14. Home Learning
At home: Can my child still get a CREST award if they're going back to school?
If your child has started a CREST project or completed some CREST Star or SuperStar activities but have now returned to school, there are different options for ensuring they get their CREST Award. Continue CREST at school Tell your child's teacher ...
At Home: The different types of CREST project
This article primarily refers to Silver and Gold levels, but is also relevant to Bronze. There are four eligible types of CREST project: Practical Investigation, Design & Make, Research, and Communication. The Research and Communication projects can ...
At Home: How can I get a mentor for my CREST Award?
For Silver and Gold Awards, it can be very helpful for students to work with a mentor on their project. We encourage students to access support from a mentor who works in a STEM field related to their CREST project topic. Mentors can play an ...
At Home: How to choose a project idea
A CREST project can cover any aspect of science, depending on your child's interest: research; investigation, design or making; as well as science communication. We recognise that running CREST projects at home may provide barriers to the amount (if ...
At Home: How do I assess a Bronze project?
CREST Bronze requires children to demonstrate skills including problem-solving, independent learning, organisation, teamwork, and communication. To achieve a Bronze Award, your child should record the work done on their project in a CREST Bronze ...
At Home: Uploading Bronze project work
We collect work at Bronze level for internal moderation only, and therefore only ask for a sample of the work completed. When finishing projects at home, the easiest project element to upload would be the Bronze profile form or Bronze Workbook ...
At Home: How to choose the right award level
There are a variety of CREST activity levels you can choose for yourself or your child. When considering the level, think about age and ability, and how much time can be committed to a project. Star Awards are typically completed by three to ...
At Home: How do CREST Awards work?
CREST is easy to run for parents, and you can adapt our simple, easy to understand framework to use at home. Start by choosing an Award level: Star, SuperStar, Discovery, Bronze, Silver or Gold. The amount and complexity of the work needed to gain ...
At Home: How to run CREST Awards
CREST offers parents an easy-to-run system for at-home learning that is child-led, and encourages young people to take ownership of their own projects. You don't need to have much knowledge about science to run CREST at home. Sign up for a free CREST ...
CREST at home
CREST activities are a fantastic opportunity for your children to be engaged in fun science-based activities at home with very few resources. Below we have highlighted some links to help parents run CREST at home. Although some of our guidance refers ...