School Impact
House of Science has been supporting New Zealand primary and intermediate schools for over 10 years. Evidence collected over many surveys, assessments and interviews consistently shows:
$1:$10.20
Social Return On Investment
Improved mental health for students and teachers
ImpactLab Report 2024 >
Our kits ignite curiosity & shape future scientists
Improved teacher confidence
Student progress in science, numeracy & literacy
95%
Of teachers say that they have increased their understanding of science thanks to House of Science.
87%
Of teachers understand more about what science they need to teach their students and have access to appropriate resources.
97%
Of teachers report most or all students engaged as a result of using our Science Kits.

Whether the activities are hard or easy our tamariki can access them at the level they are learning at and get interest and enjoyment from them. They always help us ask and answer questions and expand our thinking and they are hands-on and well-organised and appealing.
Big Blue Future
Big Blue Future
Joy Makene
Bledisloe School
We absolutly loved using the Space Out Science Kit. The students really enjoyed the activities and learning opportunities available. As the teacher, I found it easy to follow through the lessons/activities and thought the kit was well resourced and set up – it was simple and fun!
Spaced Out
Laura Erskine
Arthur Miller School
Great hands on and informative activities that covered many science concepts. Helpful teachers manual. The students thoroughly enjoyed it and it was suitable for diversity in learning abilities.
Who-Dunnit
Wendy Gibson
Opawa School
The tamariki loved this Science kit, they were able to look at some of the food in a different way, the experiments were awesome. Nga mihi nui ki a koe, koutou ko nga tangata I awhina ki te whakahaere tenei mahi Putaiao.
Food for Thought
Robyn Davey
Tamarongo 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







