Privacy & how it works

BiomeForge on the web is built the same way as our iOS apps: private by design, and honest about the science it teaches.

Everything stays on this device

Your progress — best scores and XP — is stored only in this browser (on-device storage). It is never sent anywhere. Clear your browser data and it's gone; nobody else can see it.

No accounts, no ads, no tracking

There is no sign-up and no login. There are no ads and no in-app purchases. There are no third-party trackers embedded in the app.

How it works

In the Biome Builder, you stock a tank with producers, consumers, and decomposers and read a live ecosystem-health report — the model tells you when a food web is unbalanced and why. In the Food-Web Lab, you predict what happens to a population when a species is added or removed, before the whole web reacts and the ripple is explained — because making a prediction first (even a wrong one) is one of the best ways to learn. Or run a Concepts kit: a short round of questions where a hint appears only after a first try, so you think it through first, and mistakes are treated as part of learning.

A simplified model of a real ecosystem

Real ecosystems are far more complex than any tank. The Biome Builder and Food-Web Lab use simplified teaching models to show the big ideas — energy flow, trophic roles, the energy pyramid, and why a diverse ecosystem is more resilient. When conservation topics touch on land care, the questions credit the Indigenous and traditional communities whose knowledge has stewarded these lands, without speaking for them.

Built for ages 9–14

The Concepts questions come straight from the BiomeForge iOS app and are aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards for Life Science (grades 4–8). Everything works with the sound off and can be played entirely by keyboard. Meet the cast — Canopy, Dune, Reef, Ridge, and Flux — and read their stories at the cast page.