Carrot Lab – Editing Session

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Overall

• Does it look neat?• Does it look professional?• Font Size: – Size 10-12, ½ - 1 inch margins

• Font: Worth: 3 Points– Times New Roman– Calibri– Arial– Georgia– Cambria

Some things to keep in Mind

• No use of I, WE, THEY, IT

Title

• Is it original? (Not Carrot Lab)• Is it in the top left of the page?• Typos?• Is it the same size as the rest of the font?

• Worth: 1 point

Background

• Does the section have a bolded and underlined title?• Does it give enough backgound information?– Does it explain a little about carrots/ plant cells/ cells

reaction to salt? – Does it flow from general to specific?

• Is the last sentence a purpose statement?– “The purpose of this is lab is to ……”

• Typos?• Worth: 3 point

Hypothesis

• Does the section have a bolded and underlined title?

• Is it an “If _____ then______” statement?– If a carrot is soaked in salt water, then it will

increase in size. Or whatever their hypothesis should be.

• Typos?

Materials

• Does the section have a bolded and underlined title?

• Is it complete? Glance through the procedures and see if they missed anything

• Are the materials listed in bullets and columns?

• Typos?• Worth: 2 point

Procedure

• Does the section have a bolded and underlined title?

• Does it contain enough instruction to replicate?

• Are the steps numbered?

• Typos?• Worth: 6 point

Data/ Results

• Does the section have a bolded and underlined title?• Does it have a chart containing quantitative data

– Charts should be neatly organized, made on the computer– ALL CHARTS NEED CAPTIONS

• “Figure 1: Carrots length before and after soaking”

• Does it have a paragraph containing qualitative data.– Comparing before and after of both carrots (So, 4

descriptions)

• Typos?• Worth: 6 point

Analysis

• Does the section have a bolded and underlined title?

• Does it attempt to explain the results?• Are there at least 2 sources of error listed?

• Typos?

Conclusion

• Does it start with a Restatement of the hypothesis?– “In this lab, the carrots ability to stand up to salt was

tested”• Does it review the procedures (how the hypothesis

was tested) in 2-3 sentences?• Does it determine if the hypothesis was supported or

not?– “The hypothesis was supported by the evidence collected”

• Typos?• Worth: 4 point