Science Lab Reports Guideline and Rubric
Science Lab Reports Guideline and Rubric
Science Lab Reports Guideline and Rubric
Title Page
descriptive experiment title
your full name
date, course code, instructor
Purpose
What is the point of this experiment?
Why did we do it?
What are we trying to find out?
Procedure
Make a summary of the procedure in your own words
Don’t just copy the procedure
What were the major steps you did? (eg. Tested solubility in water for….)
Results
includes any data you collected during the experiment as well as any tables, graphs, or
calculations you made.
Be precise with quantities (amounts & units) and descriptions
Any graphs must be properly labeled, with titles, scales, axes
Discussion
This is the most important part of any lab
What did you find out in the experiments? Were your results expected? Why/why not?
What did you learn?
How does this lab fit in with the class work?
Answer any questions included with the lab, to guide your discussion. (Not as separate
numbered answers)
Did you make mistakes? What could you have done better?
How are your results applicable to technology/daily life/the world?
What are some ideas for future experiments that arise from your lab?
Conclusion
This is a summary statement of your key results.
Refers back to the purpose and indicates if it was accomplished.
Laboratory Achievement Rubric Name:__________
Level
Lab Work Student Coaching 1 2 3 4
Rubric
Lab Work I complete the lab by Unable to work Much assistance Procedure Procedure followed
following the procedure independently or required appears correct, independently
correctly and with minimal without direct Limited or poor usable results Excellent results
assistance supervision results
Purpose:
The point of this experiment is to
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Procedure:
As part of this experiment, we did the following tests:
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Results:
The data we collected can be seen in the table below:
Conclusion: