Low-resource or low equipment sharing resources


The resources on this page have been selected to support educators in finding CREST project ideas that require little equipment, can be run outside of a lab or at home, and use equipment that doesn’t require much sharing.

Find out more about the different CREST Award levels here: CREST Awards.

At primary level, our curated home learning packs don’t require many resources so they’re perfect to use either in the classroom or at home. For Primary teachers who have CLEAPSS access, we recommend this piece on doing Practical activities within your bubble.

At secondary level, each project brief has an overall challenge, ideas for getting started and a list of resources you might need. Read the health and safety section carefully before you begin. Young people should create a plan for their project and a risk assessment before they begin any practical activity. You can use the CLEAPSS student safety sheets as well as the rest of the CLEAPSS website to help them.

If you are looking for further advice on how to get started with CREST, visit our help centre and check out our FAQs.

If you are looking for ideas for running CREST at home, many of the below resources are suitable, and you can still access our Star and SuperStar Home Learning packs below. If you need further support, check out the CREST at home section of the Help Centre.


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Machines of the future teacher pack

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This resource is published under an Attribution - non-commercial - no derivatives 4.0 International creative commons licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

Facilitation questions

Facilitation questions Use these questions to facilitate discussion around examples of machine learning in everyday life. Use the questions throughout the other activities to remind students what machine learning is. These questions can also be used to help students refine their ideas during the research, planning and design stages. Examples of machine learning • Can you think of any other examples in your life which you think use machine learning? • What is it for and who uses it? • Can you describe how it works? • What information does the machine or system use to make decisions? • Can the machine improve by itself without being told what to do? Can it ‘learn’? • Is it reliable, does it always get it right? Is it machine learning? • Is this an example of machine learning? • How do you know it is machine learning? • What is the input or data used by the machine? • What is the algorithm - what is the purpose of the machine? • What is the output - what does the machine do? • What is the test - how does the machine know how well it is working? Is there a chance to rate its performance? • What is the feedback - how does the machine improve its performance and learn from mistakes? Coming up with ideas • How will this make your life easier? • Could both those ideas be combined? • Is it machine learning? • What might your idea look like? • Can you draw it? • How will you explain your idea clearly and simply? Considering the risks • Do you think people will want to use this machine or system? • Why/why not? • What concerns might people have? • What if the data (images etc) was shared publicly? • What could go wrong? • Who would be responsible (pay for any damage) if that happened? • How could you overcome these problems? 12

CREST Discovery Award Students should complete the CREST Discovery Passport, available at www.crestawards.org/signin. When you assess the passport to submit the Awards, you will be recognising the skills that students will gain through participation in the day. Preparation Ready to get going with CREST? Sign up for a CREST account here: www.crestawards.org/sign-in Create a new Discovery Award project with the names of the students and the title of the project. Run the project We've created some super handy packs to help you deliver a successful Discovery Day. The activities in these packs can be done in one day or over a period of shorter sessions, whichever suits you. Students should spend 5 hours on the project. You can download the Discovery Passport when you create your CREST account by following the link above. Make sure you complete a risk assessment before running the project: • Unless stated, no external links have been checked by CLEAPSS. • Safety checked but not trialled by CLEAPSS. Enter your project for a CREST Discovery Award Hard work deserves a reward! Celebrate and certify your students’ achievements by entering their project for a CREST Discovery Award. Simply 1. Log in to your CREST account at www.crestawards.org/sign-in 2. Select the project and upload a sample of the students' Passports or other project evidence. 3. Check the participating students have met each of the criteria on the teacher assessment page. 4. Finally, complete the delivery and payment details to order your snazzy certificates. 5. Congratulations on completing CREST Discovery! What next? The scientific discovery doesn't need to end here. Students can have a go at the next level up - CREST Bronze. Don't keep all the fun to yourselves, encourage others to take part in CREST projects and share the wonder of science. For free ideas on how to get started, see www.crestawards.org Reflection So, your students have been hard at work and completed their CREST project, but don't let this be the end of their learning. At the end of the project ask all students to complete their Discovery Passport. This is a chance for them to reflect on all the interesting things they've learnt and the invaluable skills they have used. 13

Challenges for ages 5-11


These challenges take about an hour each. Once you have completed eight of them you can get a CREST SuperStar Award. Start by downloading the Passport. Children can use this to record each activity they complete.

Our curated packs for home learning require very little equipment or resources, so are ideal now that you are back in the classroom. They also add flexibility as students can finish their Star or SuperStar Award at home, if needed.

Each challenge has an organiser card and an activity card. All the instructions to set up the activity are in the organiser card. Read the 'watch out' section carefully before you begin. Children can use the activity card or you can read it through together.

Find out more about Star and SuperStar levels here.


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Projects for ages 11-18


Each of these projects take between ten and thirty hours to complete. The project briefs have an overall challenge, ideas for getting started and a list of resources students might need. Before they begin, students should read the health and safety section carefully. Once students have completed their projects, they can get a CREST Discovery, Bronze, Silver or Gold Award. The amount of time spent on the project and how well they met the CREST criteria determines the level students will be awarded.

Start by downloading the relevant Workbook or Profile Form below. Young people can use these to help them complete their project and record their progress.

Young people should create a plan for their project and a risk assessment before they begin any practical activity, which should be checked by a teacher. You can use the CLEAPSS student safety sheets as well as the rest of the CLEAPSS website to help them.

For Bronze projects, once a student has completed their project, you can sign up to assess it and order their personalised certificate here. Bronze assessment is incredibly easy and can also be adapted for at-home learning if needed due to unexpected lockdowns, meaning parents can always assess when teachers cannot. Check out how to assess a Bronze project here

For Silver and Gold projects student work will need to be submitted online and will be assessed by a CREST assessor. Learn more about assessment for Silver Awards here

Find out more about Bronze level here.

Find out more about Silver level here.

Find out more about Gold level here.


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