Each person must pass in their own lab. Partners' data must be the same, or any differences must be explained. Include a copy of this score sheet separately.
Title Stuff
4 Names, Date, class/period, Title
Lab Handout
4 clean & neat
Trials
4 three different trials
3 1 trial missing with explanation
2 2 trials missing, or one missing
without explanation
1 one trial, incomplete
Density Data
4 proper number of decimal places,
decimals lined up, no hyphens
2 missing one of the above
Density Calculation
4 volume, density, shown with
words/formulas AND numbers, labels,
proper decimals,
one trial and average shown, correct
3 missing one or two
2 missing three or four
1 missing five or six
0 missing
Specific Heat Data
4 mass of empty calorimeter cup,
mass of cup with water, temperature of cold
water, initial
temperature of metal, final temperature of mixture, proper decimals,
decimals lined
up, no hyphens
3 missing one or two
2 missing three or four
1 missing five or six
0 missing more than six
Specific Heat Calculation
4 mass of cold water,
DT
water, DT metal, specific heat of metal, shown
with words/formulas
AND numbers,
labels, proper decimals, one trial and average shown, correct
3 missing one or two
2 missing three or four
1 missing five or six
ID of Metal
4 several metal choices based
on density, several based on Cp, values for possibilities included,
full sentences,
good grammar, choices narrowed down.
3 as above without explanations
OR without multiple possibilties
2 as above without explanations
AND without multiple possibilties
1 as above without explanations
AND without multiple possibilties AND bad grammar/incomplete sentences.
Neatness
4 easy to read, few or no crossouts,
dark ink or dark pencil, not torn or tattered, score sheet included
0 hard to read, lots of crossouts,
low contrast ink (yellow, pink...), torn, tattered, wet, missing score
sheet
[Identification of Unknown Metal by Specific Heat][MHS Chem page]