Guidelines for Science 7 Lab Book

Prelabs are to be done before the day of the lab

EachstudentwillhaveaspiralboundnotebookthattheywilluseonlyforScience7labs,notes,andquestions.
Yourlabbookshouldbeneatandwritteninink.Allpagesshouldbenumberedandonlyonesideofthepage
shouldbeused.Datesshouldbewrittenoneachlab.Thelabbookisveryimportantandwillbegradedeach
markingperioditisworth50points.Thelabbookshouldbebroughttoclassdaily.Theformatofthebookisas
follows:

Page1.TitlePageThisshouldincludethestudentname,hour,andteachername.

Page2and3.TableofContentsThisshouldlistthelab#,titleofthelab,andthepageitisoninstudentslab
book.

Exp.1PaperTowelAbsorbency..4

Page4.Beginwritingexperiments.

Eachlabwriteuporexperimentshouldbeinthefollowingformat:

Exp.#Title Page#
Date
I. Problem
II. Hypothesis
III. Materials
IV. Procedures
V. Observations
VI. Conclusion

Reminders:
Useblueorblackink(ortypelabs).
Usearulerongraphs,charts,andtables.
Numberandlabelallgraphs,charts,andtables.
KeepyourTableofContentsuptodate.
Doallsectionsofthelabwriteup.
Writewellthoughtout,detailedconclusions(explainwhyithappened).
Youareresponsibleforthelabevenifyouareabsent.
Youcannotcopyanotherpersonslabbook(unlessotherwisestated).
Asktheteacherforhelpifyoudonotunderstand.
Qualityworkisexpected.
Neatnesscountsdoyourbest.
Crossoutmistakeswithaneatsingleline.Bigmistakesmayhavetoberippedoutandthepage
startedover.

Science 7 Lab Book - Evaluation

Name: _________________________________________ Total Score:__________________

*DenotesIncomplete

PointsEarned PointsPossible

__________ (5pts) TableofContents

_____ ExperimentsMissing
_____ SectionsMissing
_____ MissingPg.#s

__________ (15pts)LabOutline(complete)
_____ Titles/Dates/RomanNumerals
_____ Problem
_____ Hypothesis
_____ Materials
_____ Sketchesw/Labels
_____ Procedures
_____ ObservationsTables,Graphs

__________ (15pts)Conclusions
_____ SomeMissing
_____ SeveralMissing
_____ MoreThoughtNeeded

__________ (15pts)Presentation
**Neatness**
_____ Okay
_____ MoreEffort
_____ RulersonDataTables
_____ LabelDataTables
**Organization**
_____ Okay
_____ MoreEffort
**Completeness**
_____ Okay
_____ MoreEffort
**Ink**
_____ Okay
_____ MoreEffort
**Spelling**
_____ Okay
_____ MoreEffort

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