ProductsSee how it really works
One question. Many ways in.
Every Layerfall question becomes one body of verified knowledge, researched, checked and drawn once. From it come films, journeys, maps, books, lessons and visuals, all telling the same truth.
From a spark to a passion
Interest grows in phases. So does Layerfall.
- A spark
- Held attention
- Your own interest
- A passion
Interest grows in phases: a spark, then held attention, then an interest of your own, then a passion.
Hidi & Renninger, 2006
The spark
It starts with a question you can't stop thinking about.
A film titled with a How question opens a machine and shows what is really happening inside.
Films and Shorts
Films that start with a How question and fall through every layer of the answer.
For anyone who has ever wondered how something works.
- Long films that zoom from your hand down to the principle
- Shorts and clips that open one layer in a minute
- Narration in other languages, over the same pictures
Follow it down
Then you follow it, as deep as you want.
Every question is a journey you control, and every journey connects to more.
Layerfall Explore
Every question as a journey you control: layer by layer, at the depth you choose, free.
For curious people of every age, from ten to engineer.
- Every layer at Surface, Deeper and Technical
- What-if predictions and Where-else questions
- Every fact with its source
The Atlas
A living map of how questions and ideas connect. Pick any point and fall into a new journey.
For explorers who want to see the whole picture.
- How questions linked by the ideas they share
- Concepts grouped by subject
- Routes from any question down to any principle
Make it yours
Curiosity turns into a subject you know.
Questions add up to whole subjects, along a route that follows what you love.
Paths and challenges
Routes through many questions that add up to a whole subject, and challenges that test what you really understand.
For learners who want to go further, and the teachers who guide them.
- Paths such as Understand the internet and Understand AI
- Challenges: put the layers in order, predict what happens next, fix a broken system
- Routes chosen by what fascinates you
Layerfall Deep
A membership for the most curious: more depth on every question. Sources and corrections stay free for everyone.
For members who always want the next layer down.
- Technical layers and interactive simulations
- Guided source trails and reference sheets
- High-resolution diagrams and bonus scenes
Take it home
Understanding you can hold in your hands.
The same verified pictures, on paper, made to be kept.
Layer Maps
One beautiful page that falls through a whole journey, from your hand to the principle.
For walls, desks, classrooms and gifts.
- A high-resolution edition and an interactive one
- A print poster and an education edition
- Posters, card decks and the yearly Layerfall Almanac
Layerfall Press
Books that begin with questions, not chapter headings.
For readers, and the people they give books to.
- Every section opens with a How question
- Every section ends with what you now understand
- The same checked facts and pictures as the journeys
Teach it
Teachers choose the mystery. The curriculum is already inside.
A teacher starts from what the class must learn, and gets the questions that make it irresistible.
Layerfall Classroom
Lessons that start with a mystery and map to the curriculum.
For teachers, schools, districts and publishers.
- Pick a topic you need to teach; get the How questions that open it
- A lesson, teacher guide, worksheet, quiz, vocabulary and slides
- Packs for each age band, from the same checked facts
Build with it
For organizations that need people to understand.
The library behind every journey, for your page, your screen, your product and your training.
Layerfall Visuals
License the pictures that explain how things work.
For publishers, broadcasters, educators and companies.
- Diagrams, animations, 3D objects and interactive components
- Found by subject and by concept
- Finished animations for broadcast and training
Layerfall Embed
A live Layerfall journey inside your site or product.
For banks, payment companies, universities, museums and documentation teams.
- The whole journey on your own page
- Powered by Layerfall, in step with the checked facts
Layerfall Studio
Custom visual explanations of your technology, made the Layerfall way.
For companies with something hard to explain.
- Research, script and pictures
- Long and short versions, stills and an embed
- Translations of all of it
Sponsored explanations
A company funds a genuine How question next to its field. The sponsor is always named, and Layerfall decides what is true.
For brands that want to be part of understanding.
- The film, a Short and the journey
- The visual, licensed for the sponsor's own use
- Clear disclosure, every time
Knowledge licensing
Structured, verified knowledge for software that teaches.
For aI tutors, publishers and learning platforms.
- How questions, concepts and how they connect
- Checked facts with their sources
- Explanations at every depth, with their pictures
Exhibits
The same journeys on large interactive displays.
For museums, science centres and visitor centres.
- Journeys made to be explored together
- The same checked facts and pictures
One question, a long life
Researched once. Told every way.
Sources and corrections are free for everyone. Sponsors are always named, and never decide what is true.
- How can headphones make silence with more sound?
- A film and its Shorts
- A journey you can explore at every depth
- A Layer Map, on screen and on the wall
- A section of a Layerfall Press book
- A Classroom lesson pack
- Licensed animations of the waves
- Concepts that future questions build on
Every fact, checked
Don't trust us. Check it.
Every number on this page comes from one of these studies.
Hidi, S., & Renninger, K. A. (2006). The four-phase model of interest development. Educational Psychologist, 41(2), 111–127.
doi.org/10.1207/s15326985ep4102_4