Lab Report Rubric
0
Title
1
2
3
Good
appropriate
title
Title doesn’t fit
lab
No title
4
Purpose is
vague,
incomplete
sentences
States purpose
of lab in 1
sentence
States purpose
of lab in 2
sentences
Purpose
No purpose
Purpose is not
clear
Apparatus
(equipment)
None listed
Missing more
than 4 pieces
of apparatus
Missing 3-4
pieces of
apparatus
Missing 1-2
pieces of
apparatus
All apparatus
listed
Materials
(chemicals)
None listed
Missing more
than 4
chemicals
Missing 3-4
chemicals
Missing 1-2
chemicals
All materials
listed
None listed
Missing more
than 6 steps in
procedure
Missing 4-6
steps or
procedure not
written in
numerical
order
Missing 1-3
steps of
procedure
All steps of
procedure
listed in
numerical
order
None listed
Missing data
and not in
table format
Data not in a
table
Data written
on table
without units
or table
missing data
All data
written in a
data table with
correct units
Procedure
Data table
Calculations
(if needed)
Some
calculations
listed
None listed
All calculations
listed
Conclusion
format
None
Unclear, poorly
written, vague
Missing
multiple parts
Missing 1 part
Conclusion
body
None
Does not link
evidence, no
vocab words
Does not link
evidence, 1-4
vocab words
Links evidence
uses 5-7 vocab
words
General
format
Doesn’t follow
correct format
Restates
purpose, states
what
happened,
possible errors,
evidence
Links evidence,
uses at least 8
chemistry
vocabulary
words
Correctly
follows lab
report format
Lab Report Format
Title
I.
Purpose: (In 2 or more sentences state the purpose of this lab – don’t say because the teacher
told us to)
II.
III.
IV.
V.
VI.
Apparatus: (list all of the equipment used in the lab)
Materials: (list all of the chemicals used in the lab)
Procedure: (list all of the steps you followed in numerical order)
Data table: (write all of your data in a table)
Conclusion: (in your own words write a MEL-con paragraph that explains everything that
happened in the lab. Don’t restate the procedure but state what you observed, what worked, what
didn’t work, what might have gone wrong, what you learned, and anything else related to the lab)
M – main idea (restate the purpose)
E – evidence (what happened / what did you observe)
L – links (what caused what you observed)
Con – (conclusion – everything else that needs to be said)