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At a time when much of the world is stuck at home, the need for connection and some semblance of normalcy is incredibly important. Even though many of us can’t get together to enjoy our regular pastimes, there are plenty of ways to recreate those hobbies online. This series will explore some of those workarounds, … Continued

See what Pinnguaq is offering for online learning at home for the week of May 4th to May 8th. May the 4th be with you.

The Blob-Art Challenge is a fun way to create unique characters and works of art from your imagination!

Design a simple maze game in Scratch where an alien is lost in space and must move through the maze to return to its home planet.

Learn how to make your own game with the Scratch Mix and Match Cards Challenge! Each challenge, you’ll get three cards showing different pieces of code to jump start your game creation.

This unplugged activity is geared towards a younger audience with the intention of introducing basic coding terminology through a memory matching card game.

Learners will explore STEAM education as they craft a marble maze game through a simple process of design, create, build & test.

In this tutorial, learners will explore using clones to display text using a custom font in Scratch.

Students will learn how to build a simple Scratch game from start to finish.

Nanili is a game developed by Pinnguaq that introduces you to the art of coding. It does this by encouraging you to find the most elegant solutions through creating procedural functions and loops.

See what Pinnguaq is offering for online learning at home for the week of April 27th to May 1st.

This activity provides an opportunity for learners to investigate problems that exist in the world today, and are challenged to use simple materials to design a solution. Learners will use recycled materials and natural materials found outside, to create a water filter device.

Flip and match games are a great way to introduce vocabulary to a student or explore a new topic of study. The beauty of a game like Memory is that it is very simple to play and even simpler to make.

Learners will design a predator-prey style game in Scratch where a shark sprite will move around the screen gobbling up a bunch of fish!

In this lesson students will construct a bee hotel to help worker bees find a safe spot to rest during their busy days.

These two Scratch video tutorials will walk you through a couple of ways to create a new game in Scratch by remixing an existing game.

Learning how to make interactive stories in Scratch.

Construct A Bee Hotel allows learners to explore how they can help positively impact the environment that surrounds them and society as a whole, using simple materials.

In this lesson students will be introduced to the techniques of adding acceleration, speed, and friction in Scratch!

See what Pinnguaq is offering for online learning at home this week for April 20th-25th.

Lego Challenge Cards for learners in grade K-3 that provide open-ended building possibilities.

Lego Challenge Cards for learners in grades 4-6 that provide open-ended building possibilities.

This lesson omits technology from use to allow students to explore structural design using simple materials.

In this lesson students will be introduced to three techniques for moving a player around the stage in Scratch!