why support House of Science?
Quality
We ensure a high quality product and service across all regions through comprehensive training, support and audits.
Value
We know teachers value our comprehensive solution to science through regular monitoring using online surveys.
Impact
Students are engaged, learning key science concepts and progress in literacy and numeracy as a result of our resources.
Get Involved
We rely on community involvement on many levels, from volunteering locally to deliver and maintain resource kits, to partnering with us on a national level to develop new resource kits. Every bit counts, so if you're interested in getting involved with the House of Science, get in touch!
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Volunteer with us
Are you available regularly for a few hours a week? Want to help us out? Check out our locations and sign up as a volunteer.
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Partner
Looking to partner with us to make a huge impact? Talk to us about sponsoring a school, branch, or set of resource kits.
Donation
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Give a little
Make a direct contribution through our Givealittle page to support our initiatives.
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Legacy Fund
Strengthen our lasting impact by getting in touch with the Acorn Foundation and contributing to our legacy fund.
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Global Giving
Extend your support by participating in our GlobalGiving project, ‘bringing science to all NZ kids’.
National Partner
Wright Family Foundation
The Wright Family Foundation supports individuals to achieve their full potential through education, health and environmental initiatives throughout New Zealand. The foundation has walked alongside House of Science since 2015 enabling the growth into more regions and resource translation into te reo Māori.
Conversations just went all over the show. It was great to relate what we know in our own lives and how it relates to this kit.
Flexi Physics
Willy Jephson
Dalefield School
This was the first House of Science Kit that I’ve used and I am super impressed! Great teacher material / background info, easy to follow experiments and ALL resources provided! So easy to use and the discussions that the experiments prompted were invaluable!
Spaced Out
Tamara Kirkbride
Waiau Pa School
Thank you, the students really enjoyed these activities. The Making Sherbet one was good for recalling their prior knowledge of acids etc. The kit was clean and prepared for ease of use. Throughout these activities the students asked some great questions and made some good comparisons. This learning was in the midst of working through their Science Fair projects and it has given students some good ideas for next year. Thank you again. Ngā mihi.
Sweet & Sour
Keriana McKee
Taradale Intermediate
This was a very interesting kit to use in an urban school – a lot of new learning for students and discussion around where our milk comes from. The digestive system teacher-led activity was super engaging and “yucky” (the information certainly stuck!).
Moo to you
Heidi-Ann Phillips
Napier Central School
Some great hands on activities. We were able to deliver some of these activities well for our Special Needs students. The clay model earth, plaster of paris and gem identification in particular were ideal for us. Many thanks.