Laboratory Lesson

 Exceeds Expectations-

  • The laboratory activity is feasible and challenging to students and makes use of outside resources in support of the laboratory.
  • The objectives for the laboratory creatively match the style of the laboratory activity: science process skill, deductive or verification, inductive, technical skill, and problem solving (inquiry).
  • The activity's procedures effectively challenge students, but remain clear and manageable for the students to carry out.
  • The laboratory challenges students in scientific inquiry skills; predicting, planning, asking questions, data collection, data transformation and analysis, drawing conclusions and communicating findings.
  • Safety considerations take a prominent place in the laboratory write-up.
  • Laboratory equipment and computational/informational technology are creatively and effectively utilized.

 Meets Expectations-

  • The laboratory activity is feasible for use in a school laboratory setting.
  • The objectives for the laboratory match the style of the laboratory activity: science process skill, deductive or verification, inductive, technical skill, and problem solving (inquiry).
  • The activity's procedures are clear and manageable for the students to carry out.
  • The laboratory engages students in a majority of scientific inquiry skills; predicting, planning, asking questions, data collection, data transformation and analysis, drawing conclusions and communicating findings.
  • The laboratory follows proper safety guidelines and student safety concerns are clearly stated.
  • Laboratory equipment and computational/informational technology are effectively utilized.

 Working Towards Expectations-

  • The laboratory activity is has components of feasibility, but some components are not age or developmentally appropriate for use in a school laboratory setting.
  • The objectives for the laboratory partially matches the components of the style of the laboratory activity: science process skill, deductive or verification, inductive, technical skill, and problem solving (inquiry).
  • The activity's procedures are somewhat clear and manageable for the students to carry out.
  • The laboratory engages students in some aspects of scientific inquiry skills; predicting, planning, asking questions, data collection, data transformation and analysis, drawing conclusions and communicating findings.
  • The laboratory follows safety guidelines, but not all safety guidelines are addressed.
  • Laboratory equipment and computational/informational technology are utilized but not effectively at all times.

 Does not meet expectations-

  • Most of the laboratory components are not age or developmentally appropriate for use in a school laboratory setting.
  • There is a mismatch between the objectives for the laboratory and the style of the laboratory activity: science process skill, deductive or verification, inductive, technical skill, and problem solving (inquiry).
  • The activity's procedures are not clear and may not be manageable for the students to carry out.
  • The laboratory makes minimal use of scientific inquiry processes; predicting, planning, asking questions, data collection, data transformation and analysis, drawing conclusions and communicating findings.
  • Important safety concerns are not addressed.
  • Laboratory equipment and computational/informational technology are poorly utilized.

 Not adequate-

  • No consideration has been given to the feasibility of the laboratory activities.
  • There is no match between the objectives for the laboratory and the style of the laboratory activity: science process skill, deductive or verification, inductive, technical skill, and problem solving (inquiry).
  • The activity's procedures are not clear and not manageable for the students to carry out.
  • The laboratory makes no use of scientific inquiry processes; predicting, planning, asking questions, data collection, data transformation and analysis, drawing conclusions and communicating findings.
  • Important safety concerns are not addressed and the procedures are unsafe.
  • Laboratory equipment and computational/informational technology are inappropriately utilized.

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