ClimateQuest

Explore Earth as a system of connected parts — atmosphere, oceans, ice, and life — and see how a small change ripples through the whole planet.

Level 1

For grown-ups — progress report →A private, on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas practiced. Export a CSV or print — nothing leaves this device.

Earth-System Lab

Drag the CO₂ slider and watch the whole Earth system respond in real time — greenhouse forcing, global warming, sea-level rise, and Arctic sea ice — on a live model curve.

Predict the warmingMake your estimate first — then let the model reveal it. Read the evidenceName the trend in real climate datasets. Compare the pathsSee how today's choices bend tomorrow's curve.

Feedback-Loop Builder

Meet the four loops that drive Earth's climate — ice & albedo, water vapor, permafrost methane, and the ocean carbon sink. Systems thinking, one loop at a time.

Reinforcing or balancing?Does the loop amplify the change, or dampen it? Build the loopTap the steps in cause-and-effect order. What happens next?Trace the chain one link at a time.

Concepts — choose a kit

16 kits, each a short round of questions with hints when you need them. Your progress stays on this device.

Kit 1: Climate System Basics & Weather vs Climate Climate basics · grades 4-5 · 25 questions Kit 2: The Greenhouse Effect & Carbon Cycle Greenhouse & carbon · grades 4-5 · 25 questions Kit 3: Feedback Loops & Earth's Energy Balance Feedback loops · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 4: Ocean Systems & Sea Level Change Oceans & sea level · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 5: Paleoclimate: Evidence from the Past Paleoclimate · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 6: Climate Impacts & Extreme Weather Impacts & weather · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 7: Climate Solutions & Mitigation Strategies Solutions · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 8: Climate Policy, Communication & Citizen Science Capstone Policy & justice · grades 7-8 · 25 questions Kit 9: Carbon Cycle & Greenhouse Effect Greenhouse & carbon · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 10: Climate Data & Evidence Data & evidence · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 11: Climate Solutions & Green Technology Solutions · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 12: Climate Justice & Global Action Policy & justice · grades 6-8 · 25 questions Kit 13: Cross-Topic Connections Connections & synthesis · grades 5-6 · 25 questions Kit 14: Real-World Applications Connections & synthesis · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 15: Misconceptions & Reasoning Reasoning · grades 6-7 · 25 questions Kit 16: Advanced Synthesis Connections & synthesis · grades 7-8 · 25 questions

More climate labs

A predict-and-observe lab and extra practice modes:

Carbon BathtubPredict which way CO₂ heads — tap in, sinks out. Mixed practiceRevisit questions from the kits you’ve played. ClimateQuest SprintA calm speed round on what you’ve mastered. ClimateQuest Journey mapA path through every kit.

Play together

Go head-to-head with a friend — same device or an online room.

ClimateQuest Duel (pass-and-play) 2–4 players take turns on one device, or open an online room by code.
ClimateQuest mascot

Meet the cast — the characters who teach this

Each one stands for an idea you’ll practice. Tap a character to read their illustrated story and hear their audio drama.

Ensemble stories — the cast together

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📚 Books for ClimateQuest

Read the story, print a workbook, or color the cast — free PDFs to read offline or print at home.

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Same idea, another world

Something you practice here shows up somewhere else too — that's real learning that travels.

The warming loops here are the same feedback loops that run any system.The shared idea: feedback loops — a change that feeds back to amplify or dampen itselfTry NexusForge →

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