Riddle Me This! 60+ Fun Brain Teasers | Brain Break Activities, Bell Ringers

Get your students hooked from the moment they walk into the room. This ready-to-use PPT is packed with 60 engaging riddles that work perfectly as brain breaks, bell ringers, morning meeting starters, do now tasks, lesson starters, or just to fill in the 5 minutes of dead-air time that can often be the cause of classroom management chaos!

Tailored for upper primary, middle, and high school, these riddles spark curiosity, engage the tough teen crowd, get students thinking critically, and build positive relationships day after day. 

What’s Included:

✓ Over 60 riddles varying in challenge

✓ An editable instructions slide so you can change up the wording depending on how you’d like to use this resource

✓ A template included you can add your own riddles

Why you’ll love ‘Riddle Me This’!

♡ With over 60 riddles, you’ll have a bank that you can draw from day after day after day. That’s a lot of heavy lifting in that first 5 minutes of the lesson (or the final 5!!)

♡ Encourages small daily interactions that foster a sense of belonging, community, and felt safety.

♡ More than just a bunch of silly questions, they support student engagement and learning while reducing conflict and disruptions.

♡ These engaging games can be seamlessly integrated into each lesson without taking much time—a 5-minute investment for huge impact.

♡ Help students develop crucial social and emotional skills that translate into better relationships with peers and a more collaborative class culture!

How you can use these riddles:

✏️ Back to School: Use as a fun and low-stakes icebreaker activity on the first day back at the start of the year (or to ease back in at the start of a new term).
✏️ Brain Breaks: Quick, fun, and engaging 5-minute brain breaks.
✏️ Ongoing Community Building: Develop a positive class community throughout the year by using one (or a few) slides a day as attendance questions or as a part of your morning meeting.
✏️ Starter Activities: Use as bell-ringer tasks or morning work to get students warmed up and ready for the lesson or day.
✏️ Engaging and appropriate game for class parties: Need a student-friendly game for a class party or the end of the year? Here it is!
✏️ Filling in a little bit of time: Use to fill in those 5 minutes of ‘dead-air’ time in a structured way, reducing disruptions and chaos (in a way that still gets students thinking, collaborating, and having a laugh!!)