OCR has endorsed another educational DVD produced by Pumpkin-Interactive.   Bio-Diversity Under Threat: the Sundarbans and the Bengal Tiger has been endorsed for use with the OCR GCE Geography specification. This interactive DVD looks at the threats facing Bangladesh's Mangroves.  It asks why are they so important and the challenges facing them, including climate change, shrimp farming, poaching and tiger killings.  It then explores sustainable management options, including a tiger conservation project, eco-tourism and government initiatives to control resource exploitation. 

This follows the endorsement of two other Pumpkin resources. “Issues in Globalisation: How Fair is Fashion” has been endorsed for use with the OCR GCE Geography specification and their GCSE Geography A specification. “Issues in Globalisation: Environmental Impacts and Sustainability” has also been endorsed for use with OCR GCE Geography specification.

Many of Pumpkin's other, currently unendorsed titles are also mentioned in the OCR sample schemes of work and lesson plans/Teachers Handbook for OCR GCSE Geography A and B 2009 specifications and these could also help support your teaching.

To order any of our resources:

Tel:    01179 240250

Fax:    0560 209 6668

Web: www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Email: orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Pumpkin's latest DVD: "Smart Resistant Materials" has been endorsed by OCR for GCSE Design and Technology: Resistant Materials.  The title has also been endorsed by Edexcel for their GCE Design and Technology: Product Design, RMT pathway.

This DVD provides examples of the very latest smart materials, including shape memory alloys, thermochromatic plastics and QTC.  It explores how they are made, how they work and their potential applications. 

For further information on this title or to place an order:

Tel: 01179 240250

Fax: 0560 209 6668

email: orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

web: www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

A further Pumpkin resource has been endorsed by Edexcel for use with Edexcel's GCSE: D&T: Textiles Technology. 

“Textiles: Eco-Design” looks at how the textile industry is rising to the challenge of reducing the environmental impact of their products through eco-design. The resource is well matched to the sustainability aspects of the specification. It also encourages learners to consider the development of a product and how it can be continually improved upon.  The DVD also provides detailed worksheets of particular benefit for higher achieving candidates requiring extension activities. 

A second title: “Textiles: Industrial Finishing Processes” has been added to Edexcel's recommended resources list.  It looks at the range of chemical and physical finishes now available and how their application is creating ever more technical materials.

To order either of these titles:

Tel:    01179 240 250

Fax:    0560 209 6668

Email:    orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Web:    www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Edexcel has endorsed two further Pumpkin Geography DVDs.

The second Pumpkin DVD to receive endorsement is Bio-Diversity Under Threat: the Sundarbans and the Bengal Tiger. This title has been endorsed for Edexcel GCSE Geography specification B, with particular relevance to the topics: Biodiversity under Threat and Oceans on the Edge. It has also been endorsed for Edexcel GCE geography.  This DVD also deals with development issues as well and so is useful in a more broader sense than for just bio-diversity.   

The DVD is a resource bank of video clips, interactive maps, student activities and teachers' notes.  It looks at why Bangladesh's Sundarban mangroves are so important; as a bio-diversity hotspot, as a carbon bank and as protection against the impacts of tropical cyclones.  It examines the threats, including climate change, shrimp farming, poaching and tiger killings.  It then explores how they can be sustainably managed and by whom.  Case studies include; a tiger conservation project, eco-tourism and government initiatives to control resource exploitation.

For further information on either of these resources or to order a preview copy:

phone:    01179 240250

Fax:        0560 209 6668

Email:     orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

web:       www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

“Designing with Recycled Materials” is endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR GCSE Design and Technology: Resistant Materials specification. “Product Design and Mass Manufacture: Design Optimization”, is endorsed by OCR for use with the OCR GCSE Design and Technology: Product Design specification. It would also be suitable for sixth formers as it could lead onto further discussion.

We have also produced a new D&T title. Smart Resistant Materials, looks at the characteristics and applications of a range of smart resistant materials, including shape memory alloys, thermochromatic plastics and QTC.

To order any of these titles:

Tel:    01179 240250

Fax:    0560 209 6668

Email:    orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Web:    www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Two further Pumpkin resources have been endorsed by Edexcel. “Ethical Textiles” and “Textiles: Environmental Impacts” have both been endorsed for use with Edexcel's GCSE: D&T: Textiles Technology. The following titles have already been endorsed for use with their Design and Technology, Textiles Technology GCSE:

Sustainable and Recycled Textiles

Smart Textiles

Textiles: Mass Production, Systems and Techniques

Textiles: Industrial Dyeing and Printing

CAD/CAM in Textile Manufacturing

ICT in Textiles: Design, Practice and Process

Testing Textiles

We also have a number of new textile titles.

“Textiles: Eco-Design” looks at how the textile industry is rising to the challenge of reducing the environmental impact of their products through eco-design. “Textiles: Industrial Finishing Processes” looks at the range of chemical and physical finishes now available and how their application is creating ever more technical materials.

To order any of these titles:

Tel:    01179 240 250

Fax:    0560 209 6668

Email:    orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Web:    www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

The following Pumpkin DVDs have now received Edexcel endorsment. Sustainable Packaging has been endorsed for the Edexcel GCSE specifications: D&T: Food Technology, D&T: Graphic Products and D&T Resistant Materials Technology. It has also been endorsed, along with our second new title Designing for the User: Inclusive Design, for Edexcel's GCE Design and Technology: Product Design specification for both the Resistant Materials Technology pathway and the Graphic Products pathway.

The following titles have already received endorsement for Edexdel's Design and Technology: Product Design GCE.

Product Design and Mass Manufacture: Design Optimization

Product Design, Testing and Modification: Trunki

Choosing Sustainable Materials

Designing with Recycled Materials

Sustainable Design: Life Cycle Assessment

Designing for Innovation and Safety

To order any of these titles:

Tel:    01179 240250

Fax:    0560 209 6668

Email:    orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Web:    www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

Our textile title “Ethical Textiles” has been endorsed by OCR for use with their GCSE Textiles Specification J307. Filmed in Bangladeshi textile factories, it delivers the key aspects of globalisation and explores the social, moral and economic issues involved in a clear and student friendly way.

This builds on the success of our DVD: “Recycled and Sustainable Textiles”, which has been endorsed previously by OCR for their GCSE Textiles Specification. 

To order any of the above titles:

Tel:    01179 240250

Fax:    0560 209 6688

Email:    orders@pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

web:    www.pumpkin-interactive.co.uk

The following Pumpkin Design and Technology and Textile DVDs are now recommended by AQA in their resources list for all 8 of their GCSE D&T specifications and for all 4 of their D&T A level specifications. The recommended titles are:

Product Design/Resistant Materials

Choosing Sustainable Materials

Designing with Recycled Materials

Sustainable Design: Life Cycle Assessment

Designing for the User: Inclusive Design

Product Design and Mass Manufacture: Design Optimisation

Product Design, Testing and Modification: Trunki

Sustainable Packaging

Designing for Innovation and Safety

Textiles

Sustainable and Recycled Textiles

Smart Textiles: the Next Generation

ICT and Textiles: Design, Practice and Process

CAD/CAM in Textile Manufacturing

Textiles: Mass Production Systems and Techniques

Textiles: Industrial Dyeing and Printing

Testing Textiles