Secondary project briefs (ages 11+)


Bronze Awards are typically completed by students aged 11+. They complete a ten-hour project which is a perfect introduction to STEM project work. Over the course of the project, teams of students design their own investigation, record their findings, and reflect on their learnings. This process gives students a taste of what it is like to be a scientist or engineer in the real-world.


Silver Awards are typically completed by students aged 14+ over thirty hours. Project work at Silver level is designed to stretch your students and enrich their STEM studies. Students direct the project, determining the project’s aim and how they will achieve it. They carry out the project, record and analyse their results and reflect on the project and their learnings. All Silver projects are assessed by CREST assessors via our online platform.


Gold Awards are typically completed by students aged 16+ over seventy hours. Students’ projects are self-directed, longer term and immerse them in real research. At this level, we recommend students work with a mentor from their chosen STEM field of study. All Gold projects are assessed by CREST assessors via our online platform. There are more CREST approved resources that have been developed by our partners and providers specific to your region.


There are more CREST approved resources that have been developed by our partners and providers specific to your region.


Find out how to build practical CREST projects into secondary science lessons using our free teacher guidance pack. Supporting this guidance are easy-to-use, free-to-download mapping workbooks, which match individual Bronze, Silver and Gold CREST Award projects with each area of the secondary science curricula for England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. You can download and save your own copy of the relevant mapping workbook via the following links:


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All SuperStar challenges

  • Text
  • Handson
  • Stem
  • Challenges
  • Discussion
  • Explore
  • Create
  • Experiment
  • Investigate
  • Toothpaste
  • Materials
  • Glue
  • Tomato
  • Yoghurt
  • Superstar
The activities in this pack have been selected from our library of CREST SuperStar challenges. Children need to complete eight challenges to achieve a CREST SuperStar Award. If you want, you can mix and match challenges from different packs, as long as children complete eight SuperStar challenges. This resource is published under an Attribution - non-commercial - no derivatives 4.0 International creative commons licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Buy Them Try Them Organiser’s Card About the activity This activity is designed to get children thinking about toothpaste, what it is made from and how different brands of toothpaste differ. The children have been shown an advert for Bright Smile Toothpaste. Can they do some tests to check that the claims are correct before the ad goes to print? They’ll have to check people agree with the advert first! Through this activity you will support your group to: • Carry out investigations on manufactured toothpaste • Compare these with a homemade toothpaste (optional) • Carry out toothpaste surveys. Kit list • At least 3 different brands of toothpaste for comparison • Spare clean toothbrushes (not for teeth cleaning) • White tiles or old plates • Permanent markers or shoe polish • Additional plastic containers and/or plates • Covering for the tables • Plastic aprons What to do 1. Introduce the activity using the story. 2. Give out activity cards and equipment to the children. 3. Explain that they will be exploring different kinds of toothpaste and doing a survey on their friends and family to find out which toothpaste people like best and why. 4. Encourage children to discuss their ideas and how to carry out their investigations. 5. Support children to conduct their investigation and make their own records of their results. If children do have their own toothbrushes, they could test the toothpastes with dental disclosing tablets on their own teeth. Using plates and markers may make a better investigation. 6. Ask the children to present their findings to the rest of the group, they can be as creative in their presentation as they want.

Keywords • Toothpaste • Cleaning • Survey Watch out! If children use the toothpaste on their own teeth, they will each need their own brush and toothpaste sample. Homemade toothpaste should only be tasted if you are certain it has been prepared hygienically. British Science Association Registered Charity No. 212479 and SC039236

Bronze level

Ten hour projects recommended for ages 11+. Find out more about this level and how to gain a CREST Award on the Bronze Awards page.


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Bronze

Silver level

Thirty hour projects recommended for ages 14+. Find out more about this level and how to gain a CREST Award on the Silver Award page.


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Silver

Gold level

Seventy hour projects recommended for ages 16+. Find out more about this level and how to gain a CREST Award on the Gold Awards page


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Gold

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