Grading Rubric

Student Designed Lab Report

Section Description Points
Title Accurate and descriptive 2
Include the following information:
 First background topic
 Second background topic
Introduction 15
 Third background topic
 Purpose/objective of experiment (why would anyone care about this topic?)
 Hypothesis
Materials and Using paragraph format, describe the procedure of the experiment in enough detail that a
10
Methods peer could complete the experiment and get the same results.
Present a summary of your data.
 Include at least one table or graph. More than one figure may be included.
Results 13
 Show any formulas used, and how they were derived.
 Titles, units, captions, etc. are needed.
Describe the results in paragraph form.
Discussion  Summarize the results and tell what the results mean. 15
 Identify sources of error and how they could be eliminated in future experiments.
Draw conclusions from your data.
 Accept or reject your hypothesis and support that decision with data.
 Put the results of the experiment in the context of Physiology—how does this relate to
Conclusion actual living things. 15
 Who should care about your results and why?
 Describe in detail future experiments that would further expand on the work you did
here.
Cite at least three sources, including at least one primary source and one secondary source,
References 5
correctly. Use in-text citations correctly throughout the lab report.
Total 75