Ocean of Know - assessment

Assessment Plan

The following is how the lab report will be assessed.

Lab Report : pH Level of Fish Tank Water

CATEGORY	4	3	2	1
Materials	All materials and setup used in the experiment are clearly and accurately described.	Almost all materials and the setup used in the experiment are clearly and accurately described.	Most of the materials and the setup used in the experiment are accurately described.	Many materials are described inaccurately OR are not described at all.
Procedures	Procedures are listed in clear steps. Each step is numbered and is a complete sentence.	Procedures are listed in a logical order, but steps are not numbered and/or are not in complete sentences.	Procedures are listed but are not in a logical order or are difficult to follow.	Procedures do not accurately list the steps of the experiment.
Scientific Concepts	Report illustrates an accurate and thorough understanding of scientific concepts underlying the lab.	Report illustrates an accurate understanding of most scientific concepts underlying the lab.	Report illustrates a limited understanding of scientific concepts underlying the lab.	Report illustrates inaccurate understanding of scientific concepts underlying the lab.
Calculations	All calculations are shown and the results are correct and labeled appropriately.	Some calculations are shown and the results are correct and labeled appropriately.	Some calculations are shown and the results labeled appropriately.	No calculations are shown OR results are inaccurate or mislabeled.
Conclusion	Conclusion describes the skills learned, the information learned and some future applications to real life situations.	Conclusion describes the information learned and a possible application to a real life situation.	Conclusion describes the information learned.	No conclusion is written.
Appearance/Organization	Lab report is typed or neatly hand written and is well organized .	Lab report is neatly handwritten and is organized.	Lab report is neatly written or typed, but formatting does not help visually organize.	Lab report is handwritten and looks sloppy with cross-outs, multiple erasures, and is not organized.