The International School of Panama

Lab Report Checklist: Did you comply with all these points?

Important note: this checklist must be taken as a tool to improve your lab reports throughout the year. Use it in conjunction with the feedback written by the teacher in your lab reports.

Performance  (10 points)

Ø      Came prepared (Pre-lab and lab coat)                                                 ________

Ø      Serious work and responsibility                                                            ________

Ø      Attention to safety and environment                                                      ________

Ø      Cooperation and recognition of others                                                  ________

Ø       Cleaning up the tables                                                                         ________

Completeness  (10 points)                                       

Ø      All sections (Heading, Intro, Exp. Method, Data Collection, Data

      analysis, Evaluation and Discussion, Conclusion, Bibliography)               _______

Ø      Bibliography complete and correctly written                                       _______

Introduction(10 points)                                                                               

Correctly written, including

Ø      Purpose                                                                                                _______

Ø      Research Question                                                                                _______

Ø      Background (complete)                                                                         _______

Ø      Hypothesis (based on research, related to research question

and justified)                                                                                         _______

Experimental Method (10 points)   

Ø      Brief Statement on how the experiment will achieve its purpose                _______

Ø      Correctly written, paragraph form, complete and summarized                  _______

Data Collection (15 points)  

Data adequately written including

Ø      Quantitative and qualitative observations (if applicable)                          ________

Ø      Tables (clearly presented)                                                                     ________

Ø      Proper labels   and units                                                                       ________

Ø      Correct use of significant figures                                                            ________

Data Processing and Presentation   (15 points)                               

Ø      Graphs correctly drawn (If applicable)                                                  ________

o       Title, labels and units                                                                ________

o       Indented axes                                                                           ________

o       Best fit line                                                                               ________

Ø      Calculations complete (If applicable)                                                     ________

o       Appropriate explanation of calculations and units                       ________

o       Correct use of significant figures                                        ________

o       Error computations and  % yield (If applicable)                         ________

Discussion and Evaluation  (20 points)

Adequate and complete analysis of the results and observations:

Ø      What happens, why and the meaning of what was observed                 ________

Ø      If the results were expected or not and why                                         ________

Ø      Comparison to accepted values or results                                            ________

Ø      Possible sources of error and error comparison                                    ________

Ø      Evaluation of the method and students’ work                                       ________

Ø      Suggestions to improve the method and students work and       

       relevant personal commentaries about the experiment                          ________

Conclusion (10 points)                                                                                

Ø      Brief summary of findings                                                                      ________

Ø      Says if the hypothesis was right or wrong and why                                ________

Ø      States briefly what was proven in the experiment                                ________