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Testing Biological Lab Report

Use this rubric to create your lab report. Each section 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: ZXB7743

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Subject: Biology

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: 6-8, 9-12

Lab report
	Excellent 10 pts	Good 8 pts	Satisfactory 6 pts	Unsatisfactory 2 pts	Poor 0 pts
Purpose 5 % 1 sentence	Excellent Purpose clearly explains what was to be discovered.	Good Purpose is not clearly focused on what was to be discovered.	Satisfactory Sentence present but does not explain purpose.	Unsatisfactory Purpose is absent or not written properly.	Poor Purpose is absent
Hypothesis/Expected Result 5 % 1 sentence	Excellent Clearly predicts expected results.	Good Needs to predict expected results more clearly.	Satisfactory Does not predict expected results.	Unsatisfactory Not a specific hypothesis	Poor No hyopthesis
Materials 5 % Copy from text.	Excellent List is complete for accurate replication of the experiment. List includes quantities of measurements.	Good List is complete but quantities are not always given.	Satisfactory List is complete but quantities are not given or are missing completely.	Unsatisfactory List is incomplete or absent.	Poor List of materials is absent
Procedure 10 % Copy from text.	Excellent 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.	Good Logical sequence with complete sentences but missing some steps from checklist. Explanation is absent that describes the single variable being tested.	Satisfactory Procedure needs more steps for the lab to be reliable.	Unsatisfactory Procedure is incomplete	Poor No procedure written
Data/Observatios 10 % Data if applicable. Observations list what was seen, heard, felt, tasted, or smelled.	Excellent 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.	Good Qualitative sentences contain no inferences. Quantitative data chart, graph or picture lacks proper units or labels. Some calculations are absent or not clearly shown.	Satisfactory Qualitative sentences contain inferences. Qualitative data chart, graph or picture is incomplete or indiscernible.	Unsatisfactory Data section is absent, qualitative sentences missing, or quantitative data is missing from a data chart, graph or picture.	Poor No data shown
Conclusion/Results 30 % Results of Experiment, Error analysis, Future Studies, Procedure Improvements	Excellent The four categories are well reasoned and show critical thinking with deep analysis of the concepts being explored.	Good The four categories are reasoned and show some critical thinking with analysis of the concepts being explored. Some errors present	Satisfactory The four ategories are present but demonstrate a surface level understanding of the the concepts being explored	Unsatisfactory Any or all of the four categories/explanations are absent.	Poor No conclusion is done

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

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