Writing Assignment Description

This lab report explores stoichiometry (a mathematical tool chemists use to analyze chemical reactions). Prior to this lab students needed to understand balancing chemical equations, mole ratios, gram to mole conversions, theoretical yield analysis. The high-quality writing here is the result of a school--wide commitment to increasing students’ complexity in writing through the grades. The scientific writing specifically has clear concise language as the goal and has undergone a critique and revision process with peers and teacher resulting in multiple drafts.