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