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Science Court: Living Things is part of the Science Court series.

Walter Williamson writes poems about dead things, like people's pets. He even offers a triple-your-money back guarantee if he doesn't deliver on his poems. When Clara Swindell pays him to write poems for her "losses," the trouble begins. She wants Walter to write poems about a chicken bone, some brine shrimp eggs, and a leather wallet. Walter says the items aren't dead, and he refuses to write the poems. Clara wants triple her money back and takes Walter to Science Court

Over the course of the trial, students will learn:

	That scientists classify every object as living, nonliving, or dead
	The characteristics that define living things
	How a process can turn a living thing into a nonliving thing
	That things, like eggs and seeds, that have a "potential" for life are classified as living
	How to set up experiments to: Observe differences in the characteristics of things Classify objects according to their characteristics Observe how the right conditions can prompt an object to exhibit the characteristics of living things
	How to work as a team by: Becoming members of an interdependent group Listening and talking with others Sharing a common goal

Students are also introduced to the following content vocabulary, visually defined in the Word Wall:

category cell characteristics classify conditions

dead life cycle living nonliving organism

photosynthesis potential for life process (n.) reproduce

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