Climate Modeling and Atmospheric Science Lab

Students build an energy balance model, measure CO₂ forcing, find an ice–albedo tipping point and test a carbon budget.

Grades 11–12Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.

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Screenshot of Climate Modeling and Atmospheric Science Lab

Grade level

Grades 11–12: Physics-based climate models with energy balance equations, logarithmic forcing and emission scenarios to 2100

What students practice

Planetary energy balance, greenhouse effect and emissivity, CO₂ radiative forcing and climate sensitivity, ice–albedo feedback and hysteresis, Clausius–Clapeyron, cumulative emissions

Standards

NGSS: HS-ESS2-2 · HS-ESS2-4 · HS-ESS3-5 · HS-ESS3-6 · HS-PS3-4

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.