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A 4-H robotics team in Michigan offers students hands-on engineering education outside of a traditional school setting.

The team, known as the Polar Pilots, advanced to state and world championships in only their second year.

Mentors with backgrounds in engineering and business work alongside students to teach practical, real-world skills.

In a pole barn filled with the whir of tools and the glow of laptop screens, students from St. Clair and Macomb counties gather after school to design, cut, wire and code — learning the kind of skills that could launch a career. They’re members of Team 1498, the Polar Pilots, a small but dedicated 4-H robotics team proving that engineering education doesn’t have to come from a classroom.

Despite being only in their second year, t

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