The Fiction Laboratory  ·  Est. 2026  ·  Chicago
In Development
A Supplemental Science Curriculum

Your students will read the book.

The science comes with it.

A curated library of science fiction with the curriculum work already done. Discipline-tagged novels, structured reading packets, and a reward system that gets students engaged with real science. No new app. No subscription. Something a teacher reaches for, not something they rebuild around.

Biology · Physics · Computer Science · Geoscience · Social Cal. 100A–500A

Currently in the Lab

Three titles · Free, no email needed

These three are the introductory set. They are finished rather than previews, and each one is enough to run a unit on without waiting for anything else. They stay free, and they do not ask for an email address.

Also in the library

Four titles · $5 to $7, one time

Same eight documents, same build, priced by the length of the book. A packet is a one-time purchase: no subscription, no account, and yours to use with every class you teach for as long as you teach it. Two more titles are in the lab. What each one costs is on the pricing page, and every book has its own page in the library with borrowing links and the full source list.

What's in a packet

Eight documents · Every title

01 · Specimen record

The catalog entry. Title, author, year, discipline codes, and a plot summary, on one page.

02 · Teacher introduction

What the packet contains and how to run it, including anything to know before the class meets the book.

03 · Reader introduction

The one page a student reads first, explaining what they are being asked to do and why.

04 · Sources

The research the packet is built on, in MLA style, most of it free to read.

05 · Reading companion

Four sections, roughly a thousand words each: the author, the moment the book was written into, what the story is really about, and the science. The science carries two audits, The Lawbreaker for where the book breaks the rules and The Long Fuse for what it set in motion in the real world.

06 · Quiz, three variants

The multiple choice differs across A, B, and C so answers cannot be traded. The short answers stay the same, so one rubric covers the class.

07 · Answer guide

Keys for all three variants, plus model responses and grading notes for the short answers.

08 · Discussion guide

A 45-minute session, built to be run by a teacher who has not read the book. Every question carries facilitation notes and a text anchor.

Every title in the Core Library gets the same eight, whatever the book. Three are finished and free to download. The rest are in the lab.

Every science fiction novel is a thought experiment. We just file the lab report.

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