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Format for AP Biology Lab Reports - Point Pleasant Beach

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<strong>AP</strong> <strong>Lab</strong> Report Grading Criteria<br />

Your hypotheses should be clear, and incorporated within Discussion section!<br />

Expectation of outcome must be made clear<br />

Should include a clearly written statement of your predictions regarding the outcome of the<br />

experiment<br />

Provides 2 or more justifying pieces of evidence<br />

Discuss:<br />

1. What are the results of your experiment? (Discuss data/obs. All tables, charts, graphs should be referenced.)<br />

2. What do the results mean? (Interpretation of calculations, data, interesting or unexpected observations.)<br />

3. Did you achieve the expected result? Why or why not?<br />

4. Are your results valid? (Suggest improvements in the techniques. Do not be afraid to criticize and add your<br />

own creative input. How did your individual results compare to those of other lab groups?)<br />

LAB MANUAL QUESTIONS: all applicable questions posed in the College Board lab manual must be<br />

answered/addressed within your discussion!<br />

Refers to the questions asked on the lab manual/sheet<br />

Incorporates the answers within the data discussion, conclusions<br />

Correctness of answers<br />

REFERENCES<br />

Require 3 reference sources:<br />

a. <strong>Lab</strong> manual(s)<br />

b. Any book other than your lab manual<br />

c. An internet site<br />

Reference notation will include:<br />

Author<br />

Title of book<br />

Pub. date<br />

Volume number, page number<br />

For websites, you must include: title of page, entire http:// address, access date<br />

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