Dr Rex

This is a rubric I developed early in my career It makes grading lab reports so much easier. Now I'm not a fan of rubrics and don't use them often but this one is a life saver. I have broken the typical lab report into sections each worth a set of points. Each category has criteria that needs to be met. The criteria that I have listed would be the highest level on a tradational rubric. I give them to my students at the start of each lab activity and require them to hand it in when they tur

Ino this day and age we know that documentation is key. No matter how brief the communication or even if there wasn't any, it's always better to be safe than sorry. Email can not be trusted. Too easily hacked and deleted. The only records one can trust are ones they keep. And since this would be part of your teacher notebook and considered your property, you control access to it so u know it can't be modified. Sounds paranoid yes but I have seen things like this happen to several teachers.

This is a checksheet I developed for my biology and anatomy classes. The students worked in groups during the dissection part of the lab. They would label the structures and review the functions. When they were ready I would come over make sure the labels were correct or not and whether or not they learned the function of the structure. These sheets made scoring dissections real easy and provided clear expectations for the students.