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2020 Classes Calling on Both Sides of the Brain College Cluster—A Case Study CSI: Pompei Digital History: The Future of Studying the Past Environmental Science: El Niño or La Niña—Who Messed Up Summer Vacation? Experience Close Reading: From Truth to Knowledge in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice Going Against the Grain: Counterculture literature in america History as Mystery: Revolution in Nicaragua How Geography Gave Some Populations a Head Start: Dispelling the Myths of Racial Superiority Interesting Mathematics: Pre-Calculus in the Real World Language Airlines: Spread Your Wings and Fly Where Do Trees Come From? Experience Trevor Year 5 Every year since 2016, Trevor parents have enthusiastically chosen two evening classes (from over a dozen choices) that are based on—or use the same inquiry-based learning techniques as—their children's daily experience at school. And, every year, parents sing praises about the event. Follow-up surveys garnish kudos and thoughtful analyses: is year, for example, one parent said, "e whole evening was spectacular…. I loved it and will highly recommend to parents next year…. For some parents, especially when their children are in the much younger grades, it's hard for them to see or envision so far into the future." Also, every year, participating teachers discuss how rewarding it is "getting to see the parents' excitement, engaging with the topics…and hearing their input." One thing was different this year: We broke all records, with over 130 parents registering for Experience Trevor Year 5! Michael Danenberg explains photosynthesis; a parent assembles molecules of its equation. A rapt parent audience learns about the myths of racial superiority. Alum Oli Olafsson '11 brought his fiancé to the Digital History class, an elective that was added to the curriculum since his graduation. Maria González-Gil taught parents about France and Spain, some basics in both languages, and Trevor's wonderful world language program. With assigned images from Pompeiian sites, parents inter- pret their building's function, its inhabitants, and their fate. Using the opening of Pride and Prejudice, Natalka Freeland explains the literary tech- nique of close reading. A parent of a Kindergarten student uses observed contour line drawing.