House of Science

Making a positive impact in schools across Aotearoa

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:

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Social Return On Investment

Improved mental health for students and teachers

Impact video from Napier Central School 2020 >

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.

It was a great kit to do with a large number of classes coming through – I have it for another week and have two classes using it per day. I’m doing slightly different things for the younger kids – more discussion, wonderings and really honing in on developing their observational skills. The kids were really engaged with it – I was surprised that hardly any of them had seen a Jacob’s Ladder! That’s a classic toy I would’ve thought. Anyway, great stuff and thanks.

What Do You Think?

Erin Edmonds

Silverstream School

This kit was amazing. The tamariki loved using the activities and were very engaged. The activities were at a good level and the learning outcomes were perfect for our unit we are doing. Everything was ready to go, so it saved so much time and made science accessible for me as a teacher to present to the class. Without this kit our space activities would have been very boring. Thank you very much!