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This comic originally appeared in the second issue of Root & STEM, Pinnguaq’s free print and online STEAM resource supporting educators in teaching digital skills

Learn how to make your own game with the Scratch Mix and Match Cards. Accept the challenge and make a game or story with the cards for this challenge!

See what Pinnguaq is offering for online learning at home for the week of June 22nd to 26th.

This unplugged coding activity challenges you to encode different words into binary code. In this activity you will explore the computational thinking methods of decomposition. You will break down the word or words you select into single letters and encode it into Binary code using the Binary Code Key to create a secret message!

Watering your plants evenly throughout is almost impossible so use mother nature as an example and build your own aquifer!

Scratch Mix and Match Cards Challenge #4. Accept the challenge and learn how to make a Choose your own Adventure game or story! Making your own games in Scratch is a fun way to learn how to code!

How to make your own custom map for game development in Scratch using Inkscape.

In this tutorial, you will learn about how conditional statements and a counter variable can be used to create a bouncing arrow animation in Scratch.

Create a basic four-frame walk cycle for a 32×32 character sprite from start to finish, then import that sprite into Scratch. A time-compressed video example of the process helps to illustrate the process.

In this tutorial, we will be learning about the medicinal properties of Tamarack bark tea and how to make Tamarack bark tea, or Mshkiigwaatikohns tea. We will be learning about traditional uses of Tamarack and why it’s known in First Nation communities as “nerve medicine”.

See what Pinnguaq is offering for online learning at home for the week of June 15th to 29th.

In this tutorial, we will be exploring sustainable polyculture crop production systems by learning how-to plant a traditional Haudenosaunee Three Sisters Garden. We will learn about the cultural and historical importance as well as the agricultural science behind the companion planting of the Three Sisters (corn, beans, and squash).

In this tutorial Natsiq Hunter, participants will learn to use if/else statements to make a simple click game.

Additional tips for improving workflow and solving common problems when making pixel art for games and applications in GraphicsGale.

In this Pixel Power series, Ian MacLean will be taking learners along with him to learn more about pixel art, and how to improving your workflow in GraphicsGale.

Find the hidden block, and learn how to use it another way to code hidden sprites in Scratch!

In this quick tutorial, you will learn how to manipulate sprite sizes to create a scene transition animation in Scratch.

See what Pinnguaq is offering for online learning at home for the week of June 8th to 12th.

These unplugged activities are geared towards a younger audience with the intention of introducing basic coding concepts.

In this series, the basics of Scratch will be introduced to provide learners with the foundational skills required to begin creating in Scratch.

In this tutorial, we will be learning about the traditional medicine semaa (tobacco) as it’s used by many First Nation groups and how to grow your own. Traditional tobacco is very different from commercial tobacco and is one of the four sacred medicines.

Gon’ Phising is a game built to provide an opportunity to experience a variety of phishing attempts and become familiar with the signs of a phishing email.

In this tutorial, you will learn about the differences between vector graphics and raster graphics (also called bitmap graphics or pixel graphics) and how they are used in Scratch as well as how to use Inkscape to make vector-based art for use in Scratch.