VICTA Young Achievers Award

Young Achievers Award

Science

The first theme of the Young Achievers award is Science! Time to unlock your inner scientist and get experimenting…

To earn your first pin badge, you need to complete 3 science related tasks between January and March.

Your set activity you need to complete

For each theme you will find there is one activity that has been set by VICTA that you need to complete. The other two activities are your choice.

For Science you will need to complete one of the challenges on the 2023 VICTA online Science Fair. There are lots of challenges and tasks to choose from. Make sure you take photographs and videos of you trying out the experiments to use as evidence for your Young Achiever’s award! Visit: VICTA Science Fair Under 10s – VICTA

Science activity ideas!

You could… attend a science centre using VICTA’s facilitated ticket offer, join a science club (either at school or elsewhere), or create a fact file on a scientist.

We’ve put together some activity ideas and opportunities for the science theme below to help you get started. Don’t forget, if you’d like to come up with your own ideas, that’s brilliant too. Once you have completed 3 tasks, complete the evidence submission form at the bottom of this page so we can see what you’ve been up to.

Find out what would be the best material to make a frisbee out of that you can find in your home

Complete a MET Office DIY Task (coming soon in Science Fair resources)

Sciencedipity online session with Ruth from Microbiology society

Join a Science Club – at school or virtually

Can you design a ‘boat’ that will hold an egg and not sink?

Take part in a science workshop/talk/programme

Create a fact file on a famous scientist

Do plants need soil to grow?

Explore on stem.org

Brian Cox Royal Society Science Challenges

Visit a science centre or museum: Such as – History of Science Museum Oxford, Science Museum London, Winchester Science Centre, National Space Centre Leicester

Terms and conditions

  • The Young Achievers Award is open to children aged 10 and under who are registered or are registrable as blind or partially sighted
  • Entrants must be permanent residents of the UK
  • For each theme, entrants must complete three activities – one set by VICTA and two of their choice
  • Evidence submission must be completed by a parent/carer
  • By submitting evidence for the award, you agree to your photos/videos, your child’s name and age being used by VICTA, including being displayed on the VICTA website, on our social media channels and on charity emails
  • Please note, the actual badges and medal you receive might differ to the ones in the illustrations

Enter your VICTA Young Achievers Science challenges

Click or drag files to this area to upload. You can upload up to 2 files.

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