Frequently Asked Questions

Each of the House of Science resource kits contain at least 5 hands-on experiments, catering for Year 0-8 students. They are easy to use because everything a teacher needs is in the kit, including all the equipment and consumables. All kits also include bilingual student instructions and teacher manual.

Each House of Science region services a set number of schools. Eligible schools subscribe through this link. There are three membership tiers which are allocated depending on the number of Year 1 to 8 students; Bronze (1 kit), Silver (2 kits) and Gold (3 kits). Extra consumables are supplied if required.

Kits are booked online via our website and delivered to the school for three weeks at a time. The House of Science team distribute, collect and maintain the kits.

All New Zealand schools with students in Years 1 to 8, who deliver the New Zealand Curriculum or Te Marautanga o Aotearoa can access our programme free of charge. For more information and to sign up, please click here.

Other schools and homeschool groups can access our service for a fee, based on the number of students (school roll). Please contact us for more information.

Our national reach is growing quickly as we roll out our programme over the course of 2026. Feel free to contact us to find out when we plan to open a centre near you.

Our comprehensive kit library covers a large number of topics in a variety of engaging contexts. During 2026 our development team will be aligning the existing kits to the new curriculum and developing new kits to ensure complete coverage of all the elements.  Our online Teacher Support Packages have a wealth of information showing how each kit links to the curriculum. Feel free to contact us for more information and support.

All our kits are bilingual. Kits developed pre-2026 have been used by many kura for the last 12 years, these will continue to be available to all schools and kura. Currently, a new library of kits specifically created for the TMoA is being developed.

Our Teacher Professional Learning and Development (PLD) programme has many facets:
1. Every kit has a teacher manual with background science information, curriculum links, safety information and extension ideas.
2. Each kit has a dedicated teacher support page, with electronic copies of the teacher manual and student activities, common misconceptions and much more. Teachers need to log-in to access this material.
3. As we roll out our programme nationally in 2026, we will be employing regionally based Science Advisors. They will support teachers with planning their science programme, ensuring they understand how the science kits link to the new curriculum and help with any other queries.

If you belong to a homeschool group with at least 10 students in years 1-8 who teach to the NZC/TMoA then you can access our kits free of charge. If you are a group that teaches to another approved curriculum you may have to pay to access the kits. Please contact us so we can confirm your access and provide more details.

Our regional branches all welcome sponsorship, donations, grants and volunteers. If you or someone you know has time available to help deliver, collect or maintain resource kits we would love to hear from you! We are always on the look-out for new financial partners, from sponsoring a resource kit in a branch through to partnering at a national scale, we would love to chat! Please contact us for more information.

The library concept we use means all resources are shared between a large number of schools. This means the equipment is not gathering dust on a resource room shelf. We choose non-disposable plastic containers as they are robust and light. Our containers are recycled in-house where practical and taken to a recycling centre at the end of their useful life.