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CHEM%233%Laboratory%Report%Grading%Rubric! Good%

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4%pts:!The!introduction!begins! with!a!statement!of!the! purpose!of!the!lab!undertaken! and!then!presents!a!through,! yet!concise,!introduction!to!the! chemical!theory!behind!the!lab,! including!a!brief!discussion!on! mechanisms,!analytical! techniques,!etc.!!At!least!one! diagram!supports!the!written! word.!!Succinctly!presents! conclusions!and!overall!findings! of!the!lab.!

3%pts:%The!report!begins! with!a!statement!of! purpose.!!The! introduction!may!miss! some!of!the!relevant! chemical!theory!or! diagrams,!or!have!a! small!amount!of!theory! incorrect,!but!overall! demonstrates!proficient! knowledge!about!the! background!material.!! Final!conclusions!and! overall!findings!are! adequately!presented.!

2%pts:!Report!may!be! missing!a!statement!of! purpose.!!Chemical! theory!background!is! minimal,!contains! substantive!errors,!or! lacks!application!of!the! theory!to!the!current! lab!undertaken.!!Final! conclusions!and!overall! findings!may!be! missing,!unclear,!or! lacking!detail.!

0L1%pts:!The! introduction!does! not!connect!the! principles!of!the! laboratory!with!the! chemical!theory.!! Very!small!amounts! of!material!are! presented!and!very! little!original!thought! is!shown.!

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Experimental%Procedures%

3%pts:!Procedural!details!are! written!according!to!the! examples!provided!with!the! correct!format,!including! product!name!and!reaction! diagram.!!Math!(mols,!equivs,! conc,!etc)!is!correct.!!Procedure! is!original!and!authentic.!

2%pts:%Minor!errors!in! the!format!or! calculations!exist,!but! all!required! components!are! present!including! diagram,!quantities,!and! stoichiometry.!!The! procedure!is!original! and!authentic.!

1%pt:!The!experimental! procedure!contains! several!errors!and/or! resembles!almost! exactly!the!procedure! provided!by!the!text! with!no!thought! behind!the!actual! procedure!followed.!! One!to!two! components!may!be! missing.!

0%pts:!Two!or!more! required! components!are! missing.!!The! procedure!is!unclear! or!mimics!the!text.!! The!procedure!lacks! or!presents!incorrect! details!such!as!mols,! equivs,!conc,!etc.!! Details!may!be! missing.!!!

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Data%Acquisition%

4%pts:!All!data!including!IR!&!GC! spectra,!TLCs,!or!other!data! collected!are!provided!when! available!with!appropriate! titles.!!Data!tables!are!present! when!appropriate!and!a!brief! paragraph!or!two!describes!the! acquisition!method(s)!and! highlights!relevant!data.!! Calculations/equations!are! shown!and!explained.!

3%pts:!All!data!and! calculations!are!shown! accurately.!!Minor! errors!exist!in!titles,! table!presentation,!or! the!description!of! acquisition!method(s).!! Calculations!are!shown! and!are!correct,!as!are! important!equations.!

2%pt:%Some!data,! spectra,!tables,! calculations,!or! equations!are!missing! or!grossly!incorrect.!!If! all!data!are!present,! there!is!no!description! of!the!acquisition! method!and!the! relevant!data.!

0L1%pt:!Data!section! is!incomplete.!!There! are!little!to!no! spectra,!tables,!or! calculations!and!no! description!of!the! acquisition!method.!

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Conclusion%

4%pts:!The!conclusion! accurately!restates!the!purpose! of!the!lab!and!concisely! indicates!whether!the!purpose! and!goals!were!achieved.!!The! data!collected!is!explained!and! used!to!verify!and!prove!the! concluded!outcome.!!Insightful! explanations!are!offered!for! unexpected! results/procedures.!

3%pts:!The!author!of!the! report!accurately! restates!the!purpose!of! the!lab.!!Data!are!used! to!solidly!verify!and! prove!conclusions!but! with!some!minor!errors! in!theory!and!analysis.!! Explanations!for! unexpected!results!are! offered.!

2%pts:!The!purpose!and! conclusions!of!the!lab! may!or!may!not!be! correct,!but!the!author! of!the!report!makes! gross!errors!in! analyzing!the!data!to! arrive!at!any!of!these! conclusions.!

0L1%pts:%Little!to!no! connections!between! the!data!acquired! and!the!conclusions! of!the!lab!are! presented.!!Data! explained!contains! little!thought!or! depth.!

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5%pts:!5!multipleQchoice! questions.!

First!5!min!of!lab.!

If!you!are!late!&!miss! the!quiz!you!will!not!be! able!to!make!it!up.!

Exam!questions!are! often!derived!from! quizzes.!

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