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Attached is my budget plan, which details the materials and prices I plan to use in my project.

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This is the project value sheet--it's not set up in tables because when I moved it to Google Docs to be able to edit it, the formatting was messed up. Since we are having a virtual Expo, I didn't account for any booth or marketing materials.

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Attached is my time management plan, which I used to keep myself organized and on track.

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As a result of the circumstances surrounding the Expo changing, I have had a decent learning stretch. I haven't used Blender since my freshman year, so I've had to play around and relearn how to use a lot of the functions. I did learn some basic code, as well, but I will not have to use that for the project assuming I won't get access to my materials until very late in the game, if at all. These new circumstances have made me have to refocus and adapt, which I also consider to be a learning stretch, because I had to be creative about how I could work on my project without any of the materials I planned to have.

I've grown a lot in this experience. I've learned how to adapt and to not let changes in the original plan slip me up. I have used this project to give me motivation for everything else in my life this year. I gained a lot of confidence for my abilities and innovation after I came up with this project, because I've spent the last three years going along with the ideas that others came up with. I wasn't confident that I could come up with a good project, but this idea gave me a lot more confidence in that field.

This isn't the first time that our Expo has been altered. In sophomore year, the tornados that rocked our whole state also resulted in our school not being allowed to attend the final Expo for multiple reasons. In that case as well, we had to deal with the disappointment of not getting to show off the product we'd worked so hard on to everyone we had planned to. We still attended a makeshift Expo, similar to how this year's Expo will most likely be a virtual one. We have to adjust our project so that it is still accessible, and prepare ourselves for an Expo we were not originally prepared for. This is not the first time we've experienced this. We'll survive a virtual Expo; after all, we're still getting the opportunity to show off the work we've spent the last months doing.

I created a second survey for my community outreach and posted it on my personal Facebook page, since I'm friends with a lot of high school and college students on there. The survey contained a link to my website and a description of my product, as well as the final 3D model I created on Blender. I received great, positive feedback from everyone. 86% of respondents said that they would buy the bracelet if it became a real product, and in my "additional comments" section of the survey, I received a review that said "This is a super cool bracelet! It would really help me improve my concentration in class, since I zone out a lot." This was perfect feedback for me, since that is the exact problem I'm trying to solve.