unique objects housed in our collections that aren't always on view!
  • Add on a dazzling laser show on our 65-ft-wide and 4-story-tall Planetarium dome 


Tickets:
  Admission: Free for RIT students (register here)
  (Add-on) Planetarium Show: $5



Planetarium Shows for the Evening Include:
  7:30 PM - Hubble's Immersive Universe (with open captions)
  8:00 PM - The Sky Tonight
  9:00 PM - Laser Bad Bunny

Outline for the course, class schedule, etc.

Grades in the course

If you want to read through my lectures from the old, lecture-based version of this course, then visit

You may also find it useful to look at my notes from an intensive version of University Physics I, which meets 4 days a week.

Workshops

The schedule below may shift a bit as the quarter progresses, though the test dates will NOT change.

Homework sets.

In order to use the on-line homework system, you need to know your login name and your initial password. Your "login name" should be the same as your last name, but spelled in lower case only; so Joe Smith should type smith. Your initial password should be the final 4 digits of your 9-digit RIT student ID number, so if your ID number is 123456789, the initial password would be 6789. Be sure to include any zeroes: if the final digits of your ID are "0035", then your password is 0035. You can change your password from the default after you log in for the first time.

Extra Credit Projects (each student may hand in up to 2 extra credit projects during the semester). Please submit your work by 5 PM on Monday, Apr 27.

  1. Human Reaction Times
  2. Indoor Exercise
  3. The Paris Gun
  4. Uncertainty in a projectile's trajectory
  5. Measure the Earth's Radius
  6. Coefficient of Static Friction
  7. Find the equilibria
  8. Bouncing balls
  9. A Solar Sail
  10. The Office Chair Radar Gun
  11. Moment of Inertia of the Human Body
  12. Verify Conservation of Angular Momentum
  13. The Pendulum
  14. Record a Wave
  15. Measure the Speed of Sound in Air

For more information

Looking for help? RIT's Academic Success Center offers tutoring sessions. The math department offers Math Tutoring sessions. There's also the UP I Physics Discord server.

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