Criteria

• Are at least 10 hours in length

• Are open to any age

• Cost £4 per student

To receive a CREST Award, all projects should demonstrate that the students have:

• Set themselves clear objectives

• Been creative and produced their own ideas and developed them

• Made use of sound scientific or technological principles including testing / evaluating and reviewing their work

• Made use of and developed their communication skills in presenting their work to others

Please click here for project ideas and further guidance from the British Science Association.

Assessment

Bronze Awards can be assessed internally, by another teacher or leader from the participating school or organisation. We could help with assessment if required.

A representative of the British Science Association may request to see a sample of Profiles from time to time as part of the quality control process.

Bronze is the entry level for CREST so assessment is less rigorous than for Silver and Gold levels. The standard depends a lot on the student’s enthusiasm! 10 hours is not a long time to spend on a project, so assessors will be looking for a fairly straight-forward investigation or problem-solving activity. Some direction from a teacher is acceptable.