FOR TEACHERS · WHOLE-CLASS BRAIN BREAKS
Brain break games for the whole class
Quick, silent games you can put on the projector for a two to five minute reset. The whole class guesses, counts or calls out together, then you get back to the lesson. No student logins, nothing to install.
- Works on a projector or smartboard
- No student accounts or logins
- No ads and no sound
- Each round takes under two minutes
The games
Dot Flash
A cloud of dots flashes for under a second. How many were there?
About 45 seconds · Everyone writes a guess; the class average often beats any one person.Stop the Clock
Stop the timer at an exact time. The numbers vanish after one second.
About 30 seconds · The whole class counts silently; one student presses stop.Split the Bar
Cut a blank bar at 37%. No ruler, no tick marks, just your eye.
About 40 seconds · Students call out "left" or "right" before the cut is made.Number Hunt
Find 1 to 25 in a scrambled grid, in order, as fast as you can.
About 40 seconds · Students call out where the next number is.Color Recall
See a color for three seconds. Rebuild it from memory.
About 1 minute · The class votes on each slider before locking it in.Keep the Rhythm
Tap along with a silent pulse. Then it disappears. Keep the beat.
About 20 seconds · The whole class claps the beat while one student taps.
Questions
Do students need accounts?
No. Nobody signs in to play. You open the page on the classroom screen and press start.
How long does a brain break take?
Each game round takes between 20 seconds and about a minute. Two or three rounds make a three to five minute break.
How do I play with the whole class?
Put the game on the projector and let the class decide together: vote on where to cut the bar, shout out a dot estimate, or count the seconds silently while one student presses stop.
Are there ads or sounds?
No ads, and none of these games make sound. We count anonymous page visits with Google Analytics to see which games get played; students never type in personal information. See the privacy policy for details.
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