BIOLOGY LAB REPORT OUTLINE RUBRIC
6. Data: (30 points) CHART FORM *must include all data
Record ALL Observations:
Title _____________________________________________________
Observation:
Fish Response
Names: ________________________________________Date _______
1. Problem: (5 points)
Is there a scientific basis to the Fortune Telling Fish — or can it really tell your
fortune?
2. Purpose: (5 points)
Using fortune telling fish we will review the scientific method and make
scientific inquiries about how they work and why.
3. Hypothesis (10 points)
Part 1 Read the back of the fish wrapper of the different types of personalities
the fish can predict that you have. Make a prediction of what personality you
will have once you are allowed to touch the fish. Why did you predict this
personality?
Personality
Indication
Observe fish
on desk
Fish in student
#1 hand
Fish in student
#2 hand
Fish in student
#3 hand
7. Results: (20 points)
Explain or Graph your results AND write in your own words what happened
during the experiment and why.
Answer this question: (Why the fish responds the way it does?)
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Part 2 Discuss the reason for the fish’s movements in your group and form at
least two hypotheses to account for the fish’s behavior. In science, it must be a
TESTABLE hypothesis. This means that we should be able to design an
experiment to see whether or not our hypothesis is valid.
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4. Materials: (5 points)
Fortune Teller Fish
5. Procedures: (10 points)*must be in numbered order
1. Divide students into groups of 2–3 students each.
Place the Fortune Teller Fish on the desk and make observations.
2. Place the Fortune Teller Fish in the palm of Student #1 hand.
3. Instruct students to make observations as it sits in their palm and
determine what personality that person has.
4. Repeat step #3 for Student #2 and #3. Ask yourself, “Does it respond the
same way or differently?”
5. Allow students to experiment with the fish and brainstorm ideas of how the
fish works.
7. Student groups should hypothesize why the fish responds as it does.
8. Inform students to design an experiment to test their ypothesis in their
conclusion.
8. Conclusion: (15 points) (Design an experiment to test your hypothesis)
Prefixes and Suffixes
Characteristics of Living Things
1. a-without
2. ab- away from, not
3. ad- near, toward
4. aero- air
5. af- near, toward
6. alb- white
7. amphi- both
8. an- without
9. anti- against
10. aqua- water
11. archae- ancient
12. arthr-joint
13. ase- enzyme
14. auto- self
15. bacterio- bacteria
16. bi- two
17. bio-life
18. blast- that which will
germinate
19. brachi- arm
20. card- heart
21. carn- flesh
22. cephalo- head
23. chloro- green
24. chondr- cartilage
25. chromo- color
26. cide- act of killing
27. coel- cavity
28. com- with
29. con- with
30. cyst- capsule
31. cyto(e)- cell
32. decid- to cut off
33. dendr- tree
34. dent- tooth
35. derm- skin
36. di- two
37. dis- ill,bad
38. dont- tooth
39. dys- ill,bad
40. echino- spiny
41. eco- household
42. ecto- outer
43. ectomy- removal
44. emir- blood
45. en- inner
46. endo- inner
47. enter- intestine
48. epi- on, at, beside
49. erythro- red
50. eu- true
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ex-cut
fer- bearer
gamete(o)- egg, sperm
gastro- stomach
gen- producing
gymno- naked
hemo- blood
herb- non-woodv plant
hepato- liver
hetero- other
homeo- same
homo- same
hydro- water
hyper- above, excessive
hypo- below, not enough
ia- disease
iac- pertaining to
iasis- disease
ic- pertaining to
ichthys- fish
inter- between
intra- within
iso- same
itis- inflammation of
karyo-nucleus of cell
kin- motion
lac- milk
leuco, leuko- white
logy- study of
lysis- dissolving
macro- large
mal- bad
mega- very large
meso- middle
meta- beyond, after
meter- measure
micro- small
mito- thread
mono- one
morpho- shape, form
multi- many
myo- muscle
nema- thread
neph- kidney
neuro- nerve
nucleus- center
oma- tumor, swelling
omni- all
ophth- eye
orni- bird
101. ortho- straight
02. osis- act, condition
03. osteo- bone
04. oto- ear
05. oo- egg
06. ous- full of
07. ovi- egg
08. para- beside
09. parous- bearing, forming
10. patho- disease
11. ped- foot
12. peri- around
13. phage(o)- eating
14. pheno- to show
15. phobia- fear
16. photo- light
17. phyll- leaf
18. phyto(e)- plant
19. pino- to drink
20. plasma- form
21. plast- particle
22. pod- foot
23. poly- many
24. post- after, behind
25. proto- first, earliest
26. pseudo- false
27. pter- wing
28. pulmo- lung
29. renal- kidney
30. rhea- discharge
31. rhino- nose
32. sal- salt
33. sclero- hard
34. scope- tube
35. sect- to cut
36. skeleton- skeleton
37. soma(e)- body
38. sperm- seed
39. spore- seed
40. stom- mouth
41. sym- binding together
42. syn- binding together
43. therm- heat
44. thesis- placing or putting
45. toxin- poison
46. trop- turn
47. troph- nourishment
48. viv- living
49. vore- to devour
50. xeros- dry
51. zoo- animal
52. zyg- united