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The Innergy Awards were set up to
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Recognise staff who come
up with innovative ideas and have spent time developing,
testing and/or implementing them; |
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Appreciate staff who have come up
with innovations that have brought about significant benefits
that contribute to MOE’s mission; and |
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Encourage more MOE officers
to be innovative and creative in the workplace. |
There are three categories of Innergy Awards, namely:
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Innovative ideas that have been implemented
and have the potential to be commercialised |
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Innovative ideas that have been successfully
implemented |
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Innovative ideas which have been tested
but found unsuitable for implementation. |
The 14 Innergy Awards this year are as follows: two for the
Innopreneur, nine for the Innovator and three for the Experimentor
Awards.
| School/Division |
Project Title |
| Hougang Primary |
The Dancing Multiplier |
| Yio Chu Kang Secondary |
100 sketchRule |
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| School/Division |
Project Title |
| Assumption English |
Algebrain |
Blangah Rise Primary
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Drive Around the World |
| Blangah Rise Primary |
North-West MRT Line (NWL) |
| Bowen Secondary |
Tamil Wordplay |
| Dunman Secondary |
DX solution for
Genomic DNA Extraction from Human Cheek
Cells |
| Mayflower Secondary |
Peacock Panel |
| Pasir Ris Primary |
‘4-Op’ Mathematics Game Cards |
| Yishun Secondary |
EqMath |
| Yuan Ching Secondary |
eDevelopmentAdvisor |
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| School/Division |
Project Title |
Anglo-Chinese JC
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Transparent Miracle
- Automated Batch Transparency Cleaner |
Tampines Secondary
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New Age Desk & Chair |
| Yuan Ching Secondary |
Canteen Hygiene bin |
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School: Dunman Secondary School
Team leader/members: Ms Lim Guat Hong, Mr Daniel
Lim Poh Yeong, Miss Christine Sim
Extracted DNA provides the basis of many molecular
experiments. However, the current method of
extracting DNA is tedious, time consuming (three
to 24 hours) and expensive. The team developed
a rapid method of isolating human chromosomal
DNA from cheek cells. The procedure now only
takes less than 30 mins to extract DNA and costs
a fraction of commercially available methods. |
School: Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Team Leader: Mr S. Ramasamy
Attached to a computer, the fully automated
batch transparency cleaner works just like a
printer. The device has the capability to feed,
clean, and dry up used write-on transparencies
at the rate of 3 transparencies per minute –
similar to the printing speed of most bubble
jet printers. Unfortunately, due to limitations
in the stepper motor of the cleaner, it took
a long time to dry the transparencies. The cleaning
was also not even. In addition, with the move
towards IT in schools, the popularity of transparencies
has also fallen as more teachers switch to PowerPoint
slides. Hence, the team decided not to implement
the project. |
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