Ci 3.0 SUMMERy
Another camp summer is history. We praise the Lord for the team, the program, the campers, the families and most of all the eternal results of Ci 3.0. 

Our theme for Ci 3.0 was energy. We looked at what it is, where it comes from, what we do with it, how it works. Some of the favorite STEM activities were the following:

• Energy Theater - Campers acted out energy transformations and transfers as a unit of energy.
• Solar Oven - Campers designed and created an object that would use the energy from the sun to cook s’mores.
• Food Energy - Campers measured and computed the amount of calories a piece of food would provide for our bodies.
• Robotics - Campers designed and programmed their own EV3 Lego Robot.
• Rube Goldberg Machines - Campers built their own Rube Goldberg machine that would use energy or momentum transfers to ring a bell.
• Data Analysis - After watching Felix Baumgartner's historic jump, we graphed his descent as well as discussed how to interpret a graph and predict using a graph.
• Drone Racing - Campers learned the technology behind drones and were taught how to safely control a drone in flight. The obstacle course consisted of flying a drone through a series of rings.

Here's a summary list of firsts from Ci 3.0:

• Kids Camp -- This camp was a huge hit for campers grades 3-6 and will result in future campers for our teen overnight camps.
• Family Camp -- The parents LOVED experiencing robotics and STEM along with their children. None of them had ever built a robot with their kids!! 
• AiG Volunteer Program -- We were able to donate 150 man hours of labor to Answers in Genesis during one of our Teen Day camps as the number of campers was lower than expected. This was a special blessing for me as it allowed us to express our appreciation to AiG for the many ways they support Ci in the mission God has called us to!!
• Intern -- Our first time for one of our counselors to do an internship at AiG!! One of our girls, a physics major, who first attended our Ci 2.0 College Apologetics Camp, is doing an internship under Dr. Danny Faulkner!!! We are excited to see how this works out in the hopes of doing more of these in the future. One of our challenges as we attract talented counselors is that we can't offer them an entire summer of work yet. An internship is very attractive to some. 
• Largest Week of Camp!! -- 46 at our 7-day! We maxed out the resources of Potter's Ranch, so we now know our enrollment limits for this property. 
• First time to have overnight campers who were day campers at Ci 2.0!!! This model seems to work well. 
• Campers from Home School Conferences - This summer was the first time to have several campers come after attending one of our Robotics & God workshops at a home school conference (we attended 5 in 2016).
• Our Sponsorship of the Camp Infinity Fossil Find @ Ark Encounter went live this week!!! We are working on an efficient way to capture contact information from those who see or participate in this cool, biblically-accurate, God-honoring STEM activity!!