Formal Lab Report Rubric

Category | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Format | Missing more than 1 General Expectation throughout Lab | Missing more than General Expectation in parts of Lab | Missing 1 General Expectation throughout Lab| Missing 1 General Expectation in part of Lab | Follows all General Expectations |
Problem, Materials and procedure | Missing 1 section or Errors with Problem and both other sections | Errors withproblem as well as 1 other section | Error with Problem | 1 Error with Materials or Procedure | All Clearly Stated according to Expectations |
Background Information | Information has limitedrelevance to the Lab | Explains few terms, laws and theories | Explains some terms, laws and theories | Detailed explaining most terms, laws and theories | Very detailed explaining all relevant terms, lawsand theories. |
Hypothesis | Answers different problem | Answers problem in a way that is impossible according to work in class. | Answer to problem is vague and does not fully apply to Problem |Answers Problem clearly but in more than 1 sentence | Answers the Problem in a clear, specific statement. |
Results X 2 | Errors exist in data and results are displayed in an unclear hard to readmanner | Error with information OR Results are displayed in an unclear, hard to read manner | All data is correct with 3-4 errors with titles or units. Work is neat. | All data is correct with 1-2problems with titles or units. Work is neat. | All data is correct, labeled, titled, neat with units. |
Conclusion X 2 | Paragraph does not answer the problem and is missing more than 1 piece of requiredinformation | Paragraph does not answer the problem and is missing 1 piece of required information. | Paragraph is missing 1 required piece or information. Still vaguely answers the problem |Paragraph is brief, contains some qualitive and quantitive results and answers problem clearly with sources of error. | Paragraph is brief, contains qualitive and quantitive results and answers problem...