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Lab Report Scientific Writing

CHMS 7th Grade Lab Report Scientific Writing

Create a lab report on lab completed in class. Use this rubric to help you critique your lab report so that you may get the highest score possible.

Rubric Code: SXW8WXB

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Subject: Science

Type: Writing

Grade Levels: 6-8

Lab report
	Exceeding Expectations 4 pts	Meeting Expectations 3 pts	Approaching Expectations 2 pts	No Evidence 1 pts
Question/Purpose	Exceeding Expectations Questions/Purpose stated as a question and clearly explains what was to be discovered.	Meeting Expectations Questions/Purpose stated as a question but is not clearly focused on what was to be discovered.	Approaching Expectations Questions/Purpose is not written properly as a question.	No Evidence Questions/Purpose is absent.
Hypothesis	Exceeding Expectations Written in "if...then..." format and clearly predicts what you think the results will be.	Meeting Expectations Written in "if...then..." format but needs to predict more clearly what you think the results will be.	Approaching Expectations Hypothesis is not written in "if...then..." format.	No Evidence Hypothesis is absent.
Materials	Exceeding Expectations List is complete for accurate replication of the experiment. List includes quantities of measurements.	Meeting Expectations List is complete but quantities are not always there or missing completely.	Approaching Expectations Materials list is not complete.	No Evidence Materials are absent.
Procedure	Exceeding Expectations Written in complete sentences with no steps missing from checklist.	Meeting Expectations Logical sequence with complete sentences but missing some steps from checklist.	Approaching Expectations Procedure needs more steps for the lab to be reliable, or contains incomplete sentences.	No Evidence Procedure is absent.
Data and Results	Exceeding Expectations --Well written qualitative sentences with no inferences. Quantitative data chart, graph or picture contain proper units and labels are present. Calculations clearly shown. --Sentences provide clear explanation for the meaning of your data. Specific references are made to the data.	Meeting Expectations --Qualitative sentences poorly written or contain inferences. Quantitative data chart, graph or picture lacks proper units or labels. Some calculations are absent or not clearly shown. --Sentences are present but provide no clear explanation of data or do not make specific references to the data.	Approaching Expectations --Data section has qualitative sentences missing, or quantitative data is missing from a data chart, graph or picture. --Contains incomplete sentences.	No Evidence --Data section is absent --Results section is absent
Conclusion	Exceeding Expectations All questions are answered with supporting details and reference to the hypothesis is made with support.	Meeting Expectations All questions are answered and reference to the hypothesis is made.	Approaching Expectations Some questions are answered and reference to hypothesis is made.	No Evidence Most questions not answered, no reference to hypothesis.

Keywords:

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

Subjects:

Science

Types:

Writing

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