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Table of Contents:

Note from the Editors ............................................ 5

Message from the President .................................. 7

PBL, Slopes, and Lines in Stained Glass .............. 8

Note from the VDOE ........................................... 14

Organization Membership Information …. .......... 15

How to Keep Students from Falling Off the Slope .................................................................... 16 Call for Manuscripts ............................................ 22 Math GIRLS .............................................................. 23

VCTM Representatives ........................................ 30

HEXA ................................................................... 32

NASA Resources For Elementary School Teachers and Students ......................................................... 33

Upcoming Math Competitions ............................. 35

Teaching Dilemmas ............................................. 36

Technology Review .............................................. 41

Good Reads ......................................................... 47

What ’ s Your Sphericity Index? ............................ 48

Grant and Scholarship Opportunities ................. 54

Vertical Number Lines are Important, Too! ........ 55

Is This Game Fair? Deciding with Simulation Data and Organized Lists .................................... 58

Affiliate Information ............................................ 62

Notes from the Field ............................................ 63

Key to the 46(1) Puzzlemaker .............................. 65

Math Jokes ........................................................... 65

Solutions to 46 (1) HEXA Challenge ................... 66

The Puzzlemaker .................................................. 71

Conferences of Interest ........................................ 72

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