St Angela's School wins 2nd ‘ICT Thinking Game'

Team leader Azura bte Hidup and the SAS team receiving the ICT Hoe from Thinking Game founder Merlin Kong

The second 'ICT Thinking Game' held at St George's School on April 25 saw St Angela's School successfully defending their title as the 'smartest school', thus retaining the ICT Hoe for another year. The victorious team - made up of members Azura bte Hidup, Giegel Ignacio, Wong Siew Chee and Rachel Martin - were respectively followed by their peers from St George's School, St John's School and St Michael's School.

The theme for this year's contest was 'The Human Genome Project: What are the Ethics of Funding It?' In addition to learning about human genetics from firsthand research findings published in the Internet, contestants also had to consider the ethical implications of funding the Human Genome Project from various perspectives of a lawyer, doctor, insurance company and a member of a couple with a history of mental disability.

The participating students were also required to engage their newly acquired knowledge by publishing their findings on a web site, mailing a letter to an agency involved in the Human Genome Project and having their conclusions tested in a public defence by university faculty.

During the award ceremony, judges Prof Ken Clements, Dr Zohrah bte Hj Sulaiman and Dr Alan Chamberlain remarked on the rigueur of the contest project and the high standard attained by the participating students in tackling big issues questions such as funding for the Human Genome Project.

Interestingly, as noted by teachers Rodman Tan and Shyamala Premaratne from St John's School, April 25 marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA by Watson and Crick.

Courtesy of Sunday Bulletin