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Thank You To...

Our amazing coach and mentor for taking time out of their personal life to give us advice and feedback on our project.

Our wonderful teachers and administrators for supporting us through this competition and giving us this once in a lifetime opportunity.

The NSTA and Toshiba for creating ExploraVision. Without this competition we wouldn't have realized how fun and exciting competing in STEM could be.

And most importantly, our parents for allowing us to work before and after school, supporting us, and encouraging us to do the best work we can.

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