Resource Library

Professional Development

Student Programmes

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Resource Library

Our Tauranga library of Primary School Science Resource kits...

Cover a vast range of relevant topics
Include at least 5 hands-on experiments, catering for Year 1-8 students
Are easy to use - everything a teacher needs is in the kit, including all consumables
Include bi-lingual student instructions and teacher manual
Are fully aligned with the NZ curriculum and many reflect current National Science research

We also have a range of kits for senior secondary science classes. These include state-of-the-art wireless PASCO sensors.

Kits are booked for one week at a time and are delivered to/collected from our member schools.

Professional Development

Every term the House of Science team delivers FREE Professional Development sessions for all teachers of our member schools. Come along to see new House of Science resources, meet your colleagues, discuss developments in science education and eat great food!

Your local House of Science General Manager sends regular e-newsletters with the dates, times and topics of these sessions. If you are not already on the mailing list, email her now!

Student Programmes

House of Science Tauranga offers a range of extra-curricular programmes aimed at engaging children in hands-on science activities. These include:

After school programmes: Mon 5-7 year olds, Tue & Wed 8-12 year olds
Holiday programmes: Science & Robotics

Each term we cover a new topic. Students attend a term of 8 sessions ($220), or a full week in the holidays ($255).

To register your child(ren), please click here.

We also run a very successful robotics club for students aged 10 to 18. They use the VEX robots and compete in local, national and international tournaments.

Click here to learn more about the robotics club.

Get involved

As a charitable trust we rely heavily on community support. This comes in many forms and we would love to hear from you if you are interested in any of the following:

Volunteering (driving our delivery van, helping maintain resource kits, administration, ...)
Donating financially
Sponsoring a resource kit
Sponsoring a school membership
Sponsoring a child to attend one of our programmes

Please get in touch so we can discuss this further.

About us

Science Resource Library

National Partners

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About us

House of Science is passionate about inspiring young New Zealanders' interest in science through tangible learning experiences. We are a charitable trust providing quality science resources to schools and professional learning for teachers to promote positive engagement with science in all its forms.

Teachers, students and the wider community can access our diverse programmes and educational materials including

A comprehensive science resource library for primary schools
Teacher professional development
Annual science conference

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Science Resource Library

Our Resource Kits

Cover a vast range of relevant topics
Include at least 5 hands-on experiments, catering for Year 1-8 students
Are easy to use: everything a teacher needs is in the kit, including all consumables
Include bi-lingual student instructions and teacher manual (English and Te Reo)
Are fully aligned with the NZ Curriculum and many reflect current National Science research

Kits are booked for one week at a time and are delivered to/collected from our member schools.

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National Partners

The House of Science has grown rapidly from our origins in Tauranga to a national organisation. This has been possible thanks to a generous partnership with the Wright Family Foundation, a charitable trust committed to the growth and development of all New Zealanders through education in various forms.

Since 2016 new House of Science resource kits are being developed in collaboration with ESR, AgResearch, the MacDiarmid institute, Z Energy, the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment and other national science organisations.

We also receive generous support form the Lottery Grants Board and Curious Minds.

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