Rubric: The grading rubric for this assignment is attached. Make sure to review the rubric and use it to help you fill out your self grading worksheet Submission Instructions: 1) Upload your lab report as a word document for grading(.doc or .docx only other formats will not be accepted). 2) Copy your completed self grading sheet and paste it into the text box as part of your submission. (Do not submit it as an attachment.)

Example of incorrect table/graphic description: Table 1. Bacteria counts and water level for the Blackwater River Example of correct table/graphic description: Table 1. Bacteria counts and water level for the Blackwater River in the summer of 2015. Bacteria were sampled using 3 point cross sections along a 10 mile stretch of the Blackwater River. Samples show that as water level decrease so do bacteria counts. During higher flow levels bacteria levels increase. The results show that the area sampled is impaired for contact recreational use. The discussion section is where you interpret the results. You should also discuss the results in context of the overall experiment as identified in the introduction of the report. You should tell the reader why the data looks like it does and why it is important to know. Lastly you should discuss potential modifications for the experiment. What kind of changes would you make to this experiment to further knowledge of enzymes? This is not to correct mistakes but usually every experiment ends with more questions than you start with. How would you address those questions in future research?

Lab reports for this course project will have the following style. Use 12 point font The report should be written in the 3rd person. Do not use personal pronouns (I, us, we). Example written incorrectly in 1st person: I applied 5mL of water to each plant daily. Example written correctly in 3rd person: 5ml of water was applied to each plant daily. Make sure to use the correct tense. If you are talking about something that has happened in the past, use past tense. Present tense can be used when referring to scientific principle such as "Meiosis involves two divisions." Use APA formatted references and in text citations. Direct quotations should not be used in lab reports. Any information that is not common knowledge needs to be cited. When in doubt, cite it. Failure to cite information can be plagiarism. For more information on what constitutes plagiarism go here. If you need to review APA formatting for references and citations go here and scroll down to the bottom of the page (citation examples section).