Raspberry Pi 4 won't run Blender later than 2.79 (Pythion or OpenGL or something). But I run Blender on Apple M1 silicon.
Basically, it would be the new world-facing machine so I can turn the current Pi 4 into a weather staion or hexapod or something. Just trying to keep up. PiHole?
Apparently it now has a real-time clock, but you still need to add a battery for it. I've always missed System Sleep, it's now on the way. PCIe for Invidia GPUs doesn't interest me.
Why don't the kids have a SBC they are responsible for? They might learn GPIO. Or
PiHole.