Resources by CREST Awards

Silver award: make your own lipstick

In this project, students make their own lipstick or lip gloss and investigate how lipsticks are coloured, carrying out tests to compare their lipstick to a shop-bought one .  They consider the properties they want to test, such as resistance to water and cleaning products, and covering...

Silver award: make your own tea bag

In this project students will design the ideal teabag. They will need to think about what thier teabag should be made from, what shape it should be and how much tea it should contain.

Silver award: monitoring water pollution

Students investigate the effect of industry or agriculture on a water course, by comparing levels of pollution with those in an ‘unspoilt’ body of water. They will need to consider what form any pollution...

Silver Award: Squeaky Clean

These materials look at three possible projects that relate to cleaning products and tackling microbes that spread disease: * Communications project - students act as health promotion specialists trying to persuade people about the need to wash hands after using the toilet. * Practical project - students...

Silver award: testing toothpastes

In this project, students make their own toothpaste and compare it to toothpastes available in the shop. They then do some tests to find out which toothpaste cleans the best by testing on egg shell.   Students are asked to consider the following questions:

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Silver Award: Triathlon

These materials look at three possible projects that relate to the bicycle used by an athlete in a triathlon: * Communications project - students gather information and give advice about which bike is suitable for a range of users. * Practical project - students undertake practical experiments to investigate the...

Silver award: which crisps are the healthiest?

In this independent research project, students investigate the fat and salt content of different crisps and then suggest which crisps would be best for a patient with coronary heart disease. They start by finding out about the effects of high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and what...

Sustainable solutions (CREST Discovery Day)

This resource pack about Sustainable Solutions has been developed to meet the CREST Discovery Award requirements. Designed as a team-based activity day where students design and create a sustainable start-up business concept linked to their community, by undertaking the tasks in the resource pack, students should...

Which crisps are crispiest and what makes them un-crisp?

A CREST Bronze Award activity in which children investigate the conditions required to keep crisps fresh.

Who is the fittest in your class?

In this project, students measure the baseline level of fitness of a group of volunteers by recording how long it takes for their pulse rate to return to normal after exercise.