Biology Upper Secondary Teacher Guide - Department of Education

BiologyAssessment criteriaStudents will be assessed on the extent to which they can:1. design and set-up experiment2. carry out experiment and make accurate observations3. record the results and write up laboratory report (lab report shouldinclude title, aim, materials, procedures followed, results, discussion andconclusion).Marking guide11.3: Design and carry out experiments on movement of water through the stem of aplant20 marksPerformanceCriteriaCorrect use ofequipment andmaterials (3 marks)Very HighAchievement(18–20 marks)Equipment andmaterials correctly used(3)High Achievement(14–17 marks)SatisfactoryAchievement(10–13 marks)Appropriate use of equipment and materials (1–2)LowAchievement(0–9 marks)Inaccurate use ofequipment andmaterials (0–1)Correct setting upof experiment(3 marks)Experiment correctlyand accurately set up(3)Experiment correctlyset up (2–3)Experiment fairly setup (1-2)Experimentsunsatisfactorilyset up (0-1)Appropriate title forwrite up (3 marks)Title very clearly stated(3)Title clearly stated (2–3) Title stated (1–2) Title not stated orpoor (0–1)Procedures andmaterials (4 marks)Correctly describedprocedures andmaterials used (4)Described proceduresand materials used (2–3)Adequate descriptionof procedures andmaterials (1–2)Inadequatedescription (0–2)Results anddiscussions(5 marks)Excellent interpretationof results anddiscussion (5)Good interpretation ofresults and discussions(3–4)Adequateinterpretation (2–3)Poorinterpretation (0–2)Conclusion(3 marks)Accurate conclusionsmade (3)Good conclusions made(2–3)Reasonableconclusions(1–2)Unsatisfactoryconclusions (0–1)30