Lab Report Grading Rubric for

Student Name:

Date of Experiment:

Total ____ / ____

Lab Partners:

Percentage
A full project style lab where the student is expected to develop all aspects of the lab activity
would have 30 points (plus points if there was an extended list of specialty lab questions or
OTHER listed below). For developmental or formative level labs some items may be "given" in
which case the scale for the points would be adjusted for calculation of a percentage for grade
book entry.
Cover
page or
Present and Relates directly
Absent or not Directly
Title
Title
to Lab +1
Related to lab 0
stateme
nt
Purpose or
Clear and concise purpose.
an
Not clear or concise or not
Purpose
Written in sentence format.
Absent 0
introduction
written as a sentence +1
+2
to the project
Researc
h

Research

Clear and Concise+2

Not clear or concise +1

Absent 0 or failure to
Cite Sources

Hypoth
esis

Hypothesis

Clear and concise +2

Not clear or concise +1

Absent 0

Experim
ent

Variables

Present and accurate +2

Partially Complete or
accurate +1

Absent or not Correct

0

Materials List

Present and complete +2

Present and partially

complete +1

Absent 0

Procedures are concise and

accurate+3
All graphs and tables are
neat, labeled and the
correct units are displayed
+4

Partially Complete or not

concise or accurate +2
Graphs are neat but
missing some of the labels
and or units or units are
incorrect +3 or +2

Incomplete and
confusing +1
Graphs and tables are
sloppy and missing
most of the labels and
units +1

Calculations /
NA

Calculations are shown with

examples from your lab +2

Calculations are shown but

are inaccurate or missing
examples from your lab +1

Absent 0

Results /
Claim

All results clearly shown +3

Results shown but

confusing or incomplete
+2 or +1

Absent 0

Questions are written out

and most are answered
accurately +2

Questions are not

written out or Few
questions are
answered accurately
+1

Conclusion includes 2 or 3
of the elements described
+3 to +2

Conclusion includes
only 1 of the elements
described +1

Penalty

Hints

Procedure
Data/Observa
tions /
Evidence

Analysis
of Data

Lab
Questions /
NA

Conclus
ion &
Evaluati
on

All questions are written

out and answered
accurately +3

Includes the following

elements:
1. Results
Conclusion &
support or reject the
Evaluation,
hypothesis. 2. Explanation
The
of experimental errors. 3.
Reasoning to
Description of how to
support your
improve the lab.
Conclusion or
4. Explanation of what was
Claim
learned needed for all
+4
Common Formatting Mistakes
Paragraphs are not written a line below
the headings
Paragraphs are not indented correctly
Materials are not listed with bullet
points
Procedures are not numbered

Misspelled
word(s)
Other

-1
-1
-1
-1

-1

Computer word
processors and spread
sheets have free spell
check functions and
grammar checking.
Failure to use them is
very academically
expensive.