Lab work rubric:
Exceeds the standard (10)
-Creatively bases their experimental design on abundant background knowledge
-Carefully sets up their experiment precisely as planned
-Works diligently and meticulously managing all the resources including time
-Collaborates with lab partners to draw out everyone’s ideas
-Bases thoughtful conclusions on all aspects of the objective results
-Analyzes the whole process with tremendous insight and reflection
Meets the standard (8)
-Bases their experimental design on previous knowledge
-Sets up their experiment as planned
-Works well managing their resources (taking things seriously)
-Communicates with their partners
-Bases conclusions on objective data
-Reflects on ways to improve their experiment
Approaches the standard (6)
-Loosely bases their experimental design on partially known or assumed knowledge
-Partially sets up their experiment as planned
-Works with their resources, but misuses some (gets silly)
-Works mostly independently instead of with partners
-Bases some conclusions on opinions or doesn’t reference data
-Thinks up some superficial ways to “improve” the experiment
Falls below the standard (4)
-Has no basis upon which to design their experiment
-Set up of experiment not at all linked to their design
-Misuses, damages, and wastes materials
-Impedes partners work
-No apparent basis upon which conclusions are based
-no further thought toward improving their experiment