Carbon Cycle Game Web

Lena Welch 2026

The Carbon Cycle Game

OPEN CLASSKICK NOW

You are using the web-based Carbon Cycle Game. Complete the form below and then start the game. If the form doesn't work, ask your teacher for a document version. All answers will be recorded on the form below. Use your REAL name. Copy and paste the final screen into your Classkick

Start

V3

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Click here to open it.

Directions

1. Enter your name and class code into the form
2. Click play.
3. Record your turn in the form.
4. Click "save turn"
5. Click CLICK! Button to see where to go next.
6. Follow the directions for you location.
7. Record your turn in the form.Click "save turn"
8. Repeat until your log is fully filled out.
9. Submit your form.
10. Answer the questions about your experience.
11. Submit those answers.
12. Copy and paste the end screen.

Click play when you are ready.

Play

FIND YOUR STARTING PLACE HERE

IMPORTANT: You may get stuck in one place for multiple turns or even the entire game. Congratualtions! You found a carbon sink. Write the same location down every time it shows up.

Click the Click! button to find out where you will start your game. After you get your starting place, click the matching button to begin.

ocean surface

ocean consumers

atmosphere

ocean plants

deep particles

deep dissolved

fresh water

land consumers

ocean sediment

land plants

The atmosphere

1. Write ATMOSPHERE in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

land plants

• LAND PLANTS: You are taken up by a land plant for photosynthesis. Click the LAND PLANTS button.
• FRESH WATER: You are carbon in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). You dissolve in water. Click the FRESH WATER button.
• OCEAN SURFACE: You are carbon in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). You dissolve in water. Click the OCEAN SURFACE button.
• ATMOSPHERE: You are carbon in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). You stay in the ATMOSPHERE. Write ATMOSPHERE in your carbon resevoir log. Click the Click! graphic again to see where to go next.

fresh water

ocean surface

atmosphere

Ocean Surface

1. Write OCEAN SURFACE in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

• OCEAN PLANTS: You are carbon in the form of carbon dioxide (CO2). You are taken in by a plant in the ocean. Click the OCEAN PLANTS button.

• ATMOSPHERE: You are dissolved carbon. You are released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the ATMOSPHERE button.
• OCEAN SURFACE: You are dissolved carbon stored in the ocean's surface. You stay in the OCEAN SURFACE. Write OCEAN SURFACE in your carbon resevoir log. Click the GO! button again to see where to go next. in the ocean.

ocean plants

atmosphere

ocean surface

ocean PLANTS

1. Write OCEAN PLANTS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

ocean consumers

• OCEAN CONSUMERS: You are the sugars and starches in a plant. You are eaten by an ocean animal. Click the OCEAN CONSUMERS button.
• DEEP PARTICLES: You are the sugars and starches in a plant that has died. The dead plant sinks. You are carried deep into the ocean. Click the DEEP PARTICLES button.
• OCEAN SURFACE: You are carbon inside of a plant. An ocean plant performs cellular respiration and uses you for energy. You are released into the surrounding water as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the OCEAN SURFACE button.
• OCEAN PLANTS: You are carbon stored as sugar and being stored or used to grow. You stay in the OCEAN PLANTS. Write OCEAN PLANTS in your carbon resevoir log. Click the GO! button again to see where to go next.

deep particles

ocean surface

ocean plants

Ocean Consumers

1. Write OCEAN CONSUMERS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

deep particles

• DEEP PARTICLES: You are the carbon in animal waste, or in the body of an animal that has died. The waste or dead animal sinks, carrying you into the deep ocean. Click the DEEP PARTICLES button.

• OCEAN SURFACE: You are the carbon that an animal ate. The animal performs cellular respiration. You are released into the surrounding water as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the OCEAN SURFACE button.
• OCEAN CONSUMERS: You are the carbon inside the body of an animal. You stay in OCEAN CONSUMERS. Write OCEAN CONSUMERS in your carbon resevoir log. Click the GO! button again to see where to go next.

ocean surface

ocean consumers

deep particles

1. Write DEEP PARTICLES in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

• DEEP DISSOLVED: You are carbon in dead plants or animals deep under the ocean. Bacteria consume you. Bacteria use you for cellular respiration to make energy. You are released into the surrounding wateter as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the DEEP DISSOLVED button.
• OCEAN SEDIMENTS: You are carbon in waste or dead stuff. The particle sinks, carrying you to the sediment on the seafloor. Click the OCEAN SEDIMENTS button.

• DEEP PARTICLES: You are carbon in waste or dead stuff. Your particles continue drifting in deep ocean currents. Write DEEP PARTICLES in your carbon resevoir log. Click the deep particles graphic to see where to go next.

deep dissolved

ocean sediments

deep particles

ocean sediments

1. Write OCEAN SEDIMENTS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

• DEEP DISSOLVED: You are carbon in the top layer of the sediments in the ocean. You provide energy to bacteria through cellular respiration and are released into the surrounding water as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the DEEP DISSOLVED button.

• OCEAN SEDIMENTS: You are carbon in dead plants and animals. You are covered by sediments and buried. You stay in OCEAN SEDIMENTS. Write OCEAN SEDIMENTS in your carbon resevoir log. Click the ocean sediments graphic to see where to go next.

deep dissolved

ocean sediments

land plants

1. Write LAND PLANTS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the Click! graphic to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

• FRESH WATER: You are in plant matter that has washed into a stream or lake. Click the FRESH WATER button.

• ATMOSPHERE: You are sugars and starches in a plant. The plant uses you to complete cellular respiration. The plant needs energy. You are used for cellular respiration and then you are released are released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the ATMOSPHERE button.

• LAND CONSUMERS: You are carbohydrates from a plant. The plant was eaten by an animal. You are now in the animal. Click the LAND CONSUMERS button.

• LAND PLANTS: You are carbohydrates (sugar or starch) being stored in the plant. Write LAND PLANTS in your carbon resevoir log. Click the LAND PLANTS graphic to see where to go next.

fresh water

atmosphere

land consumers

land plants

land consumers

1. Write LAND CONSUMERS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the CLICK! button to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

• ATMOSPHERE: You are the carbohydrate (sugar or starch) an animal ate. You were used for cellular respiration to provide energy to the animal. You are released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide (CO2). Click the ATMOSPHERE button.

• FRESH WATER: You are carbon in animal waste that has washed into a stream or lake. Click the FRESH WATER button.

• LAND CONSUMER: The animal you were part of was eaten by another animal. Stay in LAND CONSUMERS. Write LAND CONSUMERS in your carbon resevoir log. Click the LAND CONSUMERS graphic to see where to go next.

atmosphere

fresh water

land consumers

fresh water

1. Write FRESH WATER in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the CLICK! button to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

land plant

• LAND PLANTS: You are taken up by a land plant for photosynthesis. Click the LAND PLANTS button.
• ATMOSPHERE: You are dissolved carbon in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). You are released into the atmosphere. Click the ATMOSPHERE button.
• OCEAN SURFACE: You are dissolved carbon. Rain, freshwater runoff, or a river carries you to the ocean. Click the OCEAN SURFACE button.

• FRESH WATER: You are dissolved carbon. You are stored in a lake or river. Click the FRESH WATER. Write FRESH WATER in your carbon resevoir log. Click the GO! button again to see where to go next.

atmosphere

ocean surface

fresh water

deep dissolved

1. Write DEEP DISSOLVED in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click the CLICK! button to find out where to go next.
3. Read about your next location below.
4. Click the button that matches your next location

ocean surface

• OCEAN SURFACE: You are dissolved carbon in ocean water. Upwelling brings you up to the surface when deep ocean water travels upwards. Click the OCEAN SURFACE button.
• DEEP DISSOLVED: You are dissolved carbon. You remain in water drifting in slow deep ocean currents. You stay in DEEP DISSOLVED. Write DEEP DISSOLVED in your carbon resevoir log. Click the DEEP DISSOLVED graphic to see where to go next.

deep dissolved

you stay in

OCEAN PLANTS

You stay inside of an OCEAN PLANT as carbon that is part of a sugar a sugar starch, or you become new plant growth.

1. Write OCEAN PLANTS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window.
3. Click the ocean plants graphic to see where to go next.

you stay in

OCEAN SEDIMENTS

You are carbon in waste or dead stuff. The particle sinks, carrying you to the sediment on the seafloor. You stay in OCEAN SEDIMENTS.

1. Write OCEAN SEDIMENTS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window
3. Click the ocean sediments graphic again to see where to go next.

you stay in

LAND PLANTS

You are carbohydrates (sugar or starch) being stored in the plant. You stay in LAND PLANTS.

1. Write LAND PLANTS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window.
3. Click the land plants graphic to see where to go next.

Welcome to

FRESH WATER

You are carbon in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). You are dissolved in lakes, streams, and rivers. You stay in FRESH WATER.

1. Write FRESH WATER in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click Exit the window.
3. Click the GO! button again to see where to go next.

you stay in the

ATMOSPHERE

You are carbon in the form of carbon dioxide gas (CO2). You stay in the ATMOSPHERE.

1. Write ATMOSPHERE in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window
3. Click the atmosphere graphic to see where to go next.

you stay in

OCEAN CONSUMERS

You are carbon stored in the body of an animal. Stay in OCEAN CONSUMERS

1. Write OCEAN CONSUMERS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window.
3. Click the ocean consumers graphic to see where to go next.

You stay in

LAND CONSUMERS

The animal you were part of was eaten by another animal. You stay in the LAND CONSUMERS.

1. Write LAND CONSUMERS in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to exit this window.
3. Click the LAND CONSUMERS graphic to see where to go next.

Welcome to the

DEEP DISSOLVED

You are dissolved carbon. You are stored in water drifting in deep ocean currents. You remain in DEEP DISSOLVED.

1. Write DEEP DISSOLVED in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click Exit the window.
3. Click the DEEP DISSOLVED graphic again to see where to go next.

you stay in

DEEP PARTICLES

You are carbon in waste or dead stuff. Your particles continue drifting in deep ocean currents. You stay in DEEP PARTICLES.

1. Write DEEP PARTICLES in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window.
3. Click the deep particles graphic to see where to go next.

you stay in the

OCEAN SURFACE

You still are dissolved carbon stored in the surface of the ocean.

1. Write OCEAN SURFACE in your carbon resevoir log.
2. Click anywhere to close this window.
3. Click the atmosphere graphic to see where to go next.