| | | Lab Report Rubric |
| | Category | Scoring Criteria | Total Points | Score |
| | Title (1 point) | Describes lab report title concisely, adequately, appropriately | 1 |
| | Citation (2 points) | In-Text citations | 1 |
| | | References listed at the end of report & adhere to proper format | 1 |
| | Abstract (2 points) | Conveys a sense of the full report concisely and effectively | 2 |
| | Introduction (7 points) | Successfully establishes the scientific concept of the lab | 2 |
| | | Effectively presents the objectives and purpose of the lab | 3 |
| | | States formulated hypothesis/rationale and provides logical reasoning for it | 2 |
| | Methods (3 points) | Gives enough details to allow for replication of procedure. | 3 |
| | Results | Opens with effective statement of overall findings | 3 |
| | (15 points) | Presents visuals clearly and accurately | 3 |
| | | Verbally describes results, pointing out trends and important features | 3 |
| | | Successfully integrates verbal and visual representations | 3 |
| | | Format of tables AND graphs is correct | 3 |
| | Discussion | Opens with effective statement of support of hypothesis | 2 |
| | (10 points) | Backs up statement with reference to appropriate findings | 2 |
| | | Provides sufficient and logical explanation for the statement | 3 |
| | | Sufficiently addresses other issues pertinent to lab | 3 |
| | Conclusion | Convincingly describes | 5 |
| | (5 points) | what has been learned in the lab |
| | Organization/Formatting | Report is written in scientific style: | 2 |
| | (5 points) | clear and to the point |
| | | Grammar and spelling are correct | 3 |
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| | | Total points: | 50 | 0 |
| | | Number of days late: |
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