Egg drop can be good, you can get cheap straws at some of the stationary shops. You might want to do it in groups though. I tried to do one in elementary school during a summer camp and the students didn't seem to want to to it on their own.

You could do something about the different states of matter. Ice-->Water-->Steam sort of thing. You can make some non-Newtonian fluid very easily with starch and water. I couldn't find corn starch, but potato starch was cheap and really easy to find. It can be a bit messy but the students are really interested by the way it acts both like a solid and a liquid under different circumstances.


You can make a natural litmus test using the water from boiled red cabbage.


Building towers of straws, give each team the same amount of straws and around a meter of tape. See who can build the tallest tower and the sturdiest one (earthquake test.

Static electricity, get some balloon and demonstrate how you can get them to stick to surfaces. If you can have some running water the static on a balloon will bend the stream.

Look at different optical illusions. Show how by moving static images you can trick the eye into seeing motion.
Bird in a cage
http://www.howcast.com/videos/148840-How-to-Create-a-Phenakistoscope Phenakistoscope
http://www.howcast.com/videos/169724-How-to-Create-a-Zoetrope Zoetrope

Create a partial vacuum to suck an egg into a bottle.


Make an electromagnet.
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/content/kitchenscience/exp/electromagnet/

Make a simple motor.


Liquid density experiment.


Paper airplane distance contest.

Hopefully if the results are surprising or interesting they'll stick with it. Maybe save the more interesting ones for last and use it like a carrot on a stick. So if they do well on the early stuff they can do a big mentos and diet coke sort of thing.

Assign them to teams and make competitions, if you have the same kids for all 4 sessions you could make them the champions. Something like trying to build a strong bridge with limited materials that can hold the most weight. Do some experiments that are fun to observe, then do a long one that takes some critical thinking to find an innovative solution.

I'm not sure either, but I'm told that I will be doing a physics themed summer camp, so have been gathering ideas.

There's some stuff, short videos/worksheets on various stuff at bogglesworldesl.com/esl_science

and you could use some simple videos/ ideas from
pbs.org/teachers/classroom
the scigirls series will have fun experiments, etc., on it.

Apart from that maybe throw in a little 'The Big Bang Theory', especially the pranks they set-up.

As far as the practical is concerned, it depends on your budget. You may just have enough to get the kids making trebuchets, and playfully studying projectiles. I'm guessing there's no point in dreaming of getting liquid nitrogen, and getting to play with superconductivity! Oh well.

Energy transference with mouse traps and ping pong balls?

You could always try the alien egg experiment to take up a little class time over 2-3 days...

Do the traditional volcano experiment with baking soda and vinegar.

Get the students to make their own volcano from paper mache, paint it, then make lava!


If you can get your hands on popsicle sticks do a bridge making contest.
My middle school did this project every year and it was a competition between classes to see who could build the strongest bridge. At the end test them all in a competition by putting heavy objects on them.
(one was so strong that it took two grown ups to stand on it before it broke apart)
Last bridge standing wins!

My school is experimenting with an English immersion class, so I get to teach 20 minutes of a Korean science class every other week for M1, M2 and M3. They give me the topics, so some of them are good and some suck. 

Kids also get really into making foldables (like mnemonic origami).  So try googling science foldables for some awesome ideas about things kids can fold and label instead of worksheets.

Also, you could check out some of the science-y TEDtalks.  They all have Korean subtitles so they can be used for all levels (that are old enough to understand the concepts). 

These are the lessons I've done so far, they are only supposed to go for 20 minutes, but most of the time I'm a bit rushed, so you can stretch some a little longer and build off these: Igneous rocks, Layers of the Earth, Specific Heat, Thermal Expansion, Five Senses (although I only did sight due to time constraints), and Drugs and the Brain.

I've been considering a science based English camp after I saw these videos

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/bubbling-lava-lamp#video

http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/milk-color-explosion#video

Can anyone suggest a science/space movie suitable for 6th Grade elementary?

Quote from: karminiteacher on June 20, 2017, 11:32:39 AM

Can anyone suggest a science/space movie suitable for 6th Grade elementary?

Are we talking realistic science/space movies or more fantastical?

If the latter then there's a bunch.  Wall-E being the one that comes to mind the quickest.

Hmm I would prefer something fantastical and realistic. I didn't really want to show an animation. Thanks for the suggestion :)

Quote from: Subiaco on June 20, 2017, 01:35:02 PM

Quote from: karminiteacher on June 20, 2017, 11:32:39 AM

Can anyone suggest a science/space movie suitable for 6th Grade elementary?

Are we talking realistic science/space movies or more fantastical?

If the latter then there's a bunch.  Wall-E being the one that comes to mind the quickest.

Hmm I would prefer something fantastical and realistic. I didn't really want to show an animation. Thanks for the suggestion :)

maybe this site could give you some ideas....

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/reviews/age/11/age/12/age/13/category/movie/genre/science-fiction-4561

This is a list of just science fiction movies in general; not just space.
The Martian might be another one that's good and would have korean subtitles somewhere.