Day 19: Untitled

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The team watched the STEM Student Scholars program's presentations today which took some time from our scheduled meeting hours.
Afterwards, we fixed our lab manual with the problems noted from yesterday's volunteers. The g project's presentation will be 1 week from today; therefore, a PowerPoint to present has begun.



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