My Reflection on AnthropometryAnthropometry is the exciting
field of studying measurements or the proportion of the human body.
In my four major classes, I was introduced to anthropometry. In
math class, I studied biometrics by measuring my bone growth.
Ergonomics was introduced in science class, by designing a
functional log cabin. In addition, I studied malnutrition in
sub-Saharan Africa as part of our global studies class. Lastly, in
literature class, I studied anthropology relating to the Nigerian
tribes and by reading Shakespeare. As a result, I realized that
changing in population, lifestyle, culture, and nutrition all
effects the change in human dimensions. This relates directly to
anthropometric and how it influences the way, things are made and
designed. Therefore keeping with what I learned in school, my
partner and I chose the science room as our project to redesign.
Our assignment was to use anthropometry to design an optimal middle
school learning environment. In fact, I believe an optimal science
room learning environment should be functional, organized,
technology based and ergonomically friendly. First, to redesign the
science room I needed to find the best way to utilize the room
space. I walked around the room, sat in different places and tried
to find what furniture and arrangement would best fit. Then, to
make the room more optimal I modified the students lab tables to be
more ergonomically each having their own built-in individual finger
print computer. Afterward, the science room flows better once I
rearranged the teachers table near the entrance and in front of the
classroom. At the end, the result was an innovative and efficient
science room. I showed all these features with the main floor plan
of the science room using biometric and ergonomics furniture
represented on the side of the poster. The model my partner created
was a comfortable study chair unit made out of mainly wood, PVC and
felt. Overall, these things help made up the design of the optimal
science learning room.In summary, was an optimal middle school
science room learning environment achieved? Respectively, answering
this question took teamwork. For the most part, what I learned most
from doing this project is working with a partner. We disagreed on
several things but disagreements helped us see things in a
different way and in the end made our classroom more optimal. The
science room was an easy selection for me because it needed the
most improvement. What I did not know was how difficult redesigning
the science room would be. Meanwhile, every little thing had to be
accounted for, starting from the first step into the classroom with
the door size to seating down in a chair, and asking yourself is
this comfortable and supportive. However, I do feel that my partner
and I did accomplished designing the optimal science room because
it was functional and practical. Consequently, after doing the
project it would have been nice to put some of the ideas of the
optimal science room to use!