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Jarrett Creek Water Monitoring Project

Experimental Design

Step 1: What is your scientific question?

Step 2: What do you already know? (Preliminary research in class)

Step 3: Describe the procedure you used to answer the question? (Methods)

Stream flow:

Biotic index survey:

Chemical test:

Step 4: What did you find out? (What was your data/evidence?)

Step 5: What does your data tell us? (Claim and Reasoning)

Step 6: How will you report your data?

To report your findings, each student will write a short lab report detailing your research. The report will include the above information. The assignment sheet can be found on the back of this page.

Lab Report Guidelines

Your lab report should consist of four parts: introduction, methods, results, and conclusion.

I. Introduction- This section should be one to two paragraphs long, and should answer the following questions:

a.  Why are you doing this study?

b.  What is your scientific question? (from step 1)

c.  What do you already know about the subject? (from step 2 on first page)

II. Methods- This section should be several paragraphs long, and should answer the following question:

How did you go about answering your question? (from step 3)

·  Stream flow, biotic index survey, and chemical tests.

·  What did you physically do for each test?

·  What variables were tested?

III. Results- This section should be one to two paragraphs long, and should answer the following question:

a. What was the end data for each experiment? (from step 4)

·  How much water was flowing at your location?

·  What was the biotic index score?

·  How much of each chemical was found?

IV. Conclusion- This section should be two to three paragraphs long, and should answer the following questions:

a. What does this data tell us? (from step 5)

b. Answer your scientific question!

Scientific Paper Rubric

Score 4.0 / In addition to Score 3.0 performance, in-depth understanding of the study that goes beyond what was taught, such as:
-  comparison of data from Jarret Creek to that of other steams
-  more in-depth understanding of causes, effects, and solutions of stream pollution.
Score 3.0 / Student correctly formats a scientific paper to demonstrate the process of effective scientific inquiry.
Score 2.0 / Student has partial understanding of, or left out some parts of scientific inquiry within his/her study, or has made minor errors in the inquiry process.
Score 1.0 / Student has minimal understanding of, or left out significant parts of scientific inquiry within his/her study, or has made significant errors in the inquiry process.

Fieldwork Rubric

Score 4.0 / In addition to requirement for a ‘3’, student demonstrates a high level of efficiency, accuracy, and/or functions as a leader within the group.
Score 3.0 / Student conducts streamside activities safely, accurately, and efficiently.
Score 2.0 / Student conducts streamside activities safely, but made minor errors regarding accuracy, or lacks efficiency.
Score 1.0 / Student conducts streamside activities unsafely, and/or made significant in accuracy, and/or is highly inefficient.