Calorimetry Lab Rubric

Section
Pre- Lab (relationship
prediction and
hypothesis)

0 pts
Neither question
was answered

Experiment
Observations

Table was not filled

out

Calculation Question 1

Calculation not
performed or
incomplete, may not
have units or may
have incorrect value
Calculation not
performed or
incomplete, may not
have units or may
have incorrect value
Graph is not
included

Calculation Question 2

Graph

Calculation & Analysis No calculations

done for the 3 food
samples

Percent Error

Percent error
calculations was
attempted but not
completed
Predict calories of food Did not attempt to
sample 4
predict the calories
in the unknown
sample

1 pts
One was answered
fully or both
partially, may not
have made a full
hypothesis
Table was partially
filled out, may have
data but not
calculations
Calculation
performed correctly
with units

2 pts
Both answered
clearly and
completely

Calculation
performed correctly
with units

N/A

Graph is included
but may not have
correct axes or
correct depiction of
data
Some calculations
done, may have only
done 1 or 2 of the 3
or started but did not
complete 3, not
reported in correct
units
Percent error was
calculated accurately

Graph is included
and correctly shows
the relationship
found using their
data
All calculations done
and reported in
correct units

Predicted the
calories using either
the graph or the
equation

Predicted the
calories using both
the graph and
equation

Table completely
filled out with all
data and calculation
values
N/A

N/A

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