For individual projects

For individual projects You need to add around half a page of reflection at the end of your report. It should cover: Tasks I completed and how my project was successful/not successful What I learned What impact the results of my project might have on other people/the wider world What I would have done to improve my work What I’d do to develop the project in the future A good example of a student’s personal reflections from an individual project would be: I was attached to Dr Thomas’ research team, working with him and one of his PhD students. My role was to investigate the tidal patterns in the Estuary to work out when the work on flood defences could be carried out. To complete my project, I had to gain an understanding of the work which needed to be done, the issues the tide would cause, and how available tidal information related to our site. I then had to come up with a way to use all of this information to provide the answer we needed. I did this by joining in the work of the group, to see how it all fitted together and bouncing ideas off my supervisor, Dr Thomas, and his PhD students. I was lucky that they also involved me in their work. I have learned a lot of new engineering knowledge, about hydrodynamics, geology and flood defences. I have also discovered how difficult project work can be because it requires people with different skills and knowledge to work together. It takes a lot of effort to make sure everyone understands each other and doesn’t make wrong assumptions. To improve my project, I would have spent more time understanding what was required at the beginning, so I had clearer aims and objectives, and asked more questions when I didn’t understand. This would have saved me a lot of work later in the project. I would also have used more than one set of tidal data to make my predictions more accurate. In future I would like to investigate the use of ‘soft’ flood defences which help to maintain biodiversity while providing effective flood defence.

6. Assessment After your project Your assessor will need the following to assess your project: • A copy of your project report • A completed CREST Gold Award student profile, which includes the project checklist and personal reflections about your experience and what you learned. When the project is done by a team, each team member needs to submit an individual student profile. To get a CREST Gold Award you need to demonstrate at least 11 of the CREST criteria at acceptable standard or above, covering all four sections of the criteria. You should also complete and demonstrate around 70 hours of project work per student. How we assess 1. You or your teacher/mentor should upload your project report and profile form. You or your teacher will need to create a log in to do this, if you haven’t already. 2. The assessor will read the documents you submitted. 3. The assessor will provide feedback on your work against the different assessment criteria. 4. If you meet the standard, you will receive your Gold Award. If not, we may: • Recommend you resubmit for a Silver Award • Recommend further work to be done or request further information before resubmission for a Gold Award • Make no Award at all