British Science Week 2026 starts on Friday 6 March! Why not try CREST challenges and projects with your students during the Week?

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Collection of Activities

CREST Star On a Shoestring Collection

5+
The challenges in this pack have been chosen because they use inexpensive, everyday materials, allowing you to run a selection of CREST Star activities on a shoestring! Once children have completed at least six of the challenges they can be awarded with a CREST Star certificate to recognise their achievement.
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Simple, easy to resource challenges

Activities take between 45 minutes and one hour to run

Supporting demo videos available and linked in the collection