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.
Partners & Sponsors
Our generous supporters don’t just contribute financially. Most importantly, they help raise awareness of our cause through brand alignment and by promoting our goals and key messages.
From sponsorship and in-kind support to employee volunteering, there are great opportunities for you or your company to create a mutually beneficial partnership with us.
Will you help us improve the lives of Kiwi kids through access to great learning resources in primary and intermediate schools?
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.
It was amazing!!! We absolutely loved it and the kids got a real buzz out of all the activities that we did. We wish that we could have had more time but we had to share with other classes. It was so easy to use and it really brought science alive in the classroom. We are going to move into a renewable energy inquiry after such a successful, motivating and inspiring week with your kit. Thank you so much. Catherine Steenson Teacher and Learner in room 3.
Electric Future
Catherine Steenson
Marfell School
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
Great kit with all the equipment ready to go. Appreciate the handbook/ manual. Great to have the cultural link and background notes. Thank you
Sweet & Sour
Colleen Randall
Waingaro School
Absolutely engaging and easy to use. Loved the laminated cards with instructions on Able to share plans with release teacher and LA so easily. The best bit was the in-depth science knowledge explained in the resources which is often lacking in science resources where you can extend those more divergent learners.
Magnetic Madness
Stephanie Trembath
Sunny Hills School
We continued with the year 1 and 4 with a yogurt maker and ice cream maker to understand how we heated things up and cooled them down (insulation) and experimented with a yogurt maker then into an ice cream maker. This allowed them to use some of the language but in a different context. We also used it to ground their knowledge in non-fiction informational writing. Diagrams, labeling etc so not exact but a great as well. The kids would get so excited about the lessons. When I as the principal came into see what was happening the students were so excited to share their experiences and their writing on the days.
Hot Stuff
Hot Stuff
Tracy Wigzell - Principal
Ngamatapouri School
national sponsors
The organisations below help get science resources into schools across the country through sponsoring a branch and/or a resource kit on a national scale.
national supporters
The following provide valued in-kind support or discounted supplies.
