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Lab Report Rubric

Criteria 4 3 2 1
Background information and One component of hypothesis Two components of hypothesis Hypothesis is brief and missing
vocabulary are clearly stated. incomplete: incomplete: significant pieces of information.
___ Background information, ___ Background information,
Hypothesis Explanation of hypothesis is vocabulary vocabulary
AID S1.2
clearly stated. ___ Explanation ___ Explanation
AID S2.2
___ Variables identified ___ Variables identified
Variables fully and clearly
identified.
Data is complete and organized. One component of data Two components of data Data is brief and missing
incomplete: incomplete: significant pieces of information.
Data Tables are easy to read with ___ All data represented ___ All data represented
AID S2.3 units included. ___ Data table/graph ___ Data table/graph
AID S3.1 ___ Units ___ Units
Graphs are labeled and show
trends.
Trends/patterns are analyzed One component of data analysis Two components of data Data analysis is brief and
fully and clearly. incomplete: analysis incomplete: missing significant pieces of
___ All questions correct ___ All questions correct information.
Data Questions are answered ___ Trends/patterns ___ Trends/patterns
Analysis completely and correctly. ___ Relationship between ___ Relationship between
AID S3.2
variables variables
Relationship between the
variables is identified.
Conclusion summarizes One component of conclusion Two components of conclusion Conclusion is brief and missing
Conclusion experiment, cites data, missing: missing: significant pieces of information.
AID S3.2 addresses hypothesis, and cites ___ Summary ___ Summary
AID S3.3 sources of errors. ___ Data ___ Data
WHST.6-8.1.b ___ Hypothesis ___ Hypothesis
___ Errors ___ Errors
Report is well organized. Report is well organized. Report is somewhat organized. Report contains many errors
that interfere with
Report Quality No spelling and grammatical Contains some spelling or Contains some spelling or communication.
errors. grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
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