Science Lab Summary Writing Rubric As in learning any writing skill, writing a good summary takes practice. To create a successful summary, all stages of the writing process must be used (planning, composing, revising, editing, publication.) Key Elements of a well-written lab summary: States the purpose of the experiment or lab Hypothesis is clearly stated as statement “if…then” Includes details about the process in logical order Results include actual data from the lab Analysis of results includes whether hypothesis was supported Experimental errors and further questions are discussed EXTENSIONS FOR EXPERTS: Supporting information from other texts (properly cited), future research or projects proposed, real-world applications described, social or ethical issues discussed 4 Excellent 3 Good 2 Below Average 1 Ineffective Purpose of the lab Purpose of the lab is Purpose is unclear--not Purpose is not stated. is clearly stated stated but is incorrect directly stated in the writing. Hypothesis stated Hypothesis stated but Hypothesis is unclear No hypothesis HYPOTHESIS as not as “if…then” “if…then” All details about Most details are in Details are in random Details are missing DETAILS the process are in logical order order and not logical logical order Actual data from Cause and effect are Data is not used in Demonstrates little or DATA lab are included implied but data is not results no understanding of in results used directly data Analysis of Analysis of results Hypothesis is not Analysis shows little ANALYSIS results includes includes whether or referred to in analysis understanding of explanation of not hypothesis is science concepts whether or not supported but without hypothesis is explanation supported
Science Lab Summary Writing Rubric As in learning any writing skill, writing a good summary takes practice. To create a successful summary, all stages of the writing process must be used (planning, composing, revising, editing, publication.) Key Elements of a well-written lab summary: States the purpose of the experiment or lab Hypothesis is clearly stated as “if…then” statement Includes details about the process in logical order Results include actual data from the lab Analysis of results includes whether hypothesis was supported Experimental errors and further questions are discussed EXTENSIONS FOR EXPERTS: Supporting information from other texts (properly cited), future research or projects proposed, real-world applications described, social or ethical issues discussed 4 Excellent 3 Good 2 Below Average 1 Ineffective Purpose of the lab is clearly stated Purpose of the lab is stated but is incorrect Purpose is unclear--not directly stated in the writing. Purpose is not stated. HYPOTHESIS Hypothesis stated as “if…then” Hypothesis stated but not as “if…then” Hypothesis is unclear No hypothesis DETAILS All details about the process are in logical order Most details are in logical order Details are in random order and not logical Details are missing DATA Actual data from lab are included in results Cause and effect are implied but data is not used directly Data is not used in results Demonstrates little or no understanding of data ANALYSIS Analysis of results includes explanation of whether or not hypothesis is supported Analysis of results includes whether or not hypothesis is supported but without explanation Hypothesis is not referred to in analysis Analysis shows little understanding of science concepts
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