Ninja Science Academy is expanding to Hawaiʻi and select destinations worldwide
A New Kind of Family Experience—Created for Your Resort
Ninja Science Academy designs founder-led residencies that bring science, movement, wellness, music, family experiences, and collaborative content into one coordinated four-week pilot—built around your property, your guests, and your team.
This is a professional guest-experience innovation partnership. We are selecting between one and three founding resorts per island.
Four-week Resort Residency · Custom Family Programming · No Long-Term Commitment · Limited Hawai'i Partnerships
The pilot at a glance
Four weeks. One tailored program. One clear decision.
A defined, measurable test of distinctive family programming—before anyone commits to a long-term agreement.
The resort opportunity
What a residency can unlock
One integrated partner
Bring science, movement, music, wellness, program design, and approved content into one coordinated pilot.
More life on property
Give families additional reasons to participate, connect, and remain at the resort.
Day-to-night programming
Connect active mornings, discovery-filled afternoons, and restorative or celebratory evenings.
Story-worthy enrichment
Transform supervised activity time into meaningful, screen-free experiences.
Distinctive family positioning
Develop a concept shaped around the resort rather than copied from a generic activity calendar.
A measured test
Evaluate participation, feedback, operational fit, and future demand before scaling.
Eight program families
Choose only what fits your property
Every residency is custom. Your clients are unique, and their experience should be too.
Science Shows
Interactive science shows and hands-on investigation.
Interactive science shows, hands-on demonstrations, family science nights, and playful investigations that turn curiosity into a shared experience. Programs scale for young children, school-age guests, teenagers, and multigenerational groups.
Ninja Challenges
Cooperative games, movement, focus, and confidence.
Cooperative games, movement challenges, obstacle activities, teamwork, focus, and confidence-building. Archery may be included only where the property, insurer, local requirements, space, equipment, and safety plan permit.
Rise & Restore
Morning movement and restorative evening practice.
Morning movement, yoga, mobility, breathwork, guided relaxation, evening restorative practice, mindfulness, and sound-based experiences designed to support energy at the start of the day and calm at its close.
Sound Baths for Family
Calming sound experiences for the whole family.
Gentle, guided sound-bath experiences designed for families to rest and reset together. Using singing bowls, chimes, voice, and mindful silence, these sessions invite guests of all ages to slow down, breathe, and connect in a low-stimulation environment. Ideal for evenings, transition moments, or as part of a wellness pathway.
Live Music Dance Party
Live music, dance, and interactive family parties.
Live music performances, original songs, rhythm games, dance experiences, family celebrations, sunset gatherings, and signature events that invite guests to move, sing, and participate together.
Creative Workshop for Young Leaders
Self-mastery, cooperation, and creative problem-solving.
Age-appropriate Music, Art & Storytelling experiences through cooperation, plus self-mastery, emotional awareness, leadership, nature exploration, and creative problem-solving—built around Awareness → Intention → Focus → Action.
Team Reset
Optional wellness sessions for resort staff.
Optional movement, breathwork, restorative, sound, and connection sessions for resort staff. These experiences are planned with leadership so they complement schedules and existing employee-wellness initiatives.
Story Studio
Approved photography, video, and storytelling.
An approved collaboration in photography, short-form video, interviews, and family-experience storytelling. Deliverables, guest releases, creative approval, usage rights, and timelines are defined before production begins.
PLANNING
A sample week
One possible rhythm. The real calendar is designed with your operations team.
| Day | Programming blocks | Daily total |
|---|---|---|
| Monday |
| 4 hours |
| Tuesday |
| 4 hours |
| Wednesday |
| 4 hours |
| Thursday |
| 3.5 hours |
| Friday |
| 4 hours |
| Saturday |
| 4 hours |
| Sunday |
| — |
Monday
- Rise & Restore movement — 1 hour
- Science Shows — 2 hours
- Family sound journey — 1 hour
Daily total: 4 hours
Tuesday
- Family mobility — 1 hour
- Ninja Challenges — 2 hours
- Young Leaders circle — 1 hour
Daily total: 4 hours
Wednesday
- Guided nature-and-science walk — 1.5 hours
- Hands-on science studio — 1.5 hours
- Live music and family rhythm — 1 hour
Daily total: 4 hours
Thursday
- Morning yoga and breath — 1 hour
- Tiny Ninja experience — 1.5 hours
- Staff Reset — 1 hour
Daily total: 3.5 hours
Friday
- Parent-and-child challenge — 1 hour
- Signature interactive science show — 1.5 hours
- Family dance celebration — 1.5 hours
Daily total: 4 hours
Saturday
- Family field games — 1.5 hours
- Open discovery studio — 1.5 hours
- Sunset restore — 1 hour
Daily total: 4 hours
Sunday
- Rest, planning, content review, and resort coordination — No public programming
Daily total: —
Weekly programming total: 23.5 hours.
Preparation, equipment care, creative production, internal coordination, and content editing occur outside the listed guest programming hours. The actual schedule may consolidate or redistribute hours based on resort needs.
The partnership exchange
A clear, professional arrangement
What the resort hosts
- Appropriate private lodging for the Rhea family for four weeks
- Daily meals or a mutually agreed meal arrangement
- Approved program spaces and reasonable operational access
- A designated resort liaison
- Agreed coordination and production support
- Permission to document only approved activities under written privacy and usage terms
- Any additional travel, supply, transportation, laundry, parking, tax, or resort-fee arrangements specified in the final agreement
What Ninja Science Academy delivers
- 20+ hours of customized guest and staff programming each week
- 80+ scheduled programming hours across the residency
- Program design adapted to the property and its guests
- Founder-led science, movement, wellness, music, and family experiences
- An agreed package of approved photo, video, or promotional content
- Attendance and feedback tracking conducted with the resort
- A post-pilot review and recommendation roadmap
- No separate professional programming fee during the founding pilot
VALUE
What comparable programming typically costs
A planning reference to support internal discussion. These are not quotes, and no engagement is priced from this table.
| Category | VOLUME | Typical market rate | PRICE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science shows and hands-on enrichment | 10–12 sessions | $400–$700/session | $4,000–$8,400 |
| Movement, games, and family recreation | 12–16 sessions | $150–$275/session | $1,800–$4,400 |
| Yoga, restorative, sound, and wellness | 12–16 group sessions | $275–$450/session | $3,300–$7,200 |
| Live music and signature family events | 3–4 events | $600–$1,300/event | $1,800–$5,200 |
| Staff or parent wellness | 3–4 sessions | $275–$450/session | $825–$1,800 |
| Program design, adaptation, and coordination | 25–35 hours | $75–$150/hour | $1,875–$5,250 |
| Approved photography/video production | Defined shoot/edit package | $3,000–$6,000/package | $3,000–$6,000 |
| Short-form content planning and editing | Defined deliverable package | $750–$2,000/package | $750–$2,000 |
Science shows and hands-on enrichment
- Volume
- 10–12 sessions
- Typical rate
- $400–$700/session
- Price range
- $4,000–$8,400
Movement, games, and family recreation
- Volume
- 12–16 sessions
- Typical rate
- $150–$275/session
- Price range
- $1,800–$4,400
Yoga, restorative, sound, and wellness
- Volume
- 12–16 group sessions
- Typical rate
- $275–$450/session
- Price range
- $3,300–$7,200
Live music and signature family events
- Volume
- 3–4 events
- Typical rate
- $600–$1,300/event
- Price range
- $1,800–$5,200
Staff or parent wellness
- Volume
- 3–4 sessions
- Typical rate
- $275–$450/session
- Price range
- $825–$1,800
Program design, adaptation, and coordination
- Volume
- 25–35 hours
- Typical rate
- $75–$150/hour
- Price range
- $1,875–$5,250
Approved photography/video production
- Volume
- Defined shoot/edit package
- Typical rate
- $3,000–$6,000/package
- Price range
- $3,000–$6,000
Short-form content planning and editing
- Volume
- Defined deliverable package
- Typical rate
- $750–$2,000/package
- Price range
- $750–$2,000
Total Programming value: approximately $20,000–$40,000+, depending on final scope.
Planning ranges are informed by published NSA pricing and publicly available provider pricing for science shows, private group yoga, sound experiences, Hawaiʻi photography and videography, live music, program development, and content production. These are not like-for-like formal quotes. Property-specific proposals require agreed scope and current local comparisons.
Planning tool
Model your own scenario
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Scenario output
- Total estimated resort pilot cost
- $9,000
- Selected replacement-value scenario
- $25,000
- Potential direct value advantage
- $16,000
- Optional program-revenue scenario
- $0
- Optional room-revenue scenario
- $0
- Combined illustrative value
- $25,000
- Proposed value-to-cost ratio
- 2.8×
Planning scenario only. All outputs depend on user-entered assumptions and are not promises, forecasts, or guarantees. Revenue is not profit. Taxes, commissions, variable costs, displacement, and attribution are not modeled.
Marketing collaboration
Approved content, defined in advance
Deliverables, releases, review rounds, ownership, and usage rights are agreed before any camera is switched on.
Possible deliverables
- A short residency highlight film
- Vertical social clips
- Curated edited photographs
- Founder or resort-team interviews
- A signature-program teaser
- Family-experience storytelling concepts
- An approved asset library for future campaigns
Cultural respect
Local knowledge leads
Ninja Science Academy does not claim authority over Native Hawaiian, Indigenous, or local culture. Where programming connects to place, language, ecology, or tradition, it is developed with resort guidance and, where appropriate, alongside local cultural or environmental practitioners—with their consent and credit.
Operational readiness
What we align on before confirmation
Every item below is documented in the pilot agreement, so operations, safety, and legal teams can review with confidence.
- Insurance and documentation requirements
- Background checks and child-safety practices
- Parent-presence, resort-staff supervision, and any licensing requirements
- Participant ages, capacity, accessibility, and inclusion
- Spaces, utilities, storage, equipment, setup, and breakdown
- Waivers and activity-specific safety measures
- Weather and cancellation contingencies
- Photography releases, privacy, ownership, and content usage
- Local permits and restrictions
- Cultural review
- Resort liaison and communication process
- Attendance, feedback, and success measurement
The pilot process
Eight steps from conversation to decision
- 01
Discovery conversation
We learn about the property, guests, team, existing programs, and goals.
- 02
Guest-experience assessment
Together we identify useful gaps and opportunities.
- 03
Experience selection
We choose the most relevant science, movement, wellness, music, staff, and content elements.
- 04
Four-week design
NSA builds a practical schedule, requirements list, creative brief, and measurement plan.
- 05
Hosted residency
We deliver, observe, communicate, and adapt within the agreed scope.
- 06
Approved content production
We capture only the people and moments cleared for production.
- 07
Results review
Both teams examine participation, feedback, operations, and opportunity.
- 08
Choose what comes next
Conclude the pilot, refine it, or negotiate a paid seasonal or long-term partnership. There is no automatic obligation.
Measurement
How we judge the pilot together
- Attendance and participation by experience type
- Guest and family feedback collected with the resort
- Staff feedback and operational fit
- Repeat participation across the four weeks
- Interest in premium or ticketed formats
- Approved content performance, where the resort chooses to share it
- A written post-pilot recommendation roadmap
If it works
Where a successful pilot can lead
- Seasonal or recurring residencies
- Paid weekly family programming
- Holiday and school-break packages
- Signature family-experience weekends
- Wellness and family retreats
- Science-and-nature destination programs
- Resort-branded children’s experiences
- Staff training or licensed curriculum
- Ticketed premium events
- Long-term educator-, artist-, or family-programming residencies
- Collaborative content campaigns
None of these paths is automatic. Each would be negotiated separately.
Resort partnership FAQ
Questions leadership teams ask
Selected founding partners do not pay a separate professional programming fee during the four-week pilot. The resort hosts the Rhea family through agreed lodging and meals and provides the spaces, liaison, and operational support defined in the pilot agreement. Other travel, production, supply, and property-specific costs are negotiated before confirmation.
Not automatically. The supervision model depends on the specific activity, age group, resort policy, local law, licensing, insurance, and written scope. Programs may be family-participation experiences, parent-present activities, or resort-staff-supported sessions. NSA will not represent a program as drop-off childcare unless every applicable requirement is satisfied.
No. The best pilot is selective. We build the calendar around your guests, brand, facilities, existing teams, and objectives.
Yes. The residency is designed as an enhancement. We collaborate with existing teams, avoid duplicating strong programs, and look for places where an integrated science, movement, music, or wellness experience can add value.
The goal is 20+ scheduled programming hours per week and 80+ across four weeks. Final hours, formats, closures, weather contingencies, illness, cancellation terms, and substitutions must be defined in the signed scope.
The final agreement specifies the number and type of assets, production days, editing, review rounds, delivery, ownership, usage rights, releases, and privacy restrictions. Marketing collaboration should not be interpreted as unlimited production.
Local knowledge leads. NSA does not claim authority over Native Hawaiian, Indigenous, or local culture. Place-connected programming is created with resort guidance and, where appropriate, local cultural or environmental practitioners.
We review the results together. Either party may conclude the collaboration, refine the model, or negotiate a separate paid seasonal, recurring, licensing, training, retreat, or long-term residency agreement.
Deep customization takes time. Limiting the initial group of partners protects quality, preserves meaningful differentiation, and allows us to learn with each partner rather than repeat one generic package everywhere.
We consider family demographics, programming goals, brand and mission alignment, facilities, operational readiness, cultural approach, travel timing, hosting arrangements, and the potential for a mutually valuable long-term relationship.
Founding cohort
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