About CREST Award
The CREST Award is a nationally recognized program in the UK that celebrates students’ achievements in STEM through hands-on, project-based learning. Managed by the British Science Association, it offers students the opportunity to design and carry out their own investigations, develop problem-solving skills, and explore real-world scientific challenges. The award is well-known and highly regarded within the UK and internationally. Schools, colleges, universities, and employers value it as a mark of achievement in independent research and practical learning. Many schools integrate it into their curriculum or extracurricular activities, and it is often endorsed by STEM organizations for its focus on developing research, teamwork, and communication skills.
Prerequisites:
- Age: 6-10 years old
What is included
- 20 live lessons
- 6-10 students in a class
- In-class activities
- Project Presentation
- End of course certificate
Course details:
- Brilliant Birds
- This activity is designed to get children thinking about birds, habitats, designing and making.
- Colorado Brown Stain
- This activity is designed to get children discussing and debating the use of fluoride in drinking water. This is designed to be a challenging, research-based activity where children use read data in a realistic context.
- The children have been given the story of the Colorado Brown stain the dentist who discovered the benefits of fluoride for teeth. They must weigh up whether they would put fluorine in water.
- Disappearing Dinosaurs
- This activity is designed to get children researching and debating the extinction of the dinosaurs. The children have been given a poem about dinosaurs, can they find out why they are now extinct?
- Fantastic Fingerprints
- This activity is designed to get children thinking about fingerprints. The investigators have been given a news article about fingerprints. Teachers are wondering if they can use fingerprints to identify the students. Are the students’ fingerprints that different?
- Get Set Jellies
- The activity is designed to get children making and testing different jelly recipes.
- Hoodie Hearing
- The activity is created to get children investigating how sounds travels.
- Investigating Ink
- The activity is made to get children thinking about how to identify different inks using chromatography.
- Tree Trouble
- This activity is created to inspire children thinking about trees as habitats for other living things. There is a debate about the fate of an old tree. Should it be demolished to make way for new housing, or will the biodiversity and the shade it provides be too previous?
