Sample Tasks from
Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity
Exploration 2: Ramps, Paints, and Hot Air Balloons

Task 1: Lupe's Ramp Company

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Make your own observations. Ask your own questions. Then click the task to learn more.

image of ramps from Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity (p. 46–47), by Jerry Burkhart.
Copyright 2016, Prufrock Press: Waco, TX. Reproduced with permission.

Task 2: A Science Experiment

Temperature and Volume of Air (at constant pressure)

What do you notice? What do you wonder?

Make your own observations. Ask your own questions. Then click the task to learn more.

table from Advanced Common Core Math Explorations: Ratios, Proportions, and Similarity (p. 64), by Jerry Burkhart.
Copyright 2016, Prufrock Press: Waco, TX. Reproduced with permission.