Heredity Corn Lab:

Scoring Rubric 71 pts.

AP Biology
Mrs. Ravesi-Weinstein
Determine the P generation of a dihybrid cross and conduct a Chi Square analysis to test a null
hypothesis.

Formal Lab Report: 71 pts. total

Heading
underlined (0-2 pts.)
Title 2 pts.
Table of Contents 2 pts.
Page #s 2 pts.
Introduction/Background Information (relevant to the lab
conducted) 7 pts.
Hypothesis 2 pts.
Guess for parent phenotypes 5 pts.
Data 2 pts.
Raw data table 5 pts.
Ratios calculated (math) 5 pts.
Chi Square data table 5 pts.
Analysis 2 pts.
Punnett squares that support data 5 pts.
Chi Square analysis 5 pts.
Conclusion 2 pts.
Final genotypes of parents citing supporting analysis
Punnett squares/data 5 pts.
Did conclusion support hypothesis rejected or not
rejected? 5 pts.
Reject or not reject null hypothesis with justification
5 pts.
Connects the lab to one of the Big Ideas with
justification 5 pts.

Content (0-5 pts.)