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Lab Notebook

for use in introductory biology lab

Rubric Code: P7C72C

By ruthmwcc

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Subject: Biology

Type: Assessment

Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Lab Notebook Grading
	Poor 1 pts	Fair 2 pts	Good 3 pts	Excellent 4 pts	Total Points (N/A)
Notebook format 15 % proper type of notebook, includes name, written in ink, entries dated, pages numbered, includes table of contents	Poor rarely includes all elements	Fair elements inconsistently included	Good almost all elements are consistently included	Excellent all elements included	Total Points
Introduction 10 % includes title and specific objective any prelab questions answered	Poor rarely includes objectives, no questions answered	Fair objectives inconsistently included, rarely questions answered	Good questions included, but objective or questions are not specific or correct	Excellent All questions answered with specific objective	Total Points
Procedures 10 % complete, includes changes, level of detail	Poor rarely includes all elements	Fair elements inconsistently included	Good most elements included	Excellent all elements included	Total Points
Observations and data 15 % includes raw data, organized data, calculations, graphs labels and units, additions taped, initialed & dated	Poor rarelylab entries includes all graphs, data tables, and observations	Fair sometimes lab entries includes all graphs, data tables, observations	Good most lab entries includes all graphs, data tables, observations	Excellent all lab entries includes all graphs, data tables, observations	Total Points
Interpreation questions/conclusions 15 % paragraph form, what results mean, answer any questions note and discuss any sources of error	Poor rarely includes questions answered or conclusion in one to two sentence form	Fair Sometimes answers questions, rarely included conclusions	Good Most questions answered, conclusion made in ALL labs	Excellent All questions answered, conclusions made in complete sentences.	Total Points
References 5 % outside sources, citations given	Poor rarely, if ever, included	Fair inconsistently included	Good typically included	Excellent always included	Total Points
Entries 30 % for all labs and assignments	Poor missing more than two	Fair missing two	Good missing one	Excellent all entries	Total Points