What topics of projects or research in the field of informatics can be offered that are interesting and feasible for schoolchildren?

Question

IT education

Today, schools are chasing participation in such a project of the department of education as an academic class. In order to achieve the creation of such classes at school, where children are engaged in science, it is necessary to speak at scientific and practical conferences and, naturally, win. Projects at such conferences are serious, at the level of universities. So children are suffering, but what can you actually offer them? And there must be some kind of development, and scientific justification, and all this in a complex area of ​​IT.
I would be very grateful for the tips.

Answer 1

serious, at the university level

Well, yes, very serious))
Now 5G is on the nose, which will entail the creation of many services of the future, like super-duper holographic communication and everything like that. Another popular topic of AI development. It hasn't been invented yet, which means it's a good topic for research. In addition, it’s also interesting, because you can write your own bots for dotka. And don't forget about the Illuminati, who are constantly monitoring our every move on the internet. Against them, we urgently need to create a torogram that would provide complete anonymity on the Internet.

Answer 2

1) Arduino
2) "League of Robots"