RUBRIC FOR SCIENCE LAB REPORTS  - Physical Science
CATEGORY	EXCELLENT "A"	SATISFACTORY "C"	NEEDS IMPROVEMENT "F"
TITLE PAGE	The title, objective, names	The title, objective, names	The title, objective, names
5 Points	of group members, writer's	of group members, writer's	of group members, writer's
	name and the date are all	name and the date are all	name and the date are not
	very clearly written.	recorded and are generally	all recorded and/or are not
		neat and clear.	neat and clear.
ABSTRACT	The abstract gives a very	The abstract gives a fairly	The abstract does not give
20 points	clear and concise picture	clear and concise picture	a clear picture of the lab
	of the lab by stating the	of the lab by stating the	and some of the key
	objective, methods,	objective, methods,	key portions of the lab
	results and success of	results and success of	are not objectively
	the lab in an objective way.	the lab in an objective way.	summarized.
PROCEDURE	All the steps followed in the	Most of the steps followed in	Many of the steps followed
20 points	lab and important details	the lab and important	in the lab and important
	are clearly described	details are described and	details are not described
	along with a list of materials.	a partial list of materials.	and/or materials aren't listed.
DATA	The information collected	The information collected	The information collected
10 points	during the lab is very well	during the lab is fairly well	during the lab is not well
	organized and clearly	organized and labeled	organized and labeled
	labeled and observations	and some observations	and very few observations
	of the group are recorded.	of the group are recorded.	of the group are recorded.
CALCULATIONS	The work for all calculations	Work for most calculations	Work for most calculations
5 points	is shown neatly, well	is shown neatly, well	is not shown neatly, not
	organized and is labeled	organized and is labeled	organized and is labeled
	and rounded correctly.	and rounded correctly.	and rounded incorrectly.
RESULTS	Results of the experiment,	Most of the results of the	Results of the experiment,
20 points	possible errors and	experiment, possible	possible errors and
	a comparison of the	errors and a comparison	a comparison of the
	results to scientific theory	of the results to scientific	results to scientific theory
	are all clearly described.	theory are described well.	are not clearly described.
QUESTIONS	Several thoughtful questions	A few questions asked by	No questions asked by
5 Points	asked by group members	group members are listed.	group members are listed.
	are clearly written.
SELF	A grade is listed for the	A grade is listed for the	An explanation of the
EVALUATION	group as well as a thoughtful	group as well as a simple	group's effort during the
5 points	explanation of the group's	explanation of the group's	lab and a list of what was
	effort during the lab and	effort during the lab and	done well and poorly is
	a list of what was done	a short list of what was	not given.
	well and poorly.	done well and poorly.
NEATNESS AND	The report is neatly done,	The report is fairly neat, eye-	The report is not very neat or
GRAMMAR	eye-catching, easy to follow,	catching, and easy to follow,	eye-catching, is difficult to
10 points	and correct grammar is	and correct grammar is	follow and grammar is
	used throughout the report.	used for most of the report.	frequently used incorrectly.