Kingsford High School
Science Lab Report Requirements
& Grading
Title   Name of experiment performed;  Names of People who contributed to the lab report;
Date experiment was performed ;  Name of Instructor of the lab
Title is complete and pertains to the experiment (4)
Title is complete (3)
Title is missing part(s) (2)
No title (1)
Purpose  One or two sentence statement indicating purpose (null hypothesis); predicted outcome
What you expect to learn from the lab (no personal pronouns, however)
Goal and what is expected to be learned is clearly stated (8)
Goal and what is expected to be learned is stated (6)
Goal or what is expected to be  learned is stated, but not both (4)
Goal and what is expected to be learned are not stated (2)
Materials   List of all materials required to perform the lab and appartuses
All materials listed in report (4)
Most materials included (2)
Some or few materials included (1)
Procedure  Should be complete enough that an arbitrary person could read the procedure and perform the lab
Written in the student's own words (not plagairized) & listed as a set of instructions (not in paragraph form)
Incudes diagrams and other helpful information as appropriate
Extremely complete and written  in student's words; diagrams and  other information greatly enhance  the procedure (8)
Complete and written in student's words; diagrams and other information are included (6)
Mostly complete and written in  student's words; diagrams and/  or other information are not present or do not enhance the procedure (4)
Partially complete or not written  in student's words; diagrams and other information not included (2)
Data and   Includes data table(s) to record and organize data; Notes and observations while performing lab are detailed
Observations
Data table accurately and completely records the data; all notes and observations are included. Titles
and labels are appropriate, where applicable (12)
Data table records the data completely and accurately.  Most  notes and observations are  included (9)
Data table inaccurately and/or  incompletely records the data;  Some notes and observations  are included (6)
No data table; few notes and observations (3)
Analysis  Everything that is done between data collection and the writing of the conclusion is discussed in the report; explains all factors potentially influencing results (what happened and why)
Very detailed analysis (12)
Analysis is complete (9)
Partial analysis (6)
Incomplete analysis (3)
Graphs  Representations of data; type varies according to data collected
All data is represented accurately and completely; Titles & labels are appropriate, where applicable (4)
Most data is represented accurately and completely; Titles & labels are appropriate, where applicable (3)
Data is sometimes represented inaccurately and/or incorrectly (2)
Data is often represented inaccurately and/or incorrectly (1)
Sample   Shows a sample of every calculation carried out by hand; One example of every equation is used
Calculations
All equations have an example;all calculations are correct (4)
Most equations have an example; most calculations arecorrect (3)
Some equations have an example; some calculations are  correct (2)
Few equations have an example; few calculations are correct (1)
Conclusion  Results; Any relationships discovered; Indicate how accurate are the results obtained; Explain any discrepancies
All findings are clearly summarized; Comparisons and explanations are very clear, complete, and relate to the
purpose of the experiment (12)
Most findings are clearly summarized; Comparisons and explanations are clear, complete, and relate to the purpose of
the experiment (9)
Some findings are summarized; Comparisons and explanations are somewhat vague (6)
Few findings are summarized; Comparisons and explanations are incomplete (3)
Mechanics  Spelling   Punctuation   Sentence structure   Grammar   Capitalization  No Personal Pronouns
No spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, or sentence structure errors (8)
Few spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, or sentence structure errors (6)
Some spelling, grammar, punctuation,capitalization, or sentence strutture errors (4)
many spelling, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, or sentence structure errors (2)
Legibility  Easily read  Legible  Neat   word processed
Neat, readable, and computer-generated (4)
Neat, readable (3)
Somewhat hard to read and sloppy (2)
Hard to read and sloppy (1)
GENERAL FORMATTING RULES:			:  Manuscripts should be double-spaced between lines, and quadruple-spaced between
sections of the report		.  Margins should be 1 inch all around, and a simple 12 point font should be used.  It should be printed
in black ink (exceptions can be made for graphs, charts, or other graphics).  Hand-drawn graphics are acceptible if they are neatly
done.  Your last name and page number should be in the upper right hand corner on all pages after the first.
No personal pronouns should be used anywhere in the report