FORMAL LAB REPORT RUBRIC NBHS Science Dept

Name ______Lab______

FORMAL LAB REPORT RUBRIC – NBHS Science Dept. Adapted from PLTW

Components Exceeding (4) Meeting (3) Progressing (2) Emerging (1) All components required for the title page All components required for One or more of the Two or more of the exist and are located correctly. An the title page exist and are components necessary for a components necessary for a TITLE PAGE exceptional illustration is included and located correctly. An complete title page are complete title page are helps reader understand experimental illustration is included. missing. missing. design. Consists of one detailed paragraph. Is a Consists of one paragraph. Is Does not completely Does not completely complete and concise summary of the a complete and concise summarize the report in a summarize the report in a report. Includes evidence from the summary of the report. concise manner. Information concise manner. ABSTRACT following sections: purpose, procedure, Includes information on the is missing or unclear on one Information on multiple results and conclusion. following sections: purpose, of the following sections: sections is missing or procedure, results, and the purpose, procedure, unclear. conclusion results, or conclusion Provides a clear purpose for doing the Provides a clear purpose for Presents an unclear purpose. No purpose for experiment experiment. Includes previous classroom doing the experiment. Reports minimal or is stated and presents activities and knowledge that led to the Provides accurate inaccurate explanation of inaccurate or incomplete work being reported. Contains researched information that explains the previous activities or explanation of activities and BACKGROUND background information relating to the previous activities and knowledge. knowledge that led to the variables being tested and to personal knowledge that led to the work being reported. experiences in the real world and/or work being reported. natural events.

Presents a clear prediction of the Presents a clear prediction of Presents either an unclear Statement is unrelated to the anticipated results that includes a the anticipated results. Is a prediction or does not experiment, is not a “because” segment. In a single sentence single sentence that clearly specify either the prediction, or does not the hypothesis directly relates to the indicates the independent and independent or the specify both the HYPOTHESIS variables being tested and shows that dependent variables, dependent variable independent and the there is an understanding of background expressed in correctly. dependent variables. information. Both independent and if...then...because format. dependent variables identified correctly. Name ______Lab______

Exceeding (4) Meeting (3) Progressing (2) Emerging (1) MATERIALS All materials are listed. All materials are listed. Some of materials used are Limited or no materials AND listed. used are listed. METHODS The step-by-step process is laid out exactly The step-by-step process is laid out as done by the student. Sketches, photos, exactly as done by the student. A step-by-step procedure A step-by-step procedure schematics, equations, etc. are shown where Sketches, photos, schematics, exists. Some sketches, exists. Sketches, photos, appropriate, labeled and are exceptional in equations, etc. are shown where photos, schematics, schematics, equations, detail. All procedures are explained in detail appropriate and labeled. All equations, etc. are not etc. are not present. Uses and written in the third person and can be procedures are explained in detail present. Uses some some pronouns. Some easily replicated. and written in the third person. Can pronouns. Some details details missing. Cannot be replicated. missing. Some parts can be be replicated. replicated. RESULTS Provides an accurate, appropriate and Provides an accurate and complete Presents most of the results Does not provide major complete presentation of the results using presentation of the results using using equations, tables, portions of the results or equations, tables, drawings, etc, and are equations, tables, drawings, etc. and drawings, etc. Most units of units of measurement. titled. Extra calculations or data are titled. All units of measurement measurement are indicated Written passage has some manipulation included beyond expected. All are indicated and accurate. Written and accurate. Written explanation or units of measurement are indicated and passage describing results with no passage has some interpretation. accurate. All graphics are computer explanation or interpretation. explanation or generated. Written passage describing results interpretation. with no explanation or interpretation. DISCUSSION Results are clearly and correctly analyzed. The results are clearly and Analysis of the results is Analysis of the results is The analysis reflects and expands on completely analyzed. The analysis incomplete or partially incomplete and background information. Possible errors are accurately reflects the background inaccurate. Possible errors inaccurate. No explained with many suggestions for information. Possible errors are are incompletely explained explanation is provided improvement. Suggested more than one explained, a suggestion for or no suggestions for of possible errors and no further experiment to expand on the work improvement has been made, and improvement were made. suggestions made for being reported. suggests one further experiment to Limited further experiment improvement. expand on the work being reported. suggested.

CONCLUSION Presents a clear, exceptional, and accurate Presents a clear final summary Presents an unclear Presents an inaccurate final summary statement that directly relates statement that directly relates to the summary statement, which summary statement or to the hypothesis. hypothesis. relates to the hypothesis. does not relate it to the hypothesis. CITATIONS A variety of credible and appropriate All information used to generate the Some of the sources of Few sources that were resources were used to generate the report report has been cited with the information are not cited or used are cited and the and have been cited with the proper format. proper format. are not formatted correctly correct citation format was not followed Name ______Lab______

Adapted from PLTW Biomedical Sciences1

1 September 2012