Primary challenges (ages 3-11)


Typically completed by 3-11 year olds, CREST Star and SuperStar challenges relate to everyday experiences. Children complete six to eight activities to gain a CREST Award, with each activity taking between 45 minutes and one hour to complete.

The activities are designed to be easy-to-run and low-cost. You don’t need to be a teacher, have a science background or have access to specialist equipment to run them. The packs contain helpful hints and tips for you to use, explaining the scientific themes and offering guidance on conversation topics for your children.

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All SuperStar challenges

  • Text
  • Handson
  • Stem
  • Challenges
  • Discussion
  • Explore
  • Create
  • Experiment
  • Investigate
  • Toothpaste
  • Materials
  • Glue
  • Tomato
  • Yoghurt
  • Superstar
The activities in this pack have been selected from our library of CREST SuperStar challenges. Children need to complete eight challenges to achieve a CREST SuperStar Award. If you want, you can mix and match challenges from different packs, as long as children complete eight SuperStar challenges. 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/).

Disappearing Dinosaurs

Disappearing Dinosaurs Organiser’s Card About the activity This activity is designed to get children researching and debating the extinction of the dinosaurs. The children have been given a poem about dinosaurs, can they find out why they are now extinct? Through this activity you will support your group to: • Carry out research into dinosaur extinction theories • Evaluate different theories • Plan a dino debate about dinosaur extinction. Kit list • Access to the internet and/or books • Pens and paper What to do 1. Introduce the activity using the poem 2. Give out activity cards to the children. 3. Explain that they will be researching the extinction of the dinosaurs and planning a class debate. 4. Encourage children to discuss their ideas and how to carry out their investigations. Encourage speculation. Children may have their own ideas about dinosaur extinction. 5. Support children to conduct their investigation and make their own records of their results. Remind children that they need evidence to support a scientific theory. 6. Ask the children to present their findings to the rest of the group, they can be as creative in their presentation as they want.

Things to think about Scientists are still arguing about this question. They still don’t all agree. Children can consider whether it was a combination of factors that was bad luck for the dinosaurs. Prompt questions might include: Not every prehistoric creature died. Why did some creatures survive, including frogs, crocodiles and some mammals? Many scientists think birds are descended from dinosaurs. What evidence is there? Keywords • Dinosaurs • Extinction • Theories • Asteroid • Prehistoric British Science Association Registered Charity No. 212479 and SC039236

Star level

Collections of one hour challenges recommended for children aged 3-7 years that relate to children’s everyday experiences. Find out more about this level and how to gain a CREST Award on the CREST Star page.


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SuperStar level


Collections of one hour challenges recommended for children aged 7-11 years that relate to broader situations that children are likely to have come across. Find out more about this level and how to gain a CREST Award on the CREST SuperStar page.


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