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

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/).

RECYCLE REUSE Recycle

RECYCLE REUSE Recycle Reuse Activity Card Paper was first created in China by Ts’ai Lun in A.D. 105. He mixed hemp, mulberry bark, and rags with water, mashed them, pressed out the liquid and hung it to dry. This humble idea has allowed people around the world to communicate ideas, share news and create works of art. But paper production has a major impact on the environment. It’s time to take action! You can help by recycling. RECYCLE REUSE Your challenge Find out more about recycling paper and make your own paper by recycling waste paper. Discuss Why do you think it is better to recycle paper than to throw it in waste tips? If you look at different types of paper with a magnifying glass or microscope, what can you see? What kinds of paper do you think you could recycle?

RECYCLE REUSE Getting started Tear old paper into small pieces, put in a bowl, cover with warm water. Mash or whisk until it is like thick porridge. Make a frame from a coat hanger and old tights. Dip your frame into the liquid and make sure it is evenly covered with pulp. Let the water drip back into the bowl. Put the coat hanger down on absorbent paper or cloth. Leave to dry. To speed up drying, put another piece of paper or cloth on the top of the pulp and roll firmly with a bottle or rolling pin. Ironing it will help too. Ask an adult to help. Your paper needs to be left to dry for at least a day before you try to write on it. Test your ideas Make a plain piece first, then try different ideas. You could add colouring, seeds, glitter or other tiny items to your paper as you mix it. You could put leaves, buttons, pieces of string or other interesting things on top of your paper to make patterns. Share your ideas Look at the different papers that have been made. How will you change what you do next time? You could make a display of the finished paper. Extra things to do How strong is your special paper? Find out how much paper you use each day. Find out more about how paper is recycled. British Science Association Registered Charity No. 212479 and SC039236