Help us to empower teachers to raise the scientific literacy of students in your region
A small community based science charity wanting to make a big difference by increasing the scientific literacy of our regions students.
Waikato
Having started in Term 3 of 2018, we are just about to celebrate our 7th birthday! We have grown from servicing 5 schools and delivering 25 kits in 2018 to servicing 47 schools and 3 'out of classroom' groups and delivering 854 kits in 2024! On average we reach over 2,500 students per fortnight.
Our unique educational model is designed to bring practical hands-on science into Year 0 to 8 classrooms. Each fortnight we deliver science resource kits that includes everything an educator needs (bilingual teacher manual, student activity cards, and all equipment and consumables) to teach a science concept to a group of 30+ students in a fun and engaging way. Each kit contains at least 5 activities covering a wide range of topics including climate change, nanotechnology, ocean ecosystems, microbes and bacteria etc.
It is important that the next generation grow up scientifically literate to be able to make informed decisions for themselves, their family and their community. While New Zealand’s future prosperity relies on our ability to embrace scientific discoveries and advanced technologies.
Primary and intermediate aged children, regardless of their geographical location or teaching environment, should have the opportunity to explore, experiment and investigate science in all its forms. Young people deserve to be encouraged in their natural curiosity and be taught how to think, question and problem solve as they discover.
About us
We provide comprehensive, high quality hands on bi-lingual science resources to Primary & Intermediate schools in the Hamilton and Central Waikato regions with the purpose of empowering teachers to increase their students scientific literacy.
Use of funds
Every $3,000 dollars will be used to sponsor a bi-lingual science kit. This allows us to maintain our kits to the high standard that our branch has become to be known for and purchase new and extra copies of kits as they become available.
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Help us sponsor a bilingual science resource kit 22 August 2023
For every $3,000 raised, we are able to either purchase a new, or re-sponsor an existing bi-lingual House of Science resource kit. Each sponsorship enables us to keep reaching more students in the Central Waikato area.
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Thank you very much Jenny for your donation. The next generation definitly do need access to high quality science lessons. We appreciate your suppport
Thank you very much Whitley, I am glad you had a lovely time. That was definitely a fun night and would certainly be keen to do another one to help spread the word about us.
Hi Cara. Thank you very much for your generous donation. We are very glad you enjoyed the session. I loved how the staff got right into it! Everyone looked like they were having a great time :D
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