In JavaScript, learners will explore how to:
- show and hide images such as the escape room photo
- use four functions (main sections of code) needed for this project - preload(), setup(), draw(), and mousePressed()
- represent colors as numbers as well as color names (use "color models")
- show and hide text messages
- use built-in variables "mouseX" and "mouseY" to determine where players have clicked
- use the distance command to determine if players have clicked close to a "hot spot" (clue, inventory item, keypad key)
- create and change variables to keep track of click distances and to show or hide clues
- use the "if" command along with math operators like "greater than" and "less than" to respond if clicks are close to "hot spots"
- use the logical operator "and" to check if multiple conditions have been met - for example, show clue #2 only if players found clue #1 AND clicked on the "hot spot" for clue #2 
- use variables and "if" commands to define "game state" – for example, the game begins with the main room with some "hot spots" but later the scene switches to show a different room with different "hot spots"
- use the "noLoop()" command to end the game
- use arrays (lists) to keep track of inventory; learn how to add items to inventory and check whether they've been added

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!

Homework Offered
Assessments Offered
No formal assessment, however informal feedback is provided to learners and parents as the class unfolds.
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