| Report
Feature |
Weight
(out of 100%) |
Supplementary Information to guide you on each feature |
| Your report contains all the sections expected |
15% |
Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion
are all included |
| Each section of your report contains the appropriate
information and is written in the appropriate style |
20% |
Example of appropriate information: your results are in the Results section,
while your impressions of the results are in the Discussion section.
Example of appropriate style: The Abstract should be a brief
synopsis, the Methods should be pretty dry but explanatory. |
| Your report contains all appropriate tables and figures |
15% |
Rather than just mentioning what you saw, have a diagram
of it... and when you have a lot of quantitative results, put them in a
table. |
| Figures and tables are all numbered with a legend,
and referenced in the text. |
15% |
Although your figures and tables seem obvious to you, a
reader needs to be taken through them. Be sure to explain your
information in a legend that accompanies the figure, and tell us when we
should look at this figure in your text. |
| Figures and tables are all described in the body of the
text. |
5% |
A quick explanation in a legend is not enough for a reader
to really understand your figures. For example, if you obtain data
on molecular weight and show it in a figure, you need to explain the trend
seen in your figure within the body of the text. The data is in the
figure, and you understand the trend, but a reader who is new to this
information needs this trend pointed out clearly. |
| The main point of the lab is clearly explained |
20% |
What were you doing? Why? What knowledge or
experience did you get out of it? |
| Clarity |
5% |
Rambling is not good in a lab report. |
| Lack of errors (type-Os and spelling) |
5% |
Avoid zillions of spelling mistakes and type-Os.
Make sure your report is typewritten. |