British Science Association
CREST Awards is the British Science Association’s flagship education programme, offering STEM enrichment activities for young people aged 3 to 19. Its flexible activities support hands-on, student-led STEM projects and are aligned with the national curriculum. CREST encourages young people to think like scientists and engineers while developing skills, experience and enthusiasm for STEM. Running since 1986, the programme provides a nationally recognised framework used by tens of thousands of young people each year.
8 Neon quality marked activities
CREST Star early years
A collection of fun and engaging challenges, developed to encourage and support young children who are at the beginning of their STEM journey.
CREST Discovery
A fun introduction to STEM project work! Developed by the British Science Association, students complete either a single activity or a series of linked challenges with clear real-world contexts.
CREST Discovery
A fun introduction to STEM project work! Developed by the British Science Association, students complete challenges with clear real-world contexts.
CREST Bronze
Fun and engaging short STEM project ideas. Developed by the British Science Association, CREST Bronze projects give students a taste of what it’s like to be a scientist or engineer in the real world.
CREST Silver
An engaging selection of enquiry-led STEM projects, developed by the British Science Association, designed to stretch and inspire, giving students experience of the scientific process.
CREST Gold
These inspiring projects, developed by the British Science Association, immerse students in real research, allowing them to contribute something new to the scientific community or to a particular field of study.
CREST Star
A collection of relevant and fun student-led STEM challenges, developed by the British Science Association, that encourage and support children to explore the world around them.
CREST SuperStar
A collection of relevant and fun student-led STEM challenges, developed by the British Science Association, that allow children to explore everyday problems and situations using science.