Using Newspapers

I have my math students use the newspaper to gather data. I'll give them a set of questions pertaining to the day's paper and they'll have to search the paper to find the answers. I include fun stuff, like "What does your horoscope say for today?" along with activities like "Find the average price of the dogs advertised for sale in today's paper" and "Find the median price of the items advertised in the Dillard's ad on the last page of the first section". The students also have to pick one article and summarize it. By choosing questions from each section of the paper, the students are exposed to all parts of the newspaper and may learn about things happening beyond the doors of PHS.