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CREST Awards Projects: World Water Day
Celebrate World Water Day on the 22nd of March with Practical Action & CREST Awards!
This World Water Day is about accelerating change to solve the water and sanitation crisis. You and your family, school and community can make a difference by changing the way you use, consume and manage water in your lives. The best way to start is to make your action list and spread the word!
You can encourage your children to think about water, hygiene, health and our planet by downloading free CREST and CREST-accredited activities. No CREST project is ever the same because learners can explore their own ideas like real-life scientists, designers and engineers.
CREST Awards Resources
Star Challenges (5-7)
Plant Detectives – Where plants grow
Sniffly Sneezes – Absorbency of materials
Useless Umbrella – Water resistance
Brilliant Bubbles – Liquids, gases & bubbles
Muddy Mess – Washing materials
Accredited Projects:
Plastic Oceans
Superstar Challenges (7-11)
Colorado Brain Stain – discussing the use of fluoride in drinking water
Crafty Rafts – making a raft that floats
A Hole in my Bucket – materials, liquids & testing methods
DNA / World Around You Challenge Pack (7-11)
Contamination Detectives – thinking about how microbes spread
Accredited Projects:
Plastic Oceans
Discovery Awards (10-14)
Stop the Spread
Sustainable Solutions
Discovery Awards are typically completed by 10-14 year olds, students work collaboratively on a five hour project or challenge in self-managed groups.
Accredited Projects:
Practical Action
Bronze Awards
Grand Challenges
Bath Bombs
Monitoring Acid Rain
Quality Control
Treatments for Dehydration
Worldwide Washing
Accredited Resources:
Canal & River Trust – Canal & River Maintenance (Guidance)
Practical Action
Global Action Plan UK – Water Explorer Challenges
Royal Society of Chemistry – Water: Global Experiment with Hydrogels
Silver Awards
Grand Challenges
Clean Growth
Climate Science
Monitoring Water Pollution
Re-hydration Therapies
Worldwide Washing
Accredited Resources:
Practical Action
Gold Awards
Grand Challenges
Worldwide Washing
Accredited Resources:
Practical Action
Practical Action Resources
The materials below are based around Practical Action’s work and are strongly linked to the Global Goals and/or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Practical Action project ideas can be used to gain CREST Awards, all are themed around water, sanitation, infectious diseases & hygiene:
Bronze – Dirt Detectives (research), Soap or Nope (practical ), and Clean Communications (communications)
Silver – What a Waste (research), Washing with Plants (practical), and Top Toilets (communications)
Gold – The Sanitation Divide (research), Extraordinary Extractions (practical), and Sanitation for All (communications).
Click here to find out more & download the resources
Practical Action also offer additional CREST activities that focus on water:
Global Project Ideas
NEW: Regreen the Desert
Ditch the Dirt
Stop the Spread
Floating Garden Challenge
Beat the Flood
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World Water Day: Official Website
As North West Regional CREST Support Organisation, All About STEM promote CREST Awards across the region and point schools & clubs to the support they need to run this amazing scheme. CREST Awards encourage students to work like scientists, researchers, engineers and designers to investigate and explore their own project ideas.
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