Educator lab · free classroom materials
Turn cosmic fine-tuning into an investigation
Three ready-to-teach activities move from controlled variables to boundary mapping and evidence critique. Every launch opens the same deterministic Tuner model students can inspect and repeat.
Three classroom investigations
Use one lesson, or teach the sequence as a short unit: control a variable, locate a threshold, then challenge what the model can claim.
Change one thing
Hold eight dials fixed and test how dark energy changes structure formation.
- Ages 13–16 · introductory
- 35–45 min
- Pairs or groups of 3
- 2 runs
Identify independent, dependent and controlled variables in a repeatable simulation.
Open lesson planFind the edge
Bracket the model’s nuclear-fusion window and reason from cases on both sides.
- Ages 14–18 · intermediate
- 45–55 min
- Groups of 3–4
- 4 runs
Use multiple trials to identify a threshold interval rather than a single magic value.
Open lesson planAudit the model
Compare what observations constrain with what the Tuner assumes, computes and illustrates.
- Ages 15–18 · critical inquiry
- 50–65 min
- Groups of 3
- 3 runs
Classify claims as observation, model rule, output or visual encoding.
Open lesson planClassroom mode
Teacher resources
Print a worksheet per activity, download the complete example set as JSON, or keep the six-number reference beside the Tuner.
Large labels, exact starting universes, no dice, no missions and no community publishing. Students still choose when to ignite and can save work locally.
Curriculum and model examples reviewed 28 August 2026