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Appearance
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Journal is sloppy. Writing is illegible. White out and
erasures are evident. Ruler is not used to make straight lines.
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Journal is neat but the writing is not always legible.
Mistakes are not always crossed out with a single line. A ruler is not
always
used. No white out or erasures are evident.
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Journal is neat and writing is reasonably clear and
legible. Mistakes are crossed out with a single line. A ruler is used
to create tables and graphs and is mostly used to cross out mistakes.
No white out or erasures are evident.
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Journal is extremely neat and writing is very clear
and legible. Mistakes are crossed out with a single line. A ruler is
always
used to make straight lines. No white out or erasures are evident.
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General Guidelines
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Journal is not set up as required. Table of contents
is
missing. Ordering of lab sections is not followed. Safety contract is
missing.
Pages may or may not be numbered. Blue or black is frequently not used.
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Journal is mostly set up as required. Table of
contents is included in the first 2 pages. Most sections of each lab
are ordered
as required. Safety contract is placed in the journal. Lab map is
included.
Most pages are numbered. Blue or black ink is mostly used.
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Journal is set up as required. Table of contents is
included in the first 2 pages. Sections of each lab are ordered as
required. Safety contract is placed in the journal. Lab map is
included. Pages are numbered with few errors. Only blue or black ink is
used.
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Journal is set up as required. Detailed table of
contents is included in the first 2 pages. Sections of each lab are
ordered as required. Safety contract is attached to the journal. Lab
map is attached. Pages
are numbered with no errors. The same color ink is used consistently.
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Before the Lab
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Labs are not titled as required. Purposes and
hypotheses are not completed. Procedures are not summarized and cannot
be followed
to complete the laboratory. No data tables are created.
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Only the first pages of the labs are titled as
requested. Purposes and
hypotheses or completed, but are not clear or indicate that the
concept is not understood. Procedures are summarized and can be used to
complete the lab, but with
many corrections. An attempt is made to create data tables to collect
data.
Many changes to the tables are necessary.
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Each lab is titled as requested. Purposes and
hypotheses are complete and clear for each lab. Procedures are
summarized
and can be used to complete the
lab with few corrections. An attempt is made to create data tables to
collect data. Few changes to the tables are
necessary.
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Each lab is titled as requested. Purposes and
hypotheses are complete and clear for each lab and show an
understanding of the concept being tested.
Hypotheses are
supported by research. Procedures are summarized and can be used to
complete the lab with no corrections. Data tables are created that are
used to successfully collect the data.
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During the Lab
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Data is poorly recorded. Units are missing or are not
consistenly noted.
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Data is clearly recorded with correct units.
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Observations and data are clearly noted. Data has
correct units and significant digits.
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Detailed observations and data are clearly noted. Data
has correct units and significant digits.
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After the Lab
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Calculations have major errors or are missing. Graphs
are not
labeled. Conclusion not finished or not based on data of the experiment.
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Calculations contain minor errors. Graphs are not
completely labeled. Conclusions are not clearly written, but appear to
be based on
the data of the experiment.
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Calculations are correct. Graphs are titled and
properly labeled. Conclusions are thoughtfully written. They discuss
the concepts, whether the hypotheses were correct and any problems
during the lab.
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Calculations are correct. Graphs are titled and
properly labeled. Conclusions are detailed. They discuss the concepts,
whether the hypotheses were correct, any problems during the lab and
how the problems affected the data. Trends or patterns are
recognized and discussed. |
