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Lab Partners______
First Draft Helper With Sentence Starters. (A rubric is included at the end for you to check to see if you have missed anything. Also use the checklist which you can download from the website.)
Introduction: In which you introduce your questions, your hypothesis, and a general idea of how you would test it.
Last week we
The question we were trying to answer was
This is important because
My hypothesis is that if then
I predicted that….
The variable (variables) that I think would cause rapids to form is/are
I think this variable (these variables) is (are) important because
My general plan for testing my hypothesis is
Procedure: Do this in bullet form. What steps did you use to test your hypothesis?
Materials: Do this in bullet form. What materials did you use in this experiment?
Diagram: This is a drawing of your procedure. You can make a map of the streamtable and how you set it up. You should include a top view and a side view so you can show the inside of the table as well as how steep it was.(You’ll probably want to do this on a separate piece of paper.)
Observations and Results: In which you report what happened. In this section, stick to results and stay away from interpretations of results. Include your drawings of what you saw.
When I ran my experiment I saw
Where my variable was present, I saw
Where my variable was not present, I saw
On the rafting trip, I saw
On the river, where my variable was present, I saw
On the river, where my variable was not present, I saw
I saw V-shaped compression waves
(They might be W-shaped, A-shaped, M-shaped, or X-shaped?)
They were (were not?) where (name your variable/variables) was/were
They were (were not?) where (name your variable/variables) was/were
Drawing of Observations and Results: Do a top view drawing of what you saw. Identify where rapids were (where compression waves were). Label any other important information. (You might want to do this on a separate piece of paper.)Discussion of Results: In which you interpret your observations. Did the results support your hypothesis or not? What else do you think your results and observations mean?
I predicted that rapids would form if
Rapids formed (did not form) where I predicted
The results (supported/did not support my hypothesis
I know my hypothesis was (supported/not supported) because
I think my results and observations mean
I think this because
Errors: In which we report errors. This is NOT a place to say that your hypothesis “didn’t work.”
During my experiment there were the following errors (identify at least two!)
These accidental variables may have affected my results because
Some variables I was unable to control were
I could reduce the number of errors by
Conclusion:
My hypothesis was
Some of the most important things I observed were
Some important interpretations I had (of my results) were
During this experiment, my hypothesis was (supported/not supported) because
After doing this experiment, I now have the following new questions
In the future, we should study more about
People dealing with rivers and rapids would be interested in my experiment because
While doing this experiment, I learned
Stream Table Lab Report Rubric
Criteria / BeginningFew or none of the expectations are met / Approaching
Some or most of the expectations are met. / Meeting
All of the expectations are met. / Exceeding
The expectations are all met AND exceeded
Professionalism
Writing
& G.U.M.S. /
- Neat (typed if possible)
- Clear and concise writing
- Correct spelling, capitalization, and grammar
Completeness and Accuracy /
- On-time
- All sections are complete.
- Necessary information is included.
- Organized into correct sections
Communication of Procedure, Observation and Discussion of Results /
- Diagram is neat and labeled.
- Observations are detailed.
- Reasonable interpretation of observations with supporting reasons.
- Hypothesis is assessed clearly.
- Conclusion connects to class activities and the outside world.
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