Rubric for AP/ Honors Chemistry Lab Reports (30 points) Construct Measured Exemplary (4) Proficient (3) Needs Deficient (1) Deficient (0) Improvement (2) Purpose or Beginning question: What are you The beginning The beginning There is no hoping to learn or discover by doing the lab? question is clear question is purpose or This section should be completed before the and testable with present but lacks beginning lab. the proposed clarity or question. procedure. testability with the proposed procedure. Procedure: A brief description of the The procedure is The procedure is The procedure is The procedure is Procedure is not procedure to be followed is included. written into the lab written into the written into the lab not written into in the final lab notebook before lab notebook notebook before the lab notebook report. the lab. The before the lab. the lab. The before the lab but procedure is a good The procedure is a procedure is a poor is completed summary of the rough description description of the afterward. procedure to be of the procedure procedure to be followed. to be followed followed Safety: How will you stay safe? What are the Safety Some important Safety precautions you will take? What are the considerations are safety considerations are dangerous parts of the lab? This section should relevant and considerations absent from the be completed before the lab. thorough. are overlooked. lab. Data/Observations: A table for data should be Data tables are Data tables are not Data tables are not Either data or Data and completed before coming to lab. Observations relevant and complete or complete and observations are observations are about the chemicals and changes observed completed before observations are observations are missing. not present in the during the lab should be listed. What did you the lab. not thorough. not thorough. lab report observe before, during, and after the reaction/ Observations are process? completed as the lab is being done and are thorough.
Rubric for AP/ Honors Chemistry Lab Reports (30 points) Construct Measured Exemplary (4) Proficient (3) Needs Improvement (2) Deficient (1) Deficient (0) Purpose or Beginning question: What are you hoping to learn or discover by doing the lab? This section should be completed before the lab. The beginning question is clear and testable with the proposed procedure. The beginning question is present but lacks clarity or testability with the proposed procedure. There is no purpose or beginning question. Procedure: A brief description of the procedure to be followed is included. The procedure is written into the lab notebook before the lab. The procedure is a good summary of the procedure to be followed. The procedure is written into the lab notebook before the lab. The procedure is a rough description of the procedure to be followed The procedure is written into the lab notebook before the lab. The procedure is a poor description of the procedure to be followed The procedure is not written into the lab notebook before the lab but is completed afterward. Procedure is not in the final lab report. Safety: How will you stay safe? What are the precautions you will take? What are the dangerous parts of the lab? This section should be completed before the lab. Safety considerations are relevant and thorough. Some important safety considerations are overlooked. Safety considerations are absent from the lab. Data/Observations: A table for data should be completed before coming to lab. Observations about the chemicals and changes observed during the lab should be listed. What did you observe before, during, and after the reaction/ process? Data tables are relevant and completed before the lab. Observations are completed as the lab is being done and are thorough. Data tables are not complete or observations are not thorough. Data tables are not complete and observations are not thorough. Either data or observations are missing. Data and observations are not present in the lab report
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