Crest Silver Awards stretch students and enrich their studies. They require around 30 hours of project work and are typically completed by 14-to-16-year olds. Your students will develop their own project idea and will gain experience of going through the scientific process. 

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30 inspirational ideas for science gathers some of the best STEM ideas from the last 30 years, some of which are CREST projects, some of which are just great ideas.  The main themes of the activities are:

• Interacting with researchers
• ...

CREST Star Challenges is a UK-wide award scheme, run by the British Science Association that enables children to solve scientific problems through practical investigation. The activities focus on thinking about, talking about, and doing science. They are designed to be...

The 19 activities in this pack are a selection from the Crest Star Challenges. They are great to use in a science club, for science week or even with whole classes as part of the curriculum. They each contain a story to introduce a science topic topic and provide a context for investigation. Children can then...

The 46 activities in this pack are a selection from the Crest Superstar Challenges. They are great to use in a science club, for science week or even with whole classes as part of the curriculum. They each contain a story to introduce a science topic topic and provide a context for investigation. Children can then...

By the British Science Association, the CREST Awards help students to tackle science with an investigative approach. This case study describes how Stroud High School have incorporated CREST Awards into their work with local specialist companies with the support of their local CREST Co-ordinator.

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In this project, students find out about the causes and consequences of dehydration. They will experiments to investigate the constituents of commercially available oral rehydration salts (ORS), a common treatment for dehydration.

Most re-hydration salts contain glucose and sodium...

In this project, students devise experiments to compare the insulating (thermal) properties of different materials, relating thier findings to what the manufacturers claim about the thermal properties of their fabrics.

By the British Science Association, the CREST awards help students to tackle science with an investigative approach. This case study describes how Rickmansworth School used a CREST activity day to engage and enthuse students in STEM subjects.

A total of 34 students participated in three different activities...

CREST is a nationally-recognised scheme that inspires young people to think and behave like scientists and engineers. This resource has been designed to help primary school teachers use the CREST Star and SuperStar activities as part of their teaching. In this booklet you will find a list of relevant activities...

This edition of Computer Science for Fun concentrates on mobile computing, with articles ranging across:

• Book promotion with QR codes

• What the slow art movement did to email

• Robots in close relationships with humans

• Breaking down social barriers with technology

• Language...

This computer animation special is issue 11 of the series Computer Science for Fun. It features a range of articles covering:

• The history of computer animation

• Animation basics

• Automata – precursors to computers

• Soap bubbles and the Travelling Salesman Problem

• Motion...

The fashion issue of Computer Science for Fun includes articles covering:

• Wearable technology in sport and the celebrity world

• Card tricks

• Recognition and mood analysis using data from monitoring walking patterns

• Naked robots

• Iron Man suit technology

• Living with...

This issue of Computer Science for fun is entitled ‘Faces’ – it looks at the importance of a face in computer science, and includes articles on:

• TactileFace – a printer for the visually impaired

• Modelling continental drift

• Describing faces – Face Space

• Facially expressive robots...

To mark the 100th Anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing, this edition of Computer Science for Fun explores his world-changing ideas. It includes articles on:

• The life and work of Alan Turing, and how the world has changed since then.

• Modern internet encryption

• Hiding information in...