Ci Campers Advanced to LEGO League World Championship!

Our two kids Aiden & Emma Hobson were first introduced to Mindstorm Legos at camp infinity a few years ago. My son especially became obsessed with them and robotics and decided he wanted to form his own lego league team. He and my daughter started a team this past season that consisted of mostly homeschool kids with no other options for a team. They were able to win the regional competition…and against all odds this little rag tag homeschool team then went on to win the Ky State Championship and were invited to compete in the Lego League World Championship ...

We are pleased to announce our newest member of Ci 6.0 summer staff!!

Here’s what Caleb shared about why he’s excited to teach at Ci this summer.  "I am a senior at Cedarville University, pursuing a degree in Chemistry Education and a minor in Biblical Studies. During my senior year of high school, I felt called to become a high school chemistry teacher and have been blessed to teach a variety of students and topics ranging from third grade Social Studies to AP Chemistry. I’m excited to serve as a STEM teacher this summer at Ci and look forward to the opportunity to build STEM curriculum based on a Christian worldview. I am ...

Scholarships Available for Ci 6.0 (Summer 2019)

God has blessed Ci with an amazing group of donors who love what we do and how we do it. Recognizing that the cost of a Ci summer camp experience is higher than the typical Bible camp experience, but less than typical STEM camps, we offer scholarship discounts to those who qualify. For more details just send us an email and share a little bit about your child's interest in STEM from a biblical worldview. 

Spring 2019 Newsletter

We have big news to announce to all our campers and their families. This news is both exciting and bittersweet, but we trust it is the Lord’s leading and it will be the beginning of an incredible new chapter in the history of Camp Infinity. [READ MORE] In just a few short months, Ci 6.0 kicks off as we welcome our first group of campers. We’re excited to meet our 2019 campers and thought we’d start the introductions now by letting you get to know our Ci 6.0 counselors.  [READ MORE] A huge part of Ci is our partnership with ...

Are We There Yet? Improvements in Astronomy Technology

Danny R Faulkner I began to seriously study astronomy a half-century ago. I was in my freshman year of high school. The Apollo program was nearing its climax with the soon to be landing of the Apollo 11 on the lunar surface that summer. Many other circumstances in my life were focusing my attention on the passion for astronomy that I already had. It was a heady time. And life seemed so much simpler back then. Most households had only one telephone, and it was either attached to a wall in the kitchen or to a cord and was sitting ...

Trust in Lord and He Will Direct Your Paths

  By Ben Torkelson   A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. (Proverbs 16:9) Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. (Proverbs 3:5­–6) As a young man, I learned these verses and believed them, but one of the great joys of living life is watching the truths we know come to life. These verses became vividly true after I moved my family from Alaska to Kentucky and started my new job as a handyman in ...

Why Did We Choose The Human Body for Our Ci 6.0 Theme?

For each summer camp we choose a theme to structure our activities around. Each theme must be relevant in terms of STEM and have a direct tie-in to apologetics (faith-defense), biblical worldview, and what’s happening in our culture and in science. We take something that has been grossly misrepresented in our culture through false or inaccurate scientific claims and look at it through the lens of Scripture. Our 2019 theme for our sixth camp is the human body. With the increase in biological and machine interfaces, as well as a society that is becoming more willing to kill innocent babies for ...

Cincinnati Museum Center Reopens for 2019

The Creation Museum and Ark Encounter aren’t the only Northern Kentucky attractions to get upgrades. In previous years, Ci has taken campers to the Cincinnati Museum Center, a massive museum located in a beautiful old train station, Union Terminal, in Cincinnati. But in 2016 they closed for renovations, so we have been taking campers to the museum at Big Bone Lick State Park instead. These museum tours serve as part of our competing worldviews teaching. We highlight how the same evidence is presented at both the Creation Museum and a secular science museum but two completely different interpretations are reached ...

Exciting Upgrades at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter

A huge part of Ci is our partnership with Answers in Genesis and their two themed attractions, the Creation Museum and the Ark Encounter. Much of our camp takes place at the Creation Museum and our overnight camps also tour the nearby Ark Encounter. Since Ci 5.0 some things have changed at both attractions and we looked forward to experiencing these new upgrades with our campers: 4D Special Effects Theater. The Creation Museum now has a spectacular, totally refurbished 4D theater. It features the latest in 3D technology—including infrared 3D glasses—as well as special effects such as rumbling seats, wind, ...

Introducing the Ci 6.0 Counselors

In just a few short months, Ci 6.0 kicks off as we welcome our first group of campers. We’re excited to meet our 2019 campers and thought we’d start the introductions now by letting you get to know our Ci 6.0 counselors. Nathan Dwire I am a Freshman Zoo and Wildlife Biology major at Bob Jones University. I am very excited about the opportunity to serve at such a unique camp this summer. I can’t wait to help my campers learn more about STEM and about their Creator. This camp’s position of teaching STEM from a Christian worldview provides a ...

Big Changes For Camp Infinity

We have big news to announce to all our campers and their families. This news is both exciting and bittersweet, but we trust it is the Lord’s leading and it will be the beginning of an incredible new chapter in the history of Camp Infinity. Here’s the big news: Dan Wooster, the founder of Ci and the director for the past five years, has made the very difficult decision to step down as director. Living in Greenville, South Carolina, while directing a camp in Northern Kentucky, as well as hosting mobile and mini camps around the country, has demanded hundreds ...

MRI Inventor Endorses Ci

“I believe that evolution is a lie designed to weaken people’s faith in the accuracy of the Bible. This is why I am so excited to tell you about an unprecedented opportunity for young people who are interested in science & technology. My friend Dan Wooster, has started a new organization called Camp Infinity. This is not just any camp, but one that teaches a biblical worldview of science and technology.”  - Dr Raymond Damadian, MRI Inventor

Where Are They Now?

It’s so neat each year to see how God takes a group of college students, with very different backgrounds, and knits them close together as they serve Him by serving our campers. Here’s a look at how God is using them today.  Becca (Ci 1.0 & 2.0) - I’m teaching high school math in MD and having a blast! Sean (Ci 3.0) - I am currently working as a laboratory technician at a doctor’s office where I primarily draw blood and perform tests on biological samples, and I am planning on continuing my education to become a medical laboratory scientist. ...

Ci Relationships

We couldn’t do what we do at Ci without our partnership with several other ministries. It’s amazing to see how God brings ministries and individuals together to accomplish His will. Here are just some of the ministries with whom we partner: Answers in Genesis. AiG is the world’s leading creation apologetics organization. Their world-class speakers and researchers boldly declare the authority of God’s Word and provide Christians with answers to the skeptical questions of our day. During camp each year, campers will hear from AiG speakers and have an opportunity to ask questions and dive deeper. The Creation Museum. Built ...

Ci by the Numbers

Since starting six years ago, we’ve been able to reach and impact thousands of young people with the message of biblical authority, apologetics training, and hands-on STEM. Here are some of the numbers: Social Media reach: • Facebook fans: 1853 (If you haven’t already, go like our Facebook for updates!) • Total posts since we started: 1492 • Total impressions this year: 251,845 • Total engagements this year: 3562 Email and Newsletter reach: • Emailing list (bits): 3600 • Mailing list (atoms): 2300 Campers impacted: • Total campers: 3174    o Ci Summer camps: 655    o Ci Mobile camps: ...

Ci Board Welcomes Dr Jeremy Ervin

The board of Camp Infinity is excited to welcome Dr. Jeremy Ervin as our newest board member. Dr. Ervin is the Dean of the School of Education at Cedarville University and brings his experience of teaching K-12 teachers, and his specialty in teaching math, science, and STEM literacy to Ci.  Dr. Ervin has been very involved with assisting our teaching in the integration of biblical truth with our STEM activities. He ensures each of our chosen activities is truly STEM. Many of the STEM toys or activities on the market aren’t actually STEM, they just claim to be. Dr. Ervin ...

Want to Be a Counselor with Ci? Apply to Be a CIT

We’re excited to announce a new initiative from Camp Infinity designed for campers who’ve just graduated from high school, will be entering a STEM major in college, and are interested in becoming Ci summer counselors. This new program is CIT, “counselor in training.” CIT is designed to help young people, who are pursuing a STEM education and career, become ideal STEM and apologetics counselors with Ci.  This is a great gap program between completing high school and starting college. Not only will young people be encouraged in their faith and love of STEM before they make the big transition to ...

Orbital Mechanics of Spacecraft

Recently, the Parker Solar Probe made history by being the fastest man-made rocket ever. Rocket scientist Jeremy McCauley provides an inside peek at this fascinating launch toward our sun. Thank God He both created the heavens with orbits and chose to make them in a way we can analyze. Because of the way He has designed the heavens, we can use mathematics to produce orbital mechanics.  Orbital mechanics is a wonderful application of mathematics directly to a physical application. Gravitational orbits are well defined and consistent, based upon ellipses with the planet or sun as one of the two focal ...

Counselor Training Week Key To Ci Success

It’s not just our teachers who train to serve at Ci. Our counselors all go through an intense week of training, equipping them to serve our campers, answering their questions, and directing them toward Christ and His Word. Here’s what one of our counselors, Brook, had to say about this week, as well as her experience as a counselor (content slightly edited for clarity):  Throughout the 2 1/2 weeks I felt as though I gained valuable communication skills. The comradery and encouragement with the group was incredible, proving that a group from so many different backgrounds could have a common ...

Working for Ci and Ark Encounter

For the first time this year, several of our camp counselors took advantage of a new opportunity to work at the Ark Encounter, the full-size Noah’s Ark attraction in Williamstown, KY, before, after, and between camps. This gave them a unique job for the summer. Here’s what one of our counselors, Isaac, had to say about this experience (content edited slightly for clarity): While working at the Ark Encounter in guest services, I sold tickets at Admissions, monitored people in the Ark (helping them figure where they need to go), and ran the fossil sluice and camel rides ticketing building. ...

Meeting A Real Rocket Scientist

A highlight of overnight camp each year is career night. On the Wednesday evening of overnight camp we bring in outside speakers from various industries or academia to help campers understand different career paths, available jobs, and the schooling needed in STEM. This helps campers find direction for the future and perhaps alerts them to fields they didn’t even know existed.  Over the years we’ve hosted rocket scientists, cyber security engineers, college deans, college math professors, the inventor of the MRI, and others. Each of these presenters has encouraged our campers to continue in STEM and has gladly answered any ...

Encouraging Young People to Stay in STEM

Are you considering sending your child to Camp Infinity but not sure if it’s worth the investment? Well, consider this. Many children have a natural interest in STEM. They love knowing how things work and creatively coming up with solutions to their own problems. But, if their interest isn’t encouraged and they aren’t actively learning STEM, many kids lose interest and don’t end up studying and working in a STEM field. And statistically this is especially true of girls and minority groups.  So how can we encourage these young people to stay in STEM? STEM camps! The Chronicle for Higher ...

What are Parents Saying About the Ci Investment

Camp Infinity is an investment in the life, faith, and intellectual growth of your child. But it’s an investment worth making. But don’t take our word for it! Hear it from the parents of some of our campers from this past summer:   It’s worth every penny!  He said his faith is stronger than ever...that’s worth every dollar! My only advice would be to tell parents to consider camp tuition an investment in their student. College will be a huge expense. Any exposure to technology in earlier years may help them to narrow down choices when it comes time to selecting a ...

How You Can Help Ci

A little over 20 years ago (1995), while I was teaching computer science at Bob Jones University, I met the father of one of my freshman students. This father’s name was Ken Ham and that year he founded the ministry of Answers in Genesis, now the world’s leading creation apologetics ministry. I would very quickly come to learn Ken’s passion was twofold: Teaching others about the authority of God’s Word, especially as it pertains to history and science, And educating parents on the importance of leaving a godly legacy. I was greatly influenced by both of those passions, so much ...

Meet our Ci 6.0 Program Manager

Our program manager for Ci 6.0 is Jess Berry, a Bob Jones University graduate with an undergraduate degree in math education and a masters in gifted education from Grand Canyon University. Jess teaches at a public high school in Greenville, SC. She’s joined us at Ci for three years as a counselor and we’re excited to welcome her back for her fourth year as our 2019 program manager. Jess explains why she loves Ci: I have a passion for youth, the truth of God, and teaching. This is one of the reasons I have always loved working with Camp Infinity. ...

A Generation of Scientists Starting with God’s Word

In government schools across the United States, perhaps there is no other class where Christian young people face more fierce opposition than a science course. Bombarded with evolutionary teaching and a secular worldview, young people need to be prepared with answers to questions from their friends, classmates, and even teachers. Wouldn’t it be great to have a generation of scientists who love the Word of God and are committed to using it as their starting point? And who have answers for the questions of our day and are unashamed to stand boldly on the Bible? Sadly, many young people are not getting ...

Help Us Raise Modern Day Daniels

I love hearing comments about how Camp Infinity has impacted young people. Many of us can give account of a youth pastor, teacher, or a camp counselor who came alongside us as a teen to help guide us to further maturity in faith. It’s our privilege to facilitate a deeper understanding of our Creator and His world. Daniel is one of my favorite Old Testament characters. His refusal to eat the king’s food and willingness to be tested for his God-given abilities in science and literature, would make him an excellent STEM student today. In the five years of our ...

Exciting New “Counselor in Training” Program Now at Camp Infinity

We’re excited to announce a new initiative from Camp Infinity designed for campers who’ve just graduated from high school, will be entering a STEM major in college, and are interested in becoming Ci summer counselors. This new program is CIT, “counselor in training.” CIT is designed to help young people who will be pursuing a STEM education and career become ideal STEM and apologetics counselors with Ci. While in the CIT program young people will grow in: ·      Leadership skills ·      Apologetics knowledge ·      Teaching experience ·      STEM knowledge and practical skills. This is a great gap program between completing ...

Ci 6.0 Summer Camp Dates (2019)

Camp Dates Location Grades/Ages Counselor Training Camp (details) June 13 - 23 Petersburg KY college Junior Day Camp (details) June 19 - 21 near Creation Museum 3 - 6 grade Teen Day Camp (details) June 19 - 21 near Creation Museum 7 - 12 grade Teen Overnight Camp #1 (details) June 24 - 29 Potter's Ranch Union KY 7 - 12 grade Teen Overnight Camp #2 (details) July 8 - 13 Potter's Ranch Union KY 7 - 12 grade Teen Overnight Camp #3 (details) July 15 - 20 Potter's Ranch Union KY 7 - 12 grade Family Camp (details) July 1 - 4 Potter's Ranch Union KY ages 5 and up ...

Ci 5.0 Career Night: Giving Campers a Vision for the Future

A highlight of overnight camp each year is career night. On the Wednesday evening of overnight camp we bring in outside speakers from various industries or academia to help campers understand different career paths, available jobs, and the schooling needed in STEM. This helps campers find direction for the future and perhaps alerts them to fields they didn’t even know existed.   Over the years we’ve hosted rocket scientists, cyber security engineers, college deans, college math professors, the inventor of the MRI, and others. Each of these presenters has encouraged our campers to continue in STEM and has gladly answered any question they have (and they always have great questions!).   ...

Ci 5.0 Overnight Camp #1 a Success

Our first week of overnight camp for Ci 5.0, our 2018 camp year, is in the books—and what a week it was! Our theme this year was environmental science and many of our STEM activities are structured around that theme. And, of course, we had our Ci staples—robotics, a tour of the Creation Museum and a secular museum, a trip to the Ark Encounter, zip line rides, delicious food, and accommodations at beautiful Potter’s Ranch.  Here are some of the STEM activities campers enjoyed during week one and those coming to weeks two and three can look forward to:  Global Warming – Campers will learn to use terminology about global warming ...

Is STEM Just About Knowledge?

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and a STEM camp, of course, teaches these inter-connected disciplines through hands-on activities. At Camp Infinity, we take that a step further and teach young people apologetics (faith defense) and how to think biblically about the issues of our day. But is STEM just about knowledge? Many people, especially young people interested in STEM, believe that it is. These young people are curious and hungry for information and answers—and we love it! Those are exactly the kind of campers we want to come to Ci. But STEM is much more than just ...

Three Days of STEM Activities and Teaching

Interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) is booming. Kids love asking questions about the world around them and then being helped to discover the answers for themselves. This kind of hands-on learning sticks with kids and creates life-long learners who maintain their interest in STEM. When kids aren’t exposed to STEM on a continued basis, many lose interest or get discouraged and pursue a different path. But we need a generation of researchers and scientists who love God and his Word and who will work to solve some of the big problems of our day! That’s why many ...

Family, Robots, Apologetics, and More!

What kind of vacation combines hands-on STEM activities, robotics, the Creation Museum, stargazing, and family together? Only Ci 5.0 Family STEM Camp!  If you’re looking for something to do together as a family that will create lasting memories and bring you closer to each other and the Lord, consider Family STEM Camp. You’ll do hands-on STEM activities right alongside your children, stoking their passion for discovery and exploration. And you’ll also get apologetics training, helping you build a more biblical worldview and equipping you to navigate your family through some of the challenges of our day. Register today for an ...

Happy Spring Break!

The month of March means spring break for most folks around the country. It’s a great opportunity to spend some time as a family, maybe take a trip somewhere, or get a head start on spring cleaning or gardening. But, by the time spring break ends and the kids are back in school with a regular routine, many moms are wondering, “What am I going to do to keep these kids busy and productive all summer?” That can be quite the challenge! One mom, whose boys are regular campers each summer at Camp Infinity, summed it up this way and ...

Summer STEM Camps Encourage Kids to Stay in STEM

Many children have a natural interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). They love knowing how things work and creatively coming up with solutions to their own problems. But, if their interest isn’t encouraged and they aren’t actively learning STEM, many kids lose interest and don’t end up studying and working in a STEM field. And statistically this is especially true of girls and minority groups. Reportedly, both women and various minorities are underrepresented in many STEM fields. So how can we encourage all children who show an inclination towards STEM—including women and those in minority groups—to continue studying ...

Teaching Them Diligently with Robots and Apologetics

For the past several years, we’ve packed up our robots and iPads to introduce students and their parents to a world of STEM technology at the Teach Them Diligently conventions across the Southeast and Midwest. This past weekend, we headed over to Nashville, Tennessee, to host our “Robots & God” workshops. During these 5 sessions (not to mention a parent presentation we did called “STEM/STEAM Education for Your Kids”), campers learn how to work as a team, solve problems, look for patterns, program, and make an autonomous robot. A Special Partnership We’re honored to partner with organizations like Teach Them ...

Director Dan Gets a Megaphone

Hang on to your hats everyone—we’ve got big news. Director Dan just got…a megaphone. And he certainly had a good time using it to keep everyone learning lots during a recent Robots & God workshop in Ohio. We’re not convinced giving him a megaphone was a great idea but time will tell! In the meantime, I decided to do some digging into how megaphones work. It’s one of those pieces of tech most people are familiar with (the concept anyway) but how does a megaphone actually amplify your voice? The iconic cone shape directs your voice towards your target audience. ...

Beating the Winter Blues: the Ark Encounter, Career Night, and Robotics

Are you ready for sunny days, pool parties, BBQs, and warm, pleasant evenings? We sure are! And we’re extra excited for winter to end and summer to arrive because summer means camp and camp means hands-on STEM activities, biblical apologetics training, fellowship with campers, counselors, and teachers who all love STEM, delicious food, and more. To help you beat the winter blues we’ve been previewing some of the things you can expect this summer at Ci 5.0 such as a fossil hunt, zip lining, and stargazing. Well here are a few more things you can start looking forward to: Tour ...

And the Theme for Ci 5.0 Is…

And it’s the moment you’ve been waiting for! We’re excited to announce the theme for Ci 5.0. But first—a little background. Every year we choose a new theme to structure our various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities around. This theme has to meet four criterion: Involve all four areas of STEM to show how different fields come together to solve a common problem, Have a biblical apologetics focus, Be relevant to the 21st century, And have a broad interest. We debated back and forth for quite a while last fall, trying to decide which of our proposed themes met these ...

“Robots & God” Workshops Coming to Teach Them Diligently

Having taught computer science to college students for 30 years, I have a strong passion to take my knowledge and experience of this rapidly growing and strongly needed discipline to teach young people a proper view of technology. At Camp Infinity we call this our “Theology of Technology.” We just got back from wrapping up several days of workshops in Jacksonville, FL and wanted to share with you some of the details of how we use these workshops to challenge and inspire young people to love God and STEM. Start at the beginning. We always start with my talk on the “Theology of ...

Campers Get Career Guidance During “Career Night” at Ci

During our overnight camps, we host a special “career night” for our campers. This evening provides a platform for campers to view a potential future in various STEM fields. They get to explore and ask questions about different science and research fields and perhaps learn about a new field they’ve never even heard of. Career Night is always popular with our campers. Our counselors, all of whom are either studying or working in a STEM related field, host this evening. This allows our campers to get to know their counselors better as they ask questions and learn about their counselors ...

Where Are They Now?

It’s so neat each year to see how God takes a group of college students, with very different backgrounds, and knits them close together as they serve Him by serving our campers. Here’s a look at how God is using them today.  Becca (Ci 1.0 & 2.0) - I’m teaching high school math in MD and having a blast! Sean (Ci 3.0) - I am currently working as a laboratory technician at a doctor’s office where I primarily draw blood and perform tests on biological samples, and I am planning on continuing my education to become a medical laboratory scientist. ...

What is 5.0 Theme?

Each summer our Program Team creates new STEM activites. Before we do this we decide on a new theme. For example, last year (Ci 4.0) our theme was Space Exploration. The year prior to that (Ci 3.0) it was Energy. Because our campers are so curious and like to figure things out, rather than simply announce the theme, we prefer to give clues by asking questions. So here are some questions. See if you can figure out the 5.0 theme from these questions. • Described as “the most alien-looking place on earth”, nearly 700 plant species on this island are ...

Books for Budding Scientists

Wrapping up something to read and putting it under the tree is always a good idea—you can never have too many books! Here are some new resources from our friends over at Answers in Genesis that will make a great gift for your budding scientist: • Replacing Darwin. This new book from Harvard-trained Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson makes an audacious claim—to replace Darwin’s idea of biological evolution! Using genetics (a field Darwin had no knowledge of but which is fundamental to the question of the origin of species), Dr. Jeanson shows that evolution is failing the gold test of science—making predictions—but ...

Gifts That Give a Learning Experience

Sometimes “experience gifts” do come in the form of things; things that will give your child a learning experience. So here are some ideas we found for STEM gifts that will give your child a real experience they’ll grow from and want to come back to (Please note we have not personally tested these products. They are provided as ideas only; please check product descriptions and reviews to see if each product is right for your child).  • Amazon STEM Club. The Amazon STEM club sends a high-quality STEM toy to your home each month. These toys are hands-on and ...

God is Using Ci in Unique and Strategic Ways

We love hearing stories from campers and their parents about how God is using Camp Infinity in their lives. It’s such an encouragement to us and we hope it’s an encouragement to other parents and our faithful supporters. I recently heard from one mom who said this: The first Ci publication arrived after we had been on a long trip. Cade had a stack of mail to open and the Ci publication was in that stack. He opened it and never said a word to me, just left it on the counter. He can be a bit shy about these ...

What Was the "Christmas Star"?

“Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem…wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, ‘Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him’” (Matthew 2:1-2). Various solutions have been proposed for the identity of this mysterious “star of Bethlehem.” Keep in mind the Greek word for “star” doesn’t mean the same thing as our English word “star” (a ball of hydrogen and helium powered by nuclear fusion). It just refers to any bright point in our nighttime sky (e.g. planets, stars, comets, ...

3 Reasons to Give Experiences—Not Things—This Christmas

Do your kids have too much stuff? As we approach the Christmas season, and parents and grandparents start thinking about the gifts they want to get their children, many will realize it’s hard to choose a meaningful, lasting gift that won’t just get lost amongst all the other “stuff” in the house. Well, here’s 3 reasons to give experiences, not things, this year: 1. Research from San Francisco State University found that people who spend money on experiences, rather than things, “were happier and felt the money was better spent.” Memories last longer than things! 2. Dr. Thomas Gilovich of ...

3 Reasons to Give Experiences—Not Things—This Christmas

My granddaughter’s birthday was coming up and I wasn’t sure what to get her. After some thought I asked her mom if my granddaughter would like to enroll in a soccer program as her gift. My daughter replied, “She’d love that! Thanks for thinking of it. She already has enough stuff.” Do your kids have too much stuff? As we approach the Christmas season and parents—and grandparents—start thinking about the gifts they want to get their children, many will realize their child already has a room brimming with a wide variety of “stuff.” How do you choose a meaningful, lasting ...

Thankful for Technology?

Changing leaves and cooler temperatures are just a few of the distinctives about October. Probably the best thing about the fall season is it’s a time when we prepare to enter into a time of pausing to give thanks to our great God who has given us so much. Ever since Creation–even before mankind’s fall–God instructs humans to “subdue” the earth. Exercising our God-given mandate to steward His good gift of our planet is one of the foundational truths of Scripture. We reflect a facet of the character of God when we exercise dominion over the earth. The technologies humans ...

A Family Vacation Like No Other

What kind of vacation combines hands-on STEM activities, robotics, the Creation Museum, stargazing, and family together? Only Ci 5.0 Family STEM Camp at Camp Infinity!  Family + STEM + Apologetics = Awesome Vacation Why a STEM family vacation? I’ve found that many parents don’t understand the world of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) that has captivated their young person. They want to understand so they can connect better with their young person but they aren’t sure where to even begin. Our Family STEM Camp brings parents and their children together with hands-on STEM activities—you’ll even work alongside one another ...

Ci 5.0 Overnight Teen Camp for $99/month!

  We constantly hear folks say how much their children love Camp Infinity, but sometimes it’s hard to come up the funds to send them to our week long overnight teen STEM camp. We are trying to make it as easy as possible so for Ci 5.0 (Summer 2018) here’s what we are doing to help. Register before end of summer (Sept 22) at a greatly reduced rate of $99/month (10 months) plus $99 deposit. That’s a reduction of $310 off the Ci 5.0 rate. After Sept 22, the rate will be $1399.  Are you not sure which of our 3 ...

What's a Smart Kid Look Like?

This is what I share with parents when I have the privilege to tell them about our unique STEM & apologetics camps. At Camp Infinity we believe smart kids have 2 distinct characteristics that makes them smart. They are: an appetite to learn keep trying attitude Give us a child who loves to learn and doesn't easily give up and we will have a blast with them. They will love our teachers and counselors and hands on STEM activities. They will come home and say things like the following (comments from past campers and parents): My daughter is intelligent, curious, loves ...

Is Your Child Gifted?

In a previous blog, we asked (and answered) the question, “To whom do your child’s gifts belong?” But, is your child gifted? “I Have a Question!” How many times a day do you hear that exclamation in your home? For many of us, it can drive us absolutely crazy! Is your child always asking and trying to figure out why things work? “Yes,” you say! Then, we would say he or she is gifted. Camp Infinity is looking for young people to inspire to discover wonder and amazement in everything they see in the world around them. We love teaching ...

To Whom Do Your Child’s Gifts Belong?

I’m often asked the question, “What kind of child is the ideal Ci camper?” My response is “gifted ones with insatiable curiosity.” Is your child gifted? If so–and by the way, the answer is YES–then what are gifts and to whom do they belong? What is a Gift? It’s a good thing to be reminded about the simplest of questions. A gift is something that is given. Gifts are not earned or even something we deserve. As believers, we recognize that our Creator God has given each of certain abilities to put on display His creativity and goodness in the ...

Academic Scholarships for Camp Infinity

Like most camps, we also offer scholarships. But a quick Google search shows that most camps are actually giving out financial aid. Of course, there is nothing wrong with that, we also offer financial aid, but even our financial aid requires campers to do at least one academic scholarship project. You see, we believe, the type of campers for which our programs are best-suited, are "smart" kids. At Ci we believe a smart kid is one that 1) loves to learn 2) is persistent at figuring things out. As such, we give ALL of our campers, those financially needy and those ...

Fact, Fiction, or Future: A Look at the More Fantastic Side of Popular Culture

Introduction Almost everyone has a favorite television show, movie, or book. There are many genres; two of the most famous being science fiction and fantasy. Giants like Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings permeate our cultural imagination. For most, these are modes of entertainment, a way to relax from life and its stresses. It is called fiction after all, meaning not reality, but could it ever be? What happens when the science fiction we view on our television screens loses the second word? Fact, Fiction, or Future? Fact, Fiction, or Future is a unique discussion created by Camp ...

Camp Infinity Counselors Love God’s Word, STEM, and Our Campers

Sign up for more information to be part of the story God is writing at Camp Infinity. A unique story of faith + STEM + camp. Here’s what some of our counselors had to say about Ci 4.0: The size of the staff was great! I've been in a staff size of more than 80 people, and I could really only get to know a few people and many cliques formed. The size of this staff could really get to know each other well, which also helps when working together and we could all really go to each other for anything. ...

“I So Hope I Can Go Next Year!”

We’re halfway through Ci 4.0 and we’re thankful for the many teaching opportunities we’ve had with dozens of young people. It’s been great to see their excitement as they learn new things about science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and, most importantly, God’s Word. Here are some of the rave reviews we’ve received from parents, grandparents, and family camp attendees: We are super-excited about Ci; even more since we attended camp. God used you all to minister and speak to us. We are very grateful. - Pastor from Family Camp J is "over the top" with his enthusiasm and excitement about Ci. ...

20,000 Miles Driven and 1,000 Campers Reached with Robots & God Workshop

Most people know Camp Infinity (Ci) as a summer camp…so what do we do in between summers to keep busy? Answer: we do Ci Mini, Ci Mobile, and Ci Remote camps! Ci Mobile camps take place where the campers are, whether the campers be a homeschool, public, or Christian school students or part of a church group. Over the course of Ci 4.0 (which began in August, 2016), we’ve travelled to: south Florida Jacksonville, FL Cleveland, OH Pittsburgh, PA Nashville, TN Atlanta, GA Rogers, AK Sandusky, OH Grand View Camp, AZ Union, KY West Harrison, IN  and Greenville, SC. Now ...

Concerned About Safety at Camp Infinity? Get the Facts!

I recently had a phone conversation with a mom from Indiana who was considering sending her inquisitive nine-year-old to one of our camps this summer. As many moms rightfully are, she was concerned about the physical safety of her little girl while away from home at camp. We had a great conversation and I was able to put her mind at ease by explaining the training and precautions we take at Camp Infinity (Ci)—at the end of our conversation, she decided to enroll her daughter.   My assistant, Emily Barney, handles safety at Ci. And, let me tell you, as ...

Thankfulness and Trust

Each year I trust God to bring together what He wants for a successful camp–people, program, place. It's an exciting process to be part of as we see how he connects us with counselors, teachers, a program manager and most of all campers.  I am thankful for the team He has selected. We start our training camp this Sunday evening. It'll be the first time the entire team comes together. They are extra excited because we're getting to stay right across the street from Ark Encounter.  I'm thankful for the program the team is put to gather. Space Exploration will ...

What happens to your brain when you have fun?

According to neurologist (and educator) Judy Willis, “The highest-level executive thinking, making of connections, and ‘aha’ moments are more likely to occur in an atmosphere of ‘exuberant discovery,’ where students of all ages retain that kindergarten enthusiasm of embracing each day with the joy of learning.”  When our brains respond to laughter, our increased volume in breathing causes endorphins, adrenaline, and dopamine to be released. As a result, students are more alert and the information that’s being presented to them is attached to their memories as a positive emotional event.  One of our favorite things about STEM (science, technology, engineering, ...

What to Expect at Camp Infinity This Summer

If you’ve attended one of our summer camps here at Camp Infinity (Ci) before, you may be wondering what to expect as you come back for another week this summer. Will the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) activities be challenging? Will I learn something new again and be pushed academically? The answer to both these questions is a resounding “yes!” I have over 30 years’ experience teaching at the college level and I work with two amazing science teachers who together have over 40 years’ experience teaching. This combined experience means we effectively know how to communicate and integrate ...

Rockets, Space Suits, and Microbes: What to Expect at Ci 4.0

Ci 4.0 is almost here! Are you curious to know what kind of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities you’ll be doing this summer? Well, don’t rely on what you did if you were with us last year—we change the activities each year (but there’s always our popular robotics program!). Here’s a sneak peek of what you can expect at Ci 4.0. But first—a little bit about our system of how we decide what activities to include each summer. We start out by deciding on a theme to structure our activities around. This year’s theme is space exploration, an ...

May the Fourth Be with You

Now, we won’t be fighting droids with light sabers or protecting the galaxy from unbridled evil, but we will be programming robots and looking to see what God’s Word says about the idea of extraterrestrial life. Each of our campers who attend any of our summer camps (teen overnight, teen day, kids camp, and family camp) will get to travel off to far away galaxies and stars themselves through the immersive experience of the Stargazer’s Planetarium at the Creation Museum. And those who attend teen overnight or family camp will also get to use world-class telescopes to look at the ...

Bill Nye, The Consistently Inconsistent Guy

Bill Nye, “the Science Guy,” an engineer turned comedian from the hit 1990’s kids show, recently returned to TVs everywhere with his new Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World. This is not a kids’ show (Netflix rated it TV-14) and it certainly doesn’t come across as one (there’s plenty of vulgar and crude content and language). During his show Bill Nye made many disturbing, and often politically driven, statements with very little science. But one thing he, and one of his panelists, said was quite shocking. But let’s back up for some behind-the-scenes information you might not know. Last ...

Bill Nye shares his life philosophy with our campers

This past summer (Ci 3.0, 2016), Bill Nye stopped by the Creation Museum and seemed somewhat surprised to meet 46 STEM campers. He noticed their Ci t-shirts. Here is a 3 minute clip where our campers engaged with Mr Nye in the Starting Points Room. This is where we compare the 2 world-views of Creation and Evolution as they deal with important life questions like "Why do we die?", "Why are we here?", etc. Listen carefully to his answers and the camper responses.  Read more about his special visit in this Ci blog.   

Scholarship Opportunities Still Available!

Camp Infinity (Ci) is dedicated to offering only the highest quality camps to give students the best possible experience. Our camps truly are like none other with their blend of hands-on STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) training and practical biblical apologetics. Campers will hear from Answers in Genesis apologetics speakers, learn from counselors who are pursuing science degrees, tour the world-class Creation Museum and a secular science museum, build and program a robot, and participate in exciting and challenging STEM activities that change every year. Young people love our camps and go home with a more biblical worldview regarding ...

Is your future determined by an algorithm or effort?

Just about every one of us who has shopped on websites like Amazon.com has experienced re-targeted advertising messages that seem to show up on just about every other website they visit. If you haven’t experienced this phenomenon, then just look up a pair of shoes and notice how they seem to appear! Predictive software is not only changing the way marketers reach prospective customers, it could also have a big impact on how students are perceived in the classroom. Developers of such programs contend that could open new opportunities to students, where they can’t help but succeed. But what is ...

Biblical STEM Teaching at the Creation Museum

Drones. Robotics. Ziplines. Space exploration. Biblical teaching. That’s what you can expect (and much more!) this summer at Camp Infinity, a biblical creation STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) camp taking place at the Creation Museum. This camp for science-minded and academically-driven young people combines hands-on STEM training and activities with apologetics teaching from Answers in Genesis scientists and Camp Infinity counsellors and staff.    The biblical truth taught throughout the Creation Museum and, new this year, at the Ark Encounter, forms the backdrop to show campers how to view the world through the lens of God’s Word. They’ll learn ...

Extraterrestrial Life – Evolution Demands It

Scripture proclaims that “the heavens declare the glory of God.” For the believer, when it comes to the thought of how vast the universe is, and how we haven’t even tapped the surface of its size, it can’t help but give us cause to worship our Creator. We hear much in the media about the idea of extraterrestrial life. For many, the idea of the purpose of exploring other worlds (and the universe in general) is driven by thoughts of “Is there life out there?” and, “Could mankind survive on another planet someday?” The idea of there being intelligent life ...

Camp Infinity: “One of the Best Opportunities I Have Ever Been Given”

One of the exciting things about directing a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) camp is seeing the passion our campers have for what they are learning. Being around other young people with the same interests as them brings out a great deal of enthusiasm and builds lasting friendships and memories. It can even help give them focus on what they want to pursue as they continue in their education. And, of course, what they are learning is in the context of a biblical worldview and apologetics training. That’s what makes Camp Infinity (Ci) really unique! Robert was a camper ...

5 Affordable Ways to Make the Camp Infinity Investment

Director Dan’s Notes: Don’t spend $100K (or more) for a college education without making sure your child is actually interested in that field of study.  Here are 5 easy ways to make the Camp Infinity STEM education investment affordable for your student . . . Early Bird Registration - register your child by Jan 1 and receive up to $50 off his tuition fee (details) Scholarships - we are looking for students who have an appetite for knowledge so we offer up to $150 for scholarship reports (details) Financial Aid - if your family qualifies, you can receive up to $100 in ...

And the Ci 4.0 Theme is ... [insert drumroll]

We’re excited to announce the theme for Ci 4.0. Every year we chose a new theme to structure our various STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities around. This theme has to meet four criterion: Involve all four areas of STEM to show how different fields come together to solve a common problem, Have a biblical apologetics focus, Be relevant to the 21st century, And have a broad interest. We’ve been releasing teasers each day on our Facebook page, encouraging prospective Ci 4.0 campers to guess the theme. See if you can put the clues together and discover the theme: ...

The Exploration of Space

Twenty-one years ago today, Space Shuttle Discovery launched in what was the first evening blast-off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This mission was not only historic because a female pilot was at the helm, but it was the first shuttle mission that docked with the Russian space station, Mir. Perhaps one of the reasons we enjoy the benefits of so many technologies is the result of our desire to explore. Objects like our smartphones, digital watches, and calculators are examples of the result technological innovations that we can attribute to the space program. According to NASA’s website, the skills ...

Choosing the Theme for Ci 4.0

Therefore to teach STEM well the team needs a problem to solve. They can bring their collective interests, specializations, and knowledge to the problem to develop a solution. At Camp Infinity we select a new theme each year for our summer camps so we can highlight problems for our campers to solve. This theme gives us a framework on which to structure our varied activities. The activities require expertise in science, technology, engineering, and math. This allows campers to see how a variety of science fields are required to solve a common problem. This helps foster teamwork—no one person can ...

Help Us Send More Kids to Camp Infinity

Camp Infinity is an eternal investment in the hearts and lives of young people. At Camp Infinity we have the joy and honor of pouring into the lives of academically-gifted young people, many of whom will go on to post-secondary education to work in STEM careers. In our day STEM is largely controlled by an atheistic, naturalistic worldview. Our young people need to be equipped with a biblical worldview so they can stand strong against this naturalistic teaching. But running a high-quality STEM camp, especially one that integrates STEM activities with apologetics teaching and a low camper to counselor ratio, ...

A Gift They’ll Remember for Decades to Come

Are there Christmas gifts you received when you were growing up that you remember fondly? Aside from getting a tube sock (you know, the ones with three thick stripes that you could pull up way over your knees?!) full of apples, oranges, and whatever else grandma could fit in there, I remember well an erector set that my parents purchased for me. Imagine how excited your inquisitive teen will be when they see their Certificate of Registration and choice of Camp Infinity T-Shirt or “Nick Newton is Not a Genius”* book under the tree this Christmas!  Certainly, the prospect of ...

How to Delight Your STEM-Minded Kid for Christmas

There are so many fun and interesting gift ideas in the STEM fields. Here are several ideas you might want to consider this Christmas season for your child (and, perhaps for yourself, too!) . . . Flybricks: Build your own drones using Lego® bricks (all ages) Flybrix is a very cool idea (and, has left us wondering, ‘Why didn’t we come up with it?’). You can build and design your own drone using Lego® bricks. The drone has a computer system that students can program to make it completely customizable! [image source: https://flybrix.com]   Think & Learn Code-a-pillar® from Fisher-Price ...

A Homeschool Convention for Everyone in Your Family

Over the past two decades, the homeschool movement has gone from being a “counter-cultural” practice to the preferred way millions of families choose to educate their young people. More and more, it’s not just the select few Christians who have no other options, except to perhaps enroll their children in the local public school. Both believers and non-Christians alike, are holding to the belief that education begins in the home, and that home is their preferred choice in educating the next generation. As more and more people choose home education, more and more secular thought is being promoted to the ...

Join Us for Ci 4.0

We offer a variety of camps for different ages but all of our camps have one purpose—to grow a love for God’s Word, Jesus Christ, and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in young people. Through a variety of hands-on activities, which change every year (although the ever-popular robotics is always a staple), campers grow in their knowledge of God’s creation and how it works. They learn about technology from a biblical perspective and are taught to think on all subjects starting with God’s Word. Many parents are scared of or worried about their child’s love for science because secular ...

8 Reasons to Register Early

gives you and your child first pick  Each of our weeks of camp has a limit based upon our desire to keep a low camper to counselor ratio in order to give each camper the best possible experience learning STEM from a biblical worldview.   so we can hire the right number of counselors To get the best STEM college majors, we begin recruiting in September.  Our goal is to have the Summer Team selected by Dec 31. It helps us tremendously to hire the right number when we can get a feel for how many campers we will have each week.   save ...

Ci 4.0 -- BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

  Announcing Ci 4.0 Dates NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS We are pleased to announce our 2017 summer schedule AND open our Ci 4.0 application/registration process.  dates, prices, tuition reduction options now accepting applications adding Ark Encounter to our apologetics and STEM curriculum (for overnight youth camps) combined overnight camps to offer several 6-day camps and made it more affordable so more kids can experience STEM from a biblical worldview moved Family Camp to holiday allowing more families to be able to come offering junior and teen day camps same time as Family Camp Overnight Youth Camp -- June 26 - July 1 ...

Seven Reasons to Send Your Child to Camp Infinity

The director opened with a quote from the former president of Harvard University, “I have the conviction that a few weeks in a well-organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.” He then proceeded to give five reasons parents should send their kids to camp. I would like to borrow his five reasons and add on two of my own that are unique to Camp Infinity. For adventure. At Camp Infinity (Ci) young people are in for an adventure—an adventure of hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) learning as they ...

Ci Fossil Sluice Opens at Ark Encounter

Here’s how the sluice works: young people and adults alike purchase a bag of dirt, empty it into a mining tray, and pan for fossils in an authentic mining sluice. Each person is guaranteed to find multiple fossils such as shark teeth or various shells to take home as souvenirs or to expand a personal collection. Each person also receives an identification card to take home so they can identify and learn more about the fossils they’ve found. This card gives a biblical perspective on fossils and explains how they are not the result of millions of years of slow ...

Teen Day Camp: A Week of Fun, Fellowship, and Learning

It’s been a busy summer at Camp Infinity as we welcome new and returning campers each week for a different camp—it’s certainly keeping us on our toes! Well, we recently completed our Teen Day Camp at the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky. It was an exciting week of fun, fellowship, and learning. Campers participated in a host of hands-on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) activities, heard from apologetics speakers, and had a great time working together in teams to solve problems. The theme for Ci 3.0 was energy and many of our activities were structured around this idea. Here ...

Camp Infinity Campers Meet Bill Nye “The Science Guy”

Several weeks ago during a Facebook live video, Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis’ president and CEO of the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter, publicly invited TV personality and engineer Bill Nye to tour the full-size Noah’s Ark. The two were familiar with one another from their well-watched debate on origins at the Creation Museum in 2014. Well, Bill Nye took Ken Ham up on his offer and got a personal tour of the Ark soon after it opened. After his visit to the Ark, Nye toured the Creation Museum where he met up with a group of Camp Infinity students. ...

Junior Day Camp a Big Success!

Junior camp is a three day camp and many of the campers’ families came with them and enjoyed touring the Creation Museum and visiting other attractions in the area while their young person performed experiments, built robots, and was equipped to think biblically about STEM. Our theme for all of the Ci 3.0 summer camps is energy and many of our activities are structured around this idea. As junior campers participated in their activities they often had to work together to accomplish tasks so they learned the important lesson of teamwork. Here are some of the various activities these young ...

Faith-building 5-Day Overnight STEM Camp

But there are solid answers for the skeptical questions of our day! And young people need to be equipped with these answers so they can stand boldly on the Word of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ. That is what Camp Infinity (Ci) exists to do. We want to help science-minded young people realize that God’s Word can be trusted from the very first verse and equip them to think biblically in all areas, including science. If you have a science-minded young person in grades 7-12, consider sending them to Camp Infinity’s 5-day overnight camp this summer, July 11-15. ...

Teen Day Ci Experience @ Creation Museum

Do you have a teen who is curious about God’s creation, loves STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics), and wants to learn more about how God’s Word provides a foundation for thinking about science? If you do, consider sending them to Camp Infinity (Ci) teen day camp this summer from June 27-July 1, 2016 for an incredible learning opportunity. Teen campers, grades 7-12, will participate in biblical apologetics activities, a CSI adventure, STEM activities led by college counselors, and robotics adventures. Each of these activities teaches your curious teen more about science, God’s creation, and how to think biblically about ...

Join Us for Family Camp

Moms, dads, and kids of all ages love family camp. Parents get to learn all about STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) during special demonstrations, helping them understand the field that has captivated the interest of their child. And kids of all ages get to learn more about STEM by doing daily hands-on activities and experiments including things like robotics, geocaching, straw towers, egg drop, and geodesic dome. And the activities change every year, bringing families back for more.   Families get to tour the world-class Creation Museum together and attend special creation apologetics sessions with speakers with degrees in ...

Family STEM Camp - Why?

I enjoy asking campers and counselor applicants a very simple question - "Why?" It makes people think. So I decided to ask, and hopefully answer, that question for myself - why am I starting a Family Camp this summer? Here are the primary reasons: To fulfil the request of Ci families who have been asking for this since Ci 1.0 To encourage and equip families with STEM-talented young people To provide early exposure of STEM to younger child To expose more families to the value of combining STEM & biblical worldview To help families prepare their children for their future overnight ...

Two Ministries; One Mission

Answers in Genesis (AiG) is a well-known creation ministry headed up by president Ken Ham. In Northern Kentucky, they have built the world-class Creation Museum (visited by over 2 million guests) and are building the coming Ark Encounter, a full-size Noah’s Ark opening July 7, 2016. AiG employs full-time, PhD creation research scientists, publishes Answers magazine as well as a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal, Answers Research Journal. They even have a vibrant international ministry reaching out to Christians and unbelievers all around the world. AiG’s mission is biblical authority. They seek to equip the church, families, and individual Christians to stand ...

Ci by the Numbers

March 2016 Last Month   % increase from last year   Last Month   % increase from last year 1297 Facebook Likes 67%   6 Weeks of Camp 50% 912 Twitter Followers new   132 Camper Applications 60% 1073 Instagram Followers new   89 Camper Registrations 56% 1646 Newsletter Recipients 94%   34 Alumni Returning 70% 4080 Visitors to Website 70%   6 Staff 50% 15,862 Pageviews 501%   13 Summer Staff 18% 22,888 Facebook Reach 206%   $32,290 Donations 42% 335,238 Google Impressions 1085%   4 Blogs Published 50% 2271 Google Clicks 3623%   232 Charlie Bot Friends 190% ...

Introducing Ci Staff Members

A lot of work goes on behind the scenes to successfully run Camp Infinity. Having incorporated just two years ago, I am thrilled that the Lord has blessed us with a growing team of six people who work year round to build and grow Ci. Of course, during the summer when we have campers, there are a lot more than six people who keep all the wheels turning! But during the (somewhat) quieter off-season months, the six of us are hard at work getting ready for next year. I’d like to introduce you to each of them, telling you a ...

Upcoming Ci 3.0 Camps

Robots + Zipline + Learning God's Word + Good Food + Tons of Fun = Camp Infinity Summer Camps! - Conflicting Worldviews College Camp: Coming up quickly, May 15-19, 2016, this camp is designed for college students who want to be thoroughly equipped to stand on God’s Word through the onslaught of anti-biblical teaching they’ll hear in college (sadly, often times even in Christian colleges!).  - Kids Camp: It’s never too early to start learning about God’s Word and God’s creation! This three-day camp is designed for curious 3-6 graders. Through fun, hands-on learning, they will see the power and creativity of the ...

Exciting Gift Matching Opportunity

This Fossil Find will allow kids of all ages to dig for their own fossils to take home with them. Included with any fossils the kids find is a card that gives them the biblical explanation for fossils (where else in the world would you find this mix of science and truth?). So they learn about God’s Word and science while having fun! This is sure to be a popular attraction with families. In sponsoring the Fossil Find, Camp Infinity will get incredible exposure allowing more families to learn about our camps. The attraction will be named “Camp Infinity Fossil Find,” and ...

Building Team Ci 3.0

A lot of planning, miles traveled, and prayer goes into assembling the Camp Infinity summer team! Here's a taste of what it takes. . .  The Right Timing Camp director Dan & his assistant Emily, begin the plans to build the next summer team in early October, months before camp begins. This is an exciting and challenging time as they begin connecting with college STEM students who are passionate about their field of study and about connecting STEM with a biblical worldview.  The Team travels to several colleges around the East Coast to let faculty and students know about Ci’s ...

6 Affordable Ways to Make the Camp Infinity Investment

Director Dan’s Notes: Don’t spend $100K (or more) for a college education without making sure your child is actually interested in that field of study.  Here are 6 easy ways to make the Camp Infinity STEM education investment affordable for your student . . . Early Bird Registration - register your child by Feb 1 and receive up to $55 off his tuition fee (details) Tuition Lock - each year your child returns, his tuition will remain the same as his prior year (details) Scholarships - we are looking for students who have an appetite for knowledge so we offer ...

More Like College than Camp

Being an academic camp, it is our desire to insure that campers come to our Ci Summer Camps understanding and want our unique approach to STEM & biblical worldview. Therefore, we require each camper's parent to submit an application before we allow registration. This is not intended to scare away any would-be campers, but is meant to help parents assess if the Ci Summer Camp experience is a good fit for their young person.  Here’s an outline of the process for a student to attend one of our Ci Summer Camps: create family account * create a camper account * apply ...

We Provide More Than Summer Camps

My name is Dan Wooster. I am the founder and director of a brand new camp that I think might be of interest to your young people. It is called Camp Infinity and it is located near the Creation Museum in the greater Cincinnati area. Ci is an unprecedented camp, which uniquely combines the academics of STEM along with the biblical apologetics of a young earth creation worldview.  Camp Infinity is unlike any other camp. By combining elite STEM education with strong biblical apologetics, we seek to inspire young people to discover wonder and amazement in everything they see in ...

Ci Connects Families to the Creation Museum

One of the joys I have as the director of Camp Infinity is connecting families to the ministry of Answers in Genesis and the Creation Museum. I've loved this ministry for the past 20 years after being first introduced to it by one of my college students, Nathan Ham, son of Ken and Mally. I started Ci because I have a strong desire to see young people, especially ones with an interest in STEM, be equipped like Daniel of the Old Testament. So they are competent to stand before the kings of their culture and proclaim God's Truth and point ...

Ci Activity: Physics Zipline Adventure

Unforgettable and mentally engaging - words that describe our Physics Zipline Adventure which is one of our many STEM activities designed to challenge the mind and engage the heart this summer at our Ci 2.0 7-day experience. The Physics Zipline Adventure was one of the most favored STEM activities of Camp Infinity. Here is a summary of the STEM that students experienced in this event: build a clinometer used a straw, string, metal washer and protractor to make enables the user to measure an angle from horizontal   measure the height of the towers measure the distance from where you ...

Tuition Reduction Program: Scholarship

STEM camps are very engaging, but with all the activities, technologies, and accommodations, it can stretch a family budget. So, Camp Infinity has created 8 ways for a family to help offset some of this investment cost. Earned scholarships is one of them. Here are the guidelines: Each student attending a 7-day camp can earn up to $150 to apply against his tuition. Each student attending a 5-day camp can earn up to $100 to apply against his tuition. Select one of the books from the list below. Read the book and write a 400-500 word report.   Reports will be ...

New Approach to Scholarships

Our first summer, thanks completely to the generosity of the friends of Ci, 65% of our campers received a $300 scholarship allowing them to afford STEM camp. It was a great first summer, but as we looked to the future, the Lord has laid on our heart, a slightly different approach. We want to share this with our donors to see if the Lord would have you partner with us for Ci Scholarships. We have created 6 different ways in which a family can help reduce their young person's tuition. If you are interested in learning more about them, explore our ...

Ci 2.0 Fall & Summer Ci 2.0 Fall Camps

  A BIT of News from Ci Ci 2.0 Fall & Summer  Ci 2.0 Fall Camps Ci Mini: Conflicting Worldviews Ci Mobile: Robotics 101 Adventure Ci 2.0 Summer Camps Ci by the Numbers  Blessings & Needs Ci 2.0 Fall Camps We conducted our first Fall camps last month, running a Ci Mini: Conflicting Worldviews Camp and a Ci Mobile: Robotics 101 Adventure Camp. Both of these camps were very well received as confirmed by the data we received from the post event surveys. Both of these camps provide our team with excellent ways to extend the mission of Ci during ...

Cornfields, Campers & Contentment

One of the many blessings in my life has been to marry into a farm family. Growing up in the city exposed me to digital technology at an early age. While marrying a farm girl, has given me a great understanding of farming and a great appreciation for it. Having just completed three of the most engaging, energy-demanding weeks of my life, the launch of Camp Infinity, it has been a very special break to come to the farm and reflect for a few days about the last three weeks. I enjoy walking along the corn fields here in central Ohio ...

Thanks to Our Scholarship Fund Donors

Starting a STEM + Faith camp has taught me much about trusting in God's provision. My heart has been deeply touched and overwhelmed to see how the Lord has burdened the hearts of His people to give gifts. Here are the names of businesses and individuals who have given to our 2014 Ci Scholarship Fund. Ted Allston Marc Chetta, MD Derrick Christ Alan & Erika Cropsey Marian Cropsey Janice Diehl CUI Distribution Andrew Gerber Harvest Baptist Church, Rock Hill SC Tim Joiner Andrew Law Tim Loudenslager Kevin McGee Masterbooks Publishing Tim Morgan Tim & Wendy Nanney John Neal Jaclyn Ong Jan & Bill Parker Jon & ...

Thanks to Our Sponsors

We would like to thank the following organizations for donating tools and supplies to assist Camp Infinity in its inaugural year. provided iPads for each camper to keep a daily journal of what they learn provided laptop computers for programming the robots provided the tools for an engineering activity to explore tension and compression provided tree slices for an activity to explore dendrochronology provided complimentary design and creativity consulting services for our brand, website and advertising creations  

God Knows How to Count II

I had a cool "God Knows How to Count" story happen this weekend for Camp Infinity. I shared this with our supporters. It has been a blessing to many on Facebook (our most viewed post) so I thought it would be good to share it here.  Friday night, a father who had received a $300 scholarship for his child, emailed me and said God provided all the finances he needed to send his son to Ci. He wanted to know if I could give the scholarship to somebody else. Not knowing what was about to happen the next morning, I ...

Sponsor a Gifted Child to Camp Infinity

Many people who explore our website are curious as to why Ci is a larger investment than the average church camp.  I would like to clarify the value behind this investment.  We believe in setting up a cost structure that covers the costs to do a STEM camp right. This includes making the best technology available exposing the campers to experts in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math well-trained counselors in STEM & biblical creation apologetics very low camper:counselor ratio exposing campers to information presented though excellent museums of both the biblical and secular world views attracting highly skilled ...

God Knows How to Count!

Through starting Camp Infinity, God is teaching me very clearly that HE KNOWS HOW TO COUNT! This was my reaction the other day when we received a scholarship gift for exactly the number of scholarships we had given out earlier that day! I've been in business most of my life, from selling lemonade alongside the road, mowing lawns and blowing snow off driveways to building software and developing property. But there's something very different about starting a non-profit Gospel ministry like Camp Infinity. Don't get me wrong.  No matter what the venture, for-profit business or not-for-profit Gospel ministry, if a ...

Camp Infinity Investment

Many people who explore our website are curious as to why Ci is a larger investment than the average Christian camp. I would like to clarify the value behind this investment. In order to accomplish all of the activities that I believe God would have us accomplish in the lives of the campers, here’s a summary of how we arrive at our costs for each camp. It is the sum of fixed costs and variable costs. fixed costs (costs we incur regardless how many campers we have) each counselor & teacher  is receiving a week of apologetics training from AiG to ...

Do You Have a Gifted Child?

When asked what type of young people are ideal for Camp Infinity, my typical response is "gifted ones with insatiable curiosity." Then I quickly follow up with "gifted in the sense of James 1:17." A gift is not something we earn or deserve. Gifts are given. Therefore, whatever abilities a young person has, they were given to him/her as a gift from the Creator. So the issue isn't if we have gifts, it is: What gifts were given to our children? Why were they given these gifts? What are we doing to teach and prepare them to invest those gifts? Camp ...

Digital Chalk Talks

BITS, Binary Digits, ones and zeroes, have totally transformed the way we live. They have changed the way we do business, listen to music, watch videos, navigate the roads, and even the way we tell stories and share truth. This summer at Camp Infinity, one of our guest speakers is my good friend, Jon Taylor. Jon is an excellent artist who has dedicated his talents to serving the Lord at Answers in Genesis. He has been working with a team of experts on the exhibit designs for the new Ark Encounter, which is having its groundbreaking May 1, 2014!   Jon has ...

There is a God Who Reveals Mysteries

Daniel is probably one of the most loved of all the Bible's Old Testament characters. Taken from his home in Jerusalem into Babylonian captivity around 600BC, he was an excellent example of why we are starting Camp Infinity. His refusal to eat the king's food and willingness to be tested for his God-given abilities in science and literature, would make him an excellent STEM student today. We are excited to be putting together the program for this summer's first STEM+Faith program @ Ci. Our focus is on the book and life of Daniel. I absolutely love his proclamation to King ...

The Backstory: Why We Started Camp Infinity

Well, God has been preparing me for years for this exciting and challenging task. Through my work as a computer science professor, board member at Answers in Genesis and The Wilds Christian Camp and Conference Center, and as cofounder of The Worthwhile Company, the necessary ideas and skills for Camp Infinity have all come together. Here’s the “short version” of our backstory.   A Computer Science Professor I love computer science and new technologies. I invested 30 years of my life as a professor of computer science at a Christian university. I’ve always believed creating software is one of the ...