Writing Lab Reports

4/3/2014 and 4/4/2014

Today you will be doing one of two labs.

Some people will redesign the Greenhouse Gas & Global Warming lab.


Others will use an online lab to learn about Dissolved Oxygen and Primary Productivity

http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/labbench/lab12/intro.html

All students will write a complete lab report which includes all of the parts mentioned on this rubric
Lab report rubric.

Name: _____________________________ Lab: _____________________________ 4		3		2		1		0
Introduction	Background information is researched and cited. Hypothesis is stated in "If…then…" format and explained.		Background information is researched and cited. Hypothesis is stated but not explained and not in "If…then…" format.		Background information is vague or brief. Hypothesis is stated but not explained and not in "If…then…" format.		Background is vague or brief, hypothesis is vague, or background or hypothesis is missing.		No introduction is presented.
Materials and methods	Materials and amounts are identified. Steps are easy to follow and in paragraph form.		Materials are mentioned but without amounts. Steps are easy to follow and in paragraph form.		Materials are mentioned but without amounts. Steps are vague but in paragraph form.		Doesn’t provide enough information to represent an experimental procedure.		No materials or methods described.
Data	Data is complete and relevant. Tables are easy to read and units are provided. Graphs are labeled and show trends. Questions are answered completely and correctly.		One component of data incomplete: ___Tables ___Graphs ___Questions		Two components of data incomplete or one missing: ___Tables ___Graphs ___Questions		Data is brief and missing significant pieces of information.		No data reported.
Conclusion	Conclusion summarizes experiment, cites data, addresses hypothesis, and cites sources of error.		One component of conclusion missing: ___Summary ___Data ___Hypothesis ___Errors		Two components of conclusion missing: ___Summary ___Data ___Hypothesis ___Errors		Conclusion is brief and is missing significant pieces of information.		No conclusion present.
Report quality	Report is well organized and		Report is well organized and		Report is somewhat organized with some		Report contains many errors.		No attention to detail evident.