Teaching about AI concepts in schools is a tricky business as there are complicated ideas to be taught. To teach complex concepts, in computer science, we often use an instructional approach called ‘unplugged’. We use the unplugged approach to teach computing concepts without a computer. Often unplugged activities include using an everyday analogy or a physical fun activity. For example, to teach about algorithms, students might learn how to make a jam sandwich where the recipe and following instructions accurately are similar to an algorithm and the steps within it used to write a program. The jam sandwich activity has now become a popular and key teaching experience for young students across the world, as it teaches a complex but fundamental idea in a simple and fun way. At the January 2026 Raspberry Pi Foundation Research Seminar, Salomey Afua Addo, a researcher at the University of Cambridge , presented her work about how to teach about AI.…