Lab Write Ups - 7th Grade
The lab activities & the lab papers are a BIG part of the grade. They are the "hands on" part of the class. A lab write up should be a student's best work. Labs are worth between 20 and 60 points
Parts and Order:
An "A" paper appears as follows
(Excellent-Perfect work, 19-20)
A "B" paper appears as follows
(Above average)(16-18)
A "C" paper appears as follows:
(Average work)(14-15)To qualify for a “2,” the paper must have the following:
A "D" paper appears as follows:
(Poor work, barely acceptable)(12-13)To qualify for a “1,” the paper must have the following:
Parts and Order:
- Directions, Observations, Analysis, Conclusion
- All in the correct order.
- Clean appearance, neat, legible and orderly.
- Done on binder paper, NOT spiral notebook paper.
- Paper is not torn, folded or wrinkled.
- All the data is gathered accurately.
- All calculations are done correctly.
- Any graphs are labels and drawn properly.
- The correct units are included on all numbers.
- All the questions are answered.
- Rephrasing of the question.
- Full sentences and full ideas.
- Vocabulary used correctly.
- The lab clearly explained.
An "A" paper appears as follows
(Excellent-Perfect work, 19-20)
- The paper presents a clean appearance, is neat, legible and orderly.
- All the parts of the lab are included.
- The lab papers are put in the correct order.
- It is clear that the student fully understands all the concepts in the lab.
- The experiment is performed accurately.
- All the data is gathered accurately.
- All calculations are done correctly.
- Any graphs are labels and drawn properly.
- The correct units are included on all numbers.
- The conclusion addresses all the prompting questions.
- The conclusion is written in full sentences and full ideas.
- The conclusion is explained correctly using appropriate vocabulary.
- The conclusion is clearly explained in a way that would make sense to someone not in the class!
A "B" paper appears as follows
(Above average)(16-18)
- The paper presents a clean appearance, is neat, legible and orderly.
- All the parts of the lab are included.
- The lab papers are put in the correct order.
- It appears that the student understands what happened in the lab.
- The experiment is performed well.
- The data, analysis and any graphs are done fairly well with only minor mistakes.
- Few, if any numbers are missing correct units.
- The conclusion addresses all the questions.
- The conclusion is written in full sentences and full ideas.
- The conclusion uses most of the appropriate vocabulary, but some may be missing or misused.
- The conclusion is explained in a way that would make some sense to someone not in the class!
A "C" paper appears as follows:
(Average work)(14-15)To qualify for a “2,” the paper must have the following:
- The paper is legible, but not entirely neat.
- All the parts of the lab are included.
- The lab papers are put in the correct order.
- It appears that the student understands most of what happened in the lab.
- Minor problems with the experiment, data, calculations or graphs.
- Some of the numbers are missing units, or the units are misused.
- Most of the conclusion questions are addressed correctly.
- The conclusion is not written in full sentences or full ideas.
- The conclusion is explained in a way that would make no sense to someone not in the class, but would make sense to someone who knew what the lab was about.
A "D" paper appears as follows:
(Poor work, barely acceptable)(12-13)To qualify for a “1,” the paper must have the following:
- The paper is legible.
- The data, analysis and conclusion must be present.
- Problems with the experiment, data, calculations or graphs.
- Numbers are missing units, or the units are misused.
- There must be at least some of the conclusion questions addressed.
- The vocabulary is either not used or not used correctly.
- The conclusion is not written in full sentences or full ideas.
- It is not clear that the student understood what happened in the lab.
- The conclusion does not make sense.