Chernoff Faces

Last week we did an activity called Chernoff faces. One by one we were given a category and eventually had a face. First we had to get our face shape. A sideways oval meant you were from the lower peninsula, up and down oval for the upper peninsula and circle for anywhere else. Your major or minor determined your eye shape. Sideways oval for special education, up and down oval for science or math, or circle for language arts, social studies or anything else. Preferred sports determined the pupil. Sideways oval for individual sports, up and down oval for team sports or circle for X-games. Your preferred food determined your mouth. Sideways oval for Chinese foods, up and down oval for Mexican, or circle for Italian. Your ears were determined by your music preference. Sideways oval for rap or hip hop, up and down oval for rock or pop and circle for country. Finally, your nose was determined by your preference of pets. Sideways oval was a bird, up and down oval was a rodent or rabbit, and a circle was reptiles. These were my groups final products.

 After everyone in the class had their head, we classified ourselves into different groups. First, by face shape, or where we were from. Then we classified by mouth shape, or food preference. Finally we got into groups based on nose, or animal preference. From this activity I learned that sometimes we can classify things and people in many different groups. Some things don't belong in just one group, like our faces. We could have made even more groups. I don't think anyone in the class had the same face, which was cool.