How to use p5.js JavaScript to:
- draw ellipses, rectangles, triangles, and free-form shapes
- design linear patterns with shapes and then spin these patterns to create beautiful and complex rotational symmetry
- practice using coordinate plane to position shapes
- extend the use of variables to keep score, track player "lives", increase the angle of rotation, and change scenes in a story
- use the _if_ command to make animations change each time they play, depending on random conditions
- use the screen clicks to operate on-screen buttons and to change the scene in a text adventure story
- create lists of items like colors, magic potions, or shapes
- make random selections from lists
- display text on screen
- change the color, size, and alignment of text
- end a game when specific scores or lives are reached

15 years of experience teaching JavaScript, Python, Scratch, web development, robotics, and artbotics to students from 8 - 15 years old in private, public, and after-school settings. Two masters degrees in education – from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a focus on technology and from Lesley University in mathematics education. And, most of all, great love, patience, and respect for the many different ways that students learn and the gifts they each bring to the classroom!

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