Chernoff Faces was an exercise we did that would help us further understand classification. We started with pairing face shapes with where we all were from. The options were the UP, lower Michigan, or other. I chose the lower Michigan face shape which was a "Stewie" or "Hey Arnold" shaped head. Next, the shape of the eyes were determined by our major and minors. All of the students in our MSED 251 are education majors and I am an elementary education mathematics major. My eyes were oblong shaped along with my pupils which were based off of the kind of sports we enjoyed. Noses were determined by which kind of pet we would prefer, rodent/rabbit, bird, or reptile. I chose a rodent/rabbit which gave me an oblong shaped nose. Finally, the mouth of the first face was chosen by which food the student enjoyed. I chose Italian because I can never get enough pasta! After we all put together our faces we were separated into groups by the shape of the heads. Our groups were divided again, this time by a different attribute of the faces. When all is done we know that many species have similar qualities but are still totally different.
We made a new face by changing around the attributed and face shapes. Turns out the groups that were made the first time stayed that same only changing by one or two students. There were many with exact face matches. This is an example of classification, just less scientific.
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