The Accuracy of Horoscopes
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Suggested Grades
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4+
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Objective
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Students will examine horoscopes over a months time and determine
which horoscope source is the most accurate. |
Materials
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a variety
of horoscope sources (magazines, newspapers, internet, etc.)
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graph paper
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chart paper
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markers
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Method
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Split the
class up into three or four groups.
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Ask each
group to decide which horoscope source they think would be the
most accurate and would like to examine. Each group should have
a different horoscope source.
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Every
morning for a month, ask each group to read their horoscope
source out for the day before. After reading each source, have
each group record the number of students whose horoscopes were
true and the number of students whose horoscopes were false on
chart paper.
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At the end
of the month, have each group add up all the figures to find out
how many correct predictions each horoscope source made and
transfer these numbers into a bar graph.
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Have each
group present their graphs to the class.
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Which
horoscope source had the most correct predictions?
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