What Age Range Are the Courses Appropriate For In a Homeschool Setting?

The program was originally designed to be used by older high school students and adults. This applies particularly to the complexity of the concepts taught and the student's attention to detail.

Working with electronics and code requires precision. A small error in the placement of an electrical component in a circuit or even a single incorrect or missing character in the code will cause the circuit or code not to work. While this presents wonderful learning opportunities to improve careful reading and attention to detail, the precision requirement can simply be too frustrating for some students and we encourage parents to use discretion when deciding whether to use this program.

If you are considering using the program with a younger high school student, we recommend the following:

  • Wait to start the program until their reading comprehension and concept comprehension skills have reached an upper-high school level
  • Evaluate whether your student has demonstrated an ability to work with precision and pay attention to small details
  • Be available to support your student; you don't necessarily need to work through the program with them, but be close by to help them reread a section or double check that they've accurately duplicated the circuit or code laid out in the lesson. 95% of issues students run into when working through the program are results of a tiny error in the electronic component placement or code and almost all of these can be located with a parent's fresh set of eyes.
Please note, due to the complexity of the material we do not recommend the Two Semester Electronics and Coding Course or the Robotics Course for a student younger than 16 or 17 unless a parent or older sibling will be working alongside them. We would instead encourage younger students to focus on learning the concepts in the One Semester Electronics and Coding Course (including plenty of practice time built in to experiment and design novel projects) and wait until later in high school to tackle the more advanced electronics, coding, and robotics lessons.
Once your student reaches a later stage in high school, you can purchase Lesson Levels C and D separately. 

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