Icebreaker questions for students
40 questions. For the first day of class or a new group, from middle school to college.
- Which school subject would you redesign if you were in charge, and how?
- What is the most interesting thing you learned outside of school this year?
- If you could take a class on any topic at all, what would it be?
- Which book or story from a class has stuck with you the longest?
- How do you like to study best: with music, in silence or with background noise?
- If you could invent a new school holiday, what would it celebrate?
- What is a skill you taught yourself, and how did you learn it?
- Which historical figure would you most like to interview for a class project?
- What is the best field trip you have been on, or one you would love to take?
- If you could add one new club to our school, what would it be?
- What career sounds exciting to you right now, and what draws you to it?
- Which invention do you think changed the world the most, and why?
- What is a question you have always wanted a teacher to answer?
- If you could spend a day inside any book, which would you choose?
- What advice would you give a student starting this class next year?
- Which app or website helps you learn the most?
- What is something you can explain really well that most people find confusing?
- If you were the teacher for a day, what lesson would you teach?
- What is your favorite snack to bring on a long school day?
- Which time period in history would you visit for one afternoon?
- What is one goal you have for this semester?
- If your backpack could have one magical feature, what would it be?
- What is the most fun group project you have ever worked on, and why?
- Which school supply could you not live without?
- If you could learn any language instantly, which would it be and why?
- What is one thing you hope to understand better by the end of this course?
- Which animal best matches your study style, and why?
- If you could design your own school schedule, what would the first class be?
- What is the coolest science fact you know?
- Which movie would you show the whole class if you got to pick?
- What is the best way to spend a free period or a break between classes?
- If you started a school newspaper column, what would it be about?
- Where is your favorite place to read or do homework?
- Which problem in your community would you like to help solve?
- What is something new you tried over the summer?
- If you could have lunch with any author, who would you pick and what would you ask?
- What makes a class feel welcoming to you?
- Which musical instrument would you master if you had unlimited practice time?
- What is one thing about you that is not on any report card?
- If you could build an app to make school easier, what would it do?