Chernoff Faces

The Chernoff Faces activity we did in class was a really fun way to learn about classification. This is something I'm definitely going to have to remember for when I'm a teacher. The idea of it was to make a face out of different shapes for the head, eyes, pupils, mouth, nose, and ears, with each one having a different meaning to it. For example, on the first face that we did, the shape of our heads meant where we were from. There were 3 different shapes; one for Upper Peninsula, one for Lower Peninsula, and one for Other. From there, our class got divided into 3 groups. We then divided our groups even more by the shapes of our eyes (our major/minor). When we did this a second time, we changed how we would divide ourselves first by what we thought was most important. It was a really cool activity that showed life forms can be classified and grouped up in many different ways. Sometimes the groups will be similar, sometimes they will be different. There is no limit to how you identify yourself as. Below are my two Chernoff Faces, proving that no matter how oddly-shaped my head is or how off-centered my ears are, I belong in more than one group.