Is the Project ethical?

CREST projects must meet commonly accepted ethical standards. Students must consider these before a project involving human or animal participants can be approved.

Considering ethics is a very good learning experience for students. 

If you need ethics approval, you must apply for and obtain approval before you begin your investigation.

Animal Ethics: Information on the animal ethics, the definition of an animal within the Animal Welfare Act, guidelines, examples and application forms can be found at http://www.nzase.org.nz/ethics.html

Human Ethics: A checklist of procedures for students and teachers, application form and example of an Informed Consent can be found  http://www.rsnz.org/education/science_fairs/humanethicscode.php
 
All Human ethics applications are to be sent to:

Human Ethics
CREST
P.O. Box 598
Wellington 6140