Today's Classroom Activities :

What's Your Sign?

On a calendar, list each student's birthday on the appropriate month and day. Share the newspaper horoscope with students so they can decide if they are a Leo, Scorpio, etc. and read horoscopes to them. Do they agree with their day's horoscope?

Explore the zodiac at FamilyRapp.com with your students, then they can create their own sign using magic markers and colored pencils, and write a horoscope for their birth date.

Have your students study the Animals of the Chinese Zodiac based on the Chinese lunar calendar that dates back to the second millennium BC. They will learn about the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac and how animals are often used as symbols.

The Universe At Your Fingertips Activity: Activities With Astrology
This website allows your students to chart the horoscopes of famous people like U.S. presidents, senators, world leaders, or actors, who might be expected to have common personality characteristics. After that they can try to identify their own horoscope from an unidentified group of horoscopes, works best with larger groups of students.