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It also is an excellent example of the use of <font><font color="#ffffff" style=""><font color="#ffffff">the PIRA Demonstration Classification System to organize instructional resources:<br><a href="https://instructional-resources.physics.uiowa.edu/" target="_blank">https://instructional-resources.physics.uiowa.edu/</a></font></font></font></font></h3><h3><font color="#ffffff" style="font-size: 18px;">The PIRA Bibliography that explains the DCS  is also available as a GoogleSheet Excel version: </font><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OJnpEp-3fcWIGfH9u6baJvGeqc9PTrZ5/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100779838298666322283&rtpof=true&sd=true" target="_blank" style="font-size: 18px;">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OJnpEp-3fcWIGfH9u6baJvGeqc9PTrZ5/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=100779838298666322283&rtpof=true&sd=true</a></h3><h3><font color="#ffffff" style="font-size: 18px;"><a href="http://www.pira-online.org" title="http://www.pira-online.org" target="_blank">http://www.pira-online.org</a> directs to this site.</font></h3><p><font color="#ffffff" style="font-size: 18px;">Join the conversations at TAP-L on Google Groups!  Request to join! </font></p><p><a href="https://groups.google.com/a/lists.ncsu.edu/g/tap-l" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/a/lists.ncsu.edu/g/tap-l </a><font color="#ffffff" style="font-size: 18px;"></font></p></div> </div><div id="id_CJ22Cea" class="WaGadget WaGadgetContent gadgetStyleNone" style="" data-componentId="CJ22Cea" ><div class="gadgetStyleBody gadgetContentEditableArea" style="" data-editableArea="0" data-areaHeight="auto"> <p>People and Places we follow for Inspiration! </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@SteveMould" target="_blank">Steve Mould</a></p><p><a href="https://www.rigb.org/" target="_blank">Royal Institution of Great Britain</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@tatianaerukhimova8819" target="_blank">Tatiana Erukhimova</a></p><p><a href="https://sciencedemonstrations.fas.harvard.edu/catalog" target="_blank">Harvard Physics Demos website </a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0AeRY_wcZgoY5LtsS8jv2A" target="_blank">Harvard Physics Demos Youtube Channel</a> </p><p><a href="https://techtv.mit.edu/collections/f05bfc257ab1447b83470c3d9eeb5083/" target="_blank">MIT Physics Demos Website </a></p><br><p><br></p></div> </div><div id="id_8N9mngt" data-componentId="8N9mngt" class="WaLayoutContainerLast" style=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="WaLayoutTable" style=""><tr data-componentId="8N9mngt_row" class="WaLayoutRow"><td id="id_uUAFjSP" data-componentId="uUAFjSP" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:49%;"><div id="id_9Z14jlH" class="WaLayoutPlaceHolder placeHolderContainer" data-componentId="9Z14jlH" style=""><div style=""><div id="id_Oy7fr5c" class="WaGadgetOnly WaGadgetForumUpdates gadgetStyle001" style="" data-componentId="Oy7fr5c" ><div class="gadgetStyleTitle" style=" "><h4 class="gadgetTitleH4"> Recent forum updates</h4></div> <div class="gadgetStyleBody " style="" data-areaHeight="auto"> <ul> <li> <div class="title"><a href="https://pira.wildapricot.org/forum/6413535#11017166">Introduce Yourself</a></div> <div class="date"> <span>8 Sep 2021 1:36 PM</span> </div> <div class="author"> <a class="itemAuthor" href="https://pira.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/44178406">David Sturm</a> </div> </li> <li class="last"> <div class="title"><a href="https://pira.wildapricot.org/forum/12857600#12857600">Welcome new Vice President for 2023!</a></div> <div class="date"> <span>22 Jul 2022 11:49 AM</span> </div> <div class="author"> <a class="itemAuthor" href="https://pira.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/44178406">David Sturm</a> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div></div></div></td><td style="" data-componentId="uUAFjSP_separator" class="WaLayoutSeparator"><div style="width: inherit;"></div></td><td id="id_iexQxfP" data-componentId="iexQxfP" class="WaLayoutItem" style="width:51%;"><div id="id_VXlFFBR" class="WaLayoutPlaceHolder placeHolderContainer" data-componentId="VXlFFBR" style=""><div style=""><div id="id_s1Urg7W" class="WaGadgetOnly WaGadgetRecentBlogPosts gadgetStyle001" style="" data-componentId="s1Urg7W" ><div class="gadgetStyleTitle" style=" "><h4 class="gadgetTitleH4"> Blog posts</h4></div> <div class="gadgetStyleBody " style="" data-areaHeight="auto"> <ul> <li> <div class="title"><a href="https://pira.wildapricot.org/news/11016995">Renew! 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