A Fun Survey Game for the Classroom

At a glance

Group

Whole class in teams

Devices

One is enough

Length

10–20 min

Accounts

None needed

Why survey questions work in class

There's no wrong answer to punish, only a more or less popular one, so students who never volunteer for a quiz will shout out a guess. That makes it a genuinely useful icebreaker at the start of term or after a heavy lesson.

Survey Smash has no classroom-specific features — no rosters, no grade export, no student accounts. It's a general game used well in a classroom, and that's exactly how to plan for it.

Setting it up on the projector

• ▸Open the game on the teacher machine and share the screen.
• ▸Split the class into two or three teams with a nominated speaker.
• ▸Create a game with three rounds to fit the end of a lesson.
• ▸Let each team caucus for ten seconds before their turn.
• ▸Use the recap screen to talk about why the top answer was the top answer.

Question picking for a class

Stick to the classroom pack: school life plus curated general-knowledge topics like animals, weather, countries and sport. Skip anything about bars, dates or calling in sick.

Question packs to use

• 🏫 Classroom survey questions27 questions
• 👨‍👩‍👧 Family survey questions19 questions
• 🔥 Game Night survey questions170 questions

Other occasions

• 🤝 Team BuildingThe icebreaker that doesn't make anyone share a fun fact about themselves.
• 💻 Virtual PartyPaste a code in the chat and the call stops being a meeting.

Read next

• Classroom Games for the Last Ten MinutesNo printing, no logins, no equipment beyond the board you already have.
• How to Play a Survey GameOne rule, four steps, and about ninety seconds of reading.

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