1440 Lab Report Grading Rubric
Student(s) _______________________________
Lab Experiment ___________________________________
Title Page
The first page of your report should include, Title from you pre-lab, Names
of Authors, Affiliation, revised (if necessary) hypotheses from your pre-lab
and a 150 word abstract.
_____________ points (3 max)
Data Presentation
Collected data and calculated data displayed in an easy to read and interpret
format. Inclusion of error analysis as required by experiment
_____________ points (12max)
Graphs & Spectra
Displayed correctly with titles & comments. Curve fitting properly completed
and displayed
_____________ points (6 max)
Sample Calculations
Clearly laid out and detailed calculations for EVERYTHING.
Are calculations correct?
_____________ points (12 max)
Discussion (minimum 2 pages, double spaced)
Interpretation & meaningful insight of results, comments on quality of data
collected. Address the validity/accuracy of your hypotheses. Answers to
Questions are combined into this section. Discussions of any issues and
possible resolutions in future work.
_____________ points (15 max)
References
Proper citation within the report. Proper APA formatting for reference list.
_____________ points (2 max)
General Comments
Total: _____________ points (50 max)