This icebreaker aims to help participants talk about their moods and feelings, either about their day so far or about the learnings and materials from a session that has just taken place.
Length
This activity is designed to be a quick 2 minute activity before or after a session (lecture, seminar, online class), with a longer 5-10 minute add-on option to facilitate deeper discussions.
This activity is good for…
- Introducing the concept of ‘object icebreaker’ activities to participants – the instructions are not complicated and very intuitive to understand
- Helping students talk about their mood and wellbeing
- Assessing the general mood in the group of participants after a session or learning about a new concept
Running the activity
Shorter version
- Let participants know that the activity aims to gauge their mood, and allow them a minute to look at the pictures
- Flip to the next slide where participants can vote
Longer version
- After voting, give participants 3-5 minutes to break off into groups and discuss why they chose their object
Online asynchronous adaption
- Instead of asking participants to discuss in groups, set up a forum where participants can express how their chosen object represents how the feel in the moment/about the materials
Please find example templates and the links to Mentimeter where students can share their answers below.
To use and personalise these templates, please add them to your (ucl) Mentimeter account. For instructions on how to create a Mentimeter account please visit the UCL Digital Education page, via this link.
Template 1: https://www.mentimeter.com/s/57bf3bbe70da9703414bbfbdda55fa2a/b6b306231b1e
Template 2: https://www.mentimeter.com/s/cdcf8297d0b67a9319f12a8fef969314/9118ca80f637
Other suggested object combinations:
For more information about the objects search for the object no. or name on the museum databases.
Grant Museum Petrie Museum UCL Art Museum UCL Art Museum
V1402 UC16678 Beer, Devon LDUCS-10625
Grant Museum Science Collection UCL Art Museum UCL Art Museum
V1448 LDUJB-01 Lakeland LDUCS-1223
UCL Art Museum UCL Art Museum UCL Art Museum Grant Museum
Landscape LDUCS-10264 LDUCS-4766 V1535