General instructions:

1. The report must be typed and printed on white paper, 8 ½ X 11 inches. 2. Use 1-inch margins and 10, 11, or 12-point Arial or Time New Roman font (Please see me if these are not available on your computer/typewriter).

3. Use 1.5 or double line spacing and number your pages.

4. Each person must write their own report.

5. Group reports are not acceptable.

6. Each of the sections below (except “Title page” and “Hypothesis”) should begin with a heading (e.g., Abstract, Materials and Methods, etc.).

7. Be sure to check your spelling and grammar

General Instructions (5 points)

• ______ Typed, font size, margins, spacing (4 points)

• ______ Contains all sections (1 point)

Abstract (15 points)

• ______ One paragraph (3 point)

• ______ States the question investigated (3 points)

• ______ Contains major results (4 points)

• ______ Contains major conclusions (3 points)

• ______ Contains complete summary (2 point)

Introduction (20 points)

• ______ General topic that are related to experiment (10 points)

• ______Ideas are organized into paragraphs (5 points)

• ______ Grammar (3 point)

• ______ Spelling (2 point)

Hypothesis (10 points)

• ______ Statement, not a question (2 points)

• ______ Is tested in the experiment (2 point)

• ______ Hypothesis is clear and succinct (5points)

• ______In the abstract or introduction section (1 point)

Results (25 points)

• ______ Written summary (8 points)

______Data presented thoroughly (5)

______ Organized into paragraphs (3)

• ______Table (7 points)

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______Format correct and labeled (legend) (4)

______Neat and organized (3)

• ______Graph (6 points)

______ Format correct and labeled (legend) (4)

______ Neat and organized (2)

• ______ Grammar (2 point)

• ______ Spelling (2 point)

Discussion (25 points)

• ______ Discussion of results is thorough and uses results to support conclusions made (10 points)

• ______Discussion contains conclusion about hypothesis (5 points)

• ______ Ideas are well-organized into paragraphs (4 points)

• ______Contains problems encountered, other experiments to do, etc (2 points) • ______ Grammar (2 point)

• ______ Spelling (2 point)

References (10 points)

• ______Contains at least 5 references with correct format (7.5 points) • ______ References are cited within the paper (2.5 points)

Total (100 points)