50 Icebreaker Questions for Students

Prompts (50)

• 1. Do you study best in the morning or late in the evening?

  Study habits
  in the morninglate in the evening

• 2. Flashcards or practice tests to get ready for an exam?

  Study habits
  flashcardspractice tests

• 3. Do you highlight half the page or barely highlight at all?

  Study habits
  highlight half the pagebarely highlight at all

• 4. Would you rather study at a library table or on your bed?

  Study habits
  at a library tableon your bed

• 5. Do you study in short bursts with breaks or one long marathon session?

  Study habits
  short bursts with breaksone long marathon session

• 6. Do you reward yourself with a snack after studying or during studying?

  Study habits
  after studyingduring studying

• 7. Would you rather explain a topic to a friend or have a friend explain it to you?

  Study habits
  explain a topic to a friendhave a friend explain it to you

• 8. Do you start big assignments the day they are given or the week they are due?

  Study habits
  the day they are giventhe week they are due

• 9. Is your pencil case packed with supplies or down to one lonely pen?

  Study habits
  packed with suppliesdown to one lonely pen

• 10. Would you rather write a five-page essay or solve fifty math problems?

  Study habits
  write a five-page essaysolve fifty math problems

• 11. Do you raise your hand often or wait to be called on?

  Classroom life
  raise your hand oftenwait to be called on

• 12. Would you rather sit in rows or in a big circle?

  Classroom life
  in rowsin a big circle

• 13. Do you like seating charts or picking your own seat?

  Classroom life
  seating chartspicking your own seat

• 14. Would you rather have class outside once a week or watch a documentary once a week?

  Classroom life
  have class outside once a weekwatch a documentary once a week

• 15. Is a group discussion more fun than a lecture or more stressful?

  Classroom life
  more fun than a lecturemore stressful

• 16. Would you rather present first and get it over with or present last and watch everyone else?

  Classroom life
  present first and get it over withpresent last and watch everyone else

• 17. Do you prefer open-book tests or closed-book tests with easier questions?

  Classroom life
  open-book testsclosed-book tests with easier questions

• 18. Would you rather have a class pet or a class garden?

  Classroom life
  a class peta class garden

• 19. Should homework be due at the start of class or at midnight?

  Classroom life
  at the start of classat midnight

• 20. Would you rather have assigned partners or choose your own?

  Classroom life
  assigned partnerschoose your own

• 21. Would you rather join a sports team or a debate club?

  Campus & clubs
  a sports teama debate club

• 22. Would you rather help run the school newspaper or the school talent show?

  Campus & clubs
  the school newspaperthe school talent show

• 23. Is the best spot on campus the library or the cafeteria?

  Campus & clubs
  the librarythe cafeteria

• 24. Would you rather plan a school dance or plan a school science fair?

  Campus & clubs
  a school dancea school science fair

• 25. Would you rather be class president or class photographer?

  Campus & clubs
  class presidentclass photographer

• 26. Would you rather start a chess club or a cooking club?

  Campus & clubs
  a chess cluba cooking club

• 27. Do you walk to class with friends or with earbuds in?

  Campus & clubs
  with friendswith earbuds in

• 28. Would you rather volunteer at an animal shelter or a community garden?

  Campus & clubs
  an animal sheltera community garden

• 29. Would you rather go on an overnight school trip or a day trip to a big city?

  Campus & clubs
  an overnight school tripa day trip to a big city

• 30. Would you rather perform in the school band or paint the school mural?

  Campus & clubs
  perform in the school bandpaint the school mural

• 31. Do you learn more from videos or from books?

  Learning style
  from videosfrom books

• 32. Would you rather learn by building a model or by drawing a diagram?

  Learning style
  by building a modelby drawing a diagram

• 33. Is history more interesting as stories or as timelines?

  Learning style
  as storiesas timelines

• 34. Would you rather learn a new language or learn to code?

  Learning style
  learn a new languagelearn to code

• 35. For a new group project, would you rather choose everyone's roles first or brainstorm the big idea first?

  Learning style
  choose everyone's roles firstbrainstorm the big idea first

• 36. Would you rather do a hands-on lab or a virtual simulation?

  Learning style
  a hands-on laba virtual simulation

• 37. Would you rather be great at mental math or great at spelling?

  Learning style
  great at mental mathgreat at spelling

• 38. Would you rather ask questions in class or after class?

  Learning style
  in classafter class

• 39. Would you rather study the stars or the deep sea?

  Learning style
  the starsthe deep sea

• 40. Would you rather take a class about inventions or about ancient civilizations?

  Learning style
  inventionsancient civilizations

• 41. At lunch, do you eat first or socialize first?

  Break time
  eat firstsocialize first

• 42. Would you rather have a longer lunch or a longer morning break?

  Break time
  a longer luncha longer morning break

• 43. Do you spend breaks outside or inside?

  Break time
  outsideinside

• 44. Would you rather have a snack bar or a smoothie stand at school?

  Break time
  a snack bara smoothie stand

• 45. Is the best part of a field trip the bus ride or the destination?

  Break time
  the bus ridethe destination

• 46. On a snow day, would you rather sleep in or go sledding right away?

  Break time
  sleep ingo sledding right away

• 47. Would you rather have a reading nook or a game corner in the classroom?

  Break time
  a reading nooka game corner

• 48. On a free period, do you catch up on work or catch up with friends?

  Break time
  catch up on workcatch up with friends

• 49. Would you rather have a school movie afternoon or a school field day?

  Break time
  a school movie afternoona school field day

• 50. Would you rather a summer break that is long or several shorter breaks through the year?

  Break time
  a summer break that is longseveral shorter breaks through the year

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