We will not do Peer Review for the first lab report of the semester, but here are the rubrics which will be used in this process.
Abstract | |
Purpose of study clearly state | |
Brief summary of methods used | |
Brief summary of results | |
Introduction | |
Overall Organization | |
Paragraph level organization | |
Grammar, spelling, sentence structure | |
Citation and Primary Sources | |
Define provided for scientific terms | |
Independent and dependent variables defined | |
Equations connecting variables defined and explained | |
Derivations of non-trivial equations | |
Study placed in context of related (possibly historical) research | |
Procedure | |
Methods described in clear enough detail that someone unfamiliar with the study could repeat the experiment | |
Explanation of pieces of equipment and why it is used | |
Equipment used by peers (not in as much depth) and proper citation | |
Photos and sketches (And citations) | |
Organization and Writing style (grammar) | |
Analysis | |
Organization (it should be easy to follow, with everything in similar formats) | |
Writing, grammar, etc. | |
Data tables with proper units and explanation | |
Graphs, properly displayed with axes identified and explained | |
Functional dependence of graph explained | |
Calculations of any kind and explanation | |
Error Calculations | |
Explanation of results and errors | |
Comparison to Modeling (if applicable…Phet simulation) | |
Comparison to Theory | |
Proper presentation of peer data | |
Proper citation of peer data | |
Proper analysis of peer data | |
Conclusion | |
Summary of Paper | |
Proposals for future work and studies | |
Summary of Error sources and what can be done better next time | |
Appendix | |
Properly formatted bibliography with primary sources (Appendix A) | |
Proper acknowledgement of peer work |
Note: if you don’t want to spend 1½ pages on a really long derivation in the introduction, put it in a separate appendix (Appendix B) and put a note referring to it in the introduction.