Private robotics & engineering · Grades K–8
Some students finish a robotics class and move on. Others take the project home, keep changing it, and want to build something harder. Private engineering is for them: a clear project path, one-on-one, at the pace your family chooses.
Sessions follow the student’s interests, skill level, and projects. The goal is not homework help. It is steady engineering growth.
Every student follows the same structured project path. Your plan sets the pace: more sessions a month means moving through each phase, and on to the next, sooner.
Batteries, switches, motors and motion. Cause and effect, with no screens needed.
First Python on a real microcontroller, plus CAD in Tinkercad and 3D printing.
Sensors, Wi-Fi, systems thinking and parametric CAD in Onshape.
Pick a phase and how often you’d like sessions.
About 3 months to finish Robotics Builders
Plan: Online Private Engineering Core or In-Home Engineering. Estimates are a guide: every student moves at their own speed.
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The trial is a real engineering session, not a sales call. Bring a project, an idea, or a problem, and we’ll work on it together.
Afterward, we’ll recommend a phase and a plan if it makes sense. There’s no obligation to continue. One trial per family.
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Hands-on engineering educator since 2014. Engels has designed and taught K–8 robotics programs, founded a school robotics club, and coached student teams from regional events to the VEX Robotics World Championship.
Every plan follows the same project path. What changes is how often you meet, and so how quickly your student progresses, plus customization and convenience. Move up or down any time.
$249/month
Online, one on one
2 × 60-minute sessions a month
Families who want a guided starting point.
Subscribe$449/month
Online, one on one
4 × 60-minute sessions a month
Ongoing robotics and electronics work without travel.
Subscribe$749/month
At your home or a library near you
4 × 60-minute sessions a month
Families who value convenience and in-person help.
Subscribe$1,250/month
In home or hybrid (within 50 miles of Boston)
Up to 8 instructional hours a month
Students ready for deep, long-form engineering work.
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Students keep their projects so learning doesn’t stop when the session does. They can keep programming, modifying, and showing what they built long after we log off.
It depends on how often you meet. Junior Builders is about 8 sessions, Robotics Builders about 12, and Engineering Lab about 16. At 4 sessions a month, that’s roughly 2 months, 3 months and 4 months. Students who finish a phase move straight on to the next one.
Yes. Every plan includes the parts and printed components for each project, and the student keeps everything they build. For online plans, we ship the materials to your home.
The student works at their own desk or workbench with a camera pointed at the build when practical. We ship the parts, electronics, and printed components needed for each project, and guide assembly, testing, programming, and troubleshooting live.
At your home or at a public library near you, within 50 miles of Boston. For library sessions we reserve a study room when one is available. If you live farther away, we recommend our online plans: students work at home with project materials shipped to them, and get the same curriculum and one-on-one instruction.
Kindergarten through Grade 8. Younger students start with mechanisms and motion; older students move into microcontrollers, Tinkercad, and Onshape. Grade is a guide, not a rule: the trial is where we find the right starting point.
Yes. You can move between plans or cancel before your next billing date. See our policies for rescheduling and refunds.
Other questions? Email info@staging.fusedformations.com.
A strong first session ends with the student thinking, “I know what I want to try next.”
Book a $75 trial lesson