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CREST Awards
CREST Awards: Gold
Crest Gold Awards allow students to conduct real research. They are longer-term projects that require around 70 hours’ work and are typically completed by 16-19-year-olds. At Gold level, your students’ work should contribute something new to the scientific or technological community or to a particular field of study.
You will need to register your students through the Crest Award website: http://www.crestawards.org/
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Gold award: how quick are your reactions?
In this project, students design, make and test a device to test people’s reaction times. They will need to consider the electronic circuitry involved, the power supply, input device, processor and...
Gold award: are fruit juices healthier than fizzy drinks?
Students test and compare a range of fizzy drinks and fruit juices to detrmine:
- perception of sweetness.
- reducing sugars concentration using colorimetry
- the amino acids present by chromatography
- effect on tooth decay
- antimicrobial effects of caffeine
Gold award: Detecting food fraud
In this Crest Gold Award accredited project, students are provided some suggestions for project work based around adulterated foods. Suggested investigations include:
- determining the concentration of standard and 'value' brands of common household products such as bleaches, detergents and vinegars....
Design a robotic ‘ball boy’
In this project, students will develop an automatic ‘ball boy’ for tennis or cricket practice. They could also decide to make the robot for something entirely different - the scope is endless, and it’s up to them what you do!
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| Subject(s) | Design and technology, Engineering, Mathematics, Science |
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| Age | 16-19 |
| Published | 2010 to 2019 |
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| Direct URL | https://www.stem.org.uk/cxevqv |
