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8th Grade General Science Lab Report

Use the "Lab Report Format" to create your lab report. Each of the nine sections in the checklist will be evaluated to compile an overall 100% classwork/project grade for each lab report. Use this rubric to help you critique your lab report so that you may get the highest score possible.

Rubric Code: LX8B42A

By hoenshellc

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Lab report
	Advanced 4 (N/A)	Basic 3 (N/A)	Novice 2 (N/A)	No Evidence 1 (N/A)
Purpose 1 sentence	Advanced Purpose may explain how the investigation might benefit the student as a life long learner.	Basic Purpose is stated in a complete sentence.	Novice Student needs help to explain purpose and write in a complete sentence.	No Evidence Purpose is absent or not written properly.
Hypothesis/Expected Result 1 sentence	Advanced Hypothesis may explain how the investigation might benefit the student as a life long learner.	Basic Uses complete sentence(s) to predict expected results.	Novice Needs help to predict expected results using complete sentence(s).	No Evidence Absent or not specific.
Materials	Advanced Student may provide suggestions for alternative materials.	Basic List is complete for accurate replication of the experiment. List includes quantities of measurements.	Novice List is complete but quantities are not given or are missing completely.	No Evidence List is incomplete or absent.
Procedure	Advanced Written in complete sentences with no steps missing from checklist. At least one procedure diagram is present. Clear explanation is present of single variable being tested.	Basic Logical sequence with complete sentences but missing some steps from checklist. Explanation is absent that describes the single variable being tested.	Novice Procedure needs more steps for the lab to be reliable.	No Evidence Procedure is absent.
Data/Observatios Data if applicable. Observations list what was seen, heard, felt, tasted, or smelled.	Advanced Well written qualitative sentences with no inferences. Quantitative data chart, graph or picture contain proper units and labels are present. Calculations clearly shown, if applicable.	Basic Qualitative sentences contain no inferences. Quantitative data chart, graph or picture lacks proper units or labels. Some calculations are absent or not clearly shown.	Novice Qualitative sentences contain inferences. Qualitative data chart, graph or picture is incomplete or indiscernible.	No Evidence Data section is absent, qualitative sentences missing, or quantitative data is missing from a data chart, graph or picture.
Analysis of Data	Advanced Sentences provide clear explanation for the meaning of your data, if applicable. Specific references are made to the data.	Basic Sentences provide an explanation for the meaning of your data, if applicable. References are made to the data.	Novice Sentences are present but provide no clear explanation of data or do not make specific references to the data.	No Evidence Absent.
Conclusion/Results Results of Experiment, Error analysis, Future Studies, Procedure Improvements	Advanced The four categories are well reasoned and show critical thinking with deep analysis of the concepts being explored.	Basic The four categories are reasoned and show some critical thinking with analysis of the concepts being explored. Some errors present	Novice The four ategories are present but demonstrate a surface level understanding of the the concepts being explored	No Evidence Any or all of the four categories/explanations are absent.

Keywords:

Question, Hypothesis, Materials, Procedure, Data, Results, Conslusion, General Writing Guidelines

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Writing

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