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Sickle Cell Anemia Formal Lab Report - Grading Rubric
Section
Title
Background
Information
Overview of
necessary
information
Purpose &
Hypothesis
Reasons for
experiment
Procedure
Steps of
your
experiment
Data and
Results
Present the
results of
your
experiment.
Analysis
Interpret
your results.
Conclusions
Explain
what you
can
conclude
from the
data
Formatting
Make your
report look
professional
Total
Grade
Name ________________________
Points
Possible
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Creative, relevant title
Includes your name, partners’ names,
and date
Many important concepts and scientific
terms explained, integrated into a
paragraph (must include explanation of
genes and how they are used to make
proteins; mutations; and sickle cell
anemia.
Relevant title,
missing one piece of
information
Title neither relevant
nor creative; other
data missing
No title or other
information
4
Some concepts or
terms explained, or
information not
integrated into a
paragraph
Few concepts or
terms explained, not
integrated into a
paragraph
No concepts or
terms explained
20
Purpose stated and explained.
Hypothesis stated correctly, including
reasoning (hypothesis must include a
prediction about what type of mutation
might cause sickle cell anemia)
Purpose and
hypothesis stated
without reasoning,
OR explanations are
not clear.
Procedure includes a detailed summary
of the procedure, describing the steps
you took to analyze the DNA sequences
and determine the amino acid
sequences. Procedure conveys an
overall understanding of the methods
used.
Procedure is
generally complete
but misses a few key
steps.
Data and results are complete and
presented in an organized way (all data
is labeled and easy to follow with a clear
organizational scheme.
Data is complete but
is disorganized, not
labeled, or difficult to
follow.
In paragraph form, explain what your
results mean. This should include
analysis of the differences between the
DNA sequences of the two genes, and
the differences between the amino acid
sequences of the two genes.
Describe the conclusions that you can
draw from the data. This should
include:
 Identify what type of mutation
causes sickle cell, and explain how
you know
 Reflect on whether your results
support your hypothesis and explain
why or why not
 Explain how the observed mutation
could result in the trait of having
sickle cell anemia
Proper formatting includes:
 Times New Roman, size 12 font,
double spaced
 Sections have clear headings and are
in the correct order.
 Visual representations (graphs,
tables) neat and professional.
 Spelling and grammar checked.
Either purpose or
hypothesis stated,
no reasoning, OR
explanations are
very
unclear/inaccurate
Procedure includes
some relevant steps
but is missing a
number of important
details.
Overall setup of the
experiment is not
clear.
No purpose or
hypothesis stated
8
Procedure is
drastically
incomplete or
missing.
16
Data is incomplete
and/or highly
disorganized
Data and results are
incomplete
16
Results are
explained, but
explanations are
unclear or
incomplete.
Incomplete
explanation of what
the results mean.
No analysis
included
12
Conclusion is
generally strong but
missing one
component
Conclusion is missing
two components
Conclusion is
drastically
incomplete
16
OR
OR
All components
included in the
conclusion, but
explanations unclear
or missing details
One element of
improper formatting.
Conclusion is
complete but
extremely unclear
and missing many
key details
Two elements of
improper
formatting.
Three elements of
improper
formatting.
8
100
Points
Earned