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Pioneer puzzles – can you solve them all?


At Sci-Tech, we call our campers during our inaugural summer “pioneer campers,” as they’re our first campers ever exploring uncharted territory! Solve all of the puzzles to unlock the message that will tell you what our pioneer camper gift is – you’ll get one of these great gifts after you register for summer 2018!

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7 Decades of Innovation in Israel: The Pioneer Years

7 Decades of Innovation in Israel: The Pioneer Years

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Water is essential to human life and Israel is more than 60% desert. During the years the State of Israel was being established, pioneers faced the challenge of creating a self-sufficient society in an environment without easy access to food or water.
The answer? Innovation.

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Women Facing West: Standing up to Gender Discrimination at the Western Wall

Women Facing West: Standing up to Gender Discrimination at the Western Wall


One of the core values that was seamlessly incorporated into the Sci-Tech Israel program that helped to inspire the creation of Women Facing West was kesher, or connection. Further deepening my connection to Judaism by visiting Israel, as well as maintaining my connection to my Jewish community in California, I have been able to shed light on this extremely controversial subject within my own community, and will hopefully bring about change to the archaic Orthodox traditions that prevent women from praying freely at the Western Wall.

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Q&A with West's Roller Coaster Physics Instructor

Q&A with West's Roller Coaster Physics Instructor


I feel as if I have always had an interest, as long as I can remember. I certainly took risks with experiments when I was a kid, and enjoyed watching science shows like an old BBC show called “Connections” or PBS NOVA (these were the shows before the Discovery or Science Channels). I have always had an inquisitive nature and curiosity about the world and how it works.

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