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Lab Report : Biology Lab Reports

Teacher Name: Mrs. Aaron

Student Name: ________________________________________

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

Procedures Procedures are Procedures are Procedures are Procedures do

listed in clear listed in a logical listed but are not not accurately
steps. Each step order, but steps in a logical order list the steps of
is numbered and are not numbered or are difficult to the experiment.
is a complete and/or are not in follow.
sentence. complete
sentences.

Background Several reputable A few reputable A few Material is

Sources background background background directly copied
sources were sources are used sources are used rather than put
used and cited and cited and cited into students own
correctly. correctly. correctly, but words and/or
Material is Material is some are not background
translated into translated into reputable sources are cited
student's own student's own sources. Material incorrectly.
words. words. is translated into
student's own
words.

Journal/Noteboo Clear, accurate, Dated, clear, Dated, notes are Notes rarely
k dated notes are accurate notes taken taken or of little
taken regularly. are taken occassionally, use.
occassionally. but accuracy of
notes might be
questionable.
Safety Lab is carried Lab is generally Lab is carried Safety
out with full carried out with out with some procedures were
attention to attention to attention to ignored and/or
relevant safety relevant safety relevant safety some aspect of
procedures. The procedures. The procedures. The the experiment
set-up, set-up, set-up, posed a threat to
experiment, and experiment, and experiment, and the safety of the
tear-down posed tear-down posed tear-down posed student or others.
no safety threat no safety threat no safety threat
to any to any to any
individual. individual, but individual, but
one safety several safety
procedure needs procedures need
to be reviewed. to be reviewed.

Scientific Report illustrates Report illustrates Report illustrates Report illustrates

Concepts an accurate and an accurate a limited inaccurate
thorough understanding of understanding of understanding of
understanding of most scientific scientific scientific
scientific concepts concepts concepts
concepts underlying the underlying the underlying the
underlying the lab. lab. lab.
lab.

Participation Used time well Used time pretty Did the lab but Participation was
in lab and well. Stayed did not appear minimal OR
focused attention focused on the very interested. student was
on the experiment most Focus was lost hostile about
experiment. of the time. on several participating.
occasions.

Date Created: October 19, 2008