Enormous fun. Spex World! Playground is a simple and intuitive 3D design software for young people.  Spex World! Playground includes a budget facility making it a rich resource for Design & Technology, Maths and great for Graphical Modelling too!

Mathematics 

SpexWorld! Playground has a budget facility and a simple spreadsheet and graphs to help pupils learn about budgeting, handling and managing money.  

Pupils also become familiar with shapes, space and dimensions, proportion and symmetry as they plan and design their playground.

Great introduction to Spreadsheet modelling.

Choose from a selection of play areas.

Plan view of selected play area.

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3D view of selected play area.

Items of play equipment are dragged into the playground.

A 3D view of the playground.

Walking around inside the playground using the arrow keys.

A bar graph showing items

in the classroom

A pie chart showing

items in the classroom.

This simple spreadsheet display is a great introduction to spreadsheet modelling.

     Display the plan view, 3D view and side views.

     Display all the views in either perspective or orthographic modes.

     Zoom in close or zoom out.

     Rotate the playground clockwise or anticlockwise.

     Go inside of the playground and walk around it using the arrow keys.

     Display the design with day or night lighting.

    Furniture

     Drag items of play equipment in to the playground.

     Rotate and move individual items of equipment.

     Cut/Copy/Paste items of equipment in the playground.

     Right click mouse over an item of play equipment to investigate close-up.

    Prices

     Change the prices of the items.

     Use different currencies and exchange rates.

     Set a budget.
     Display the budget, amount spent and amount of last item.

     Display the furniture in a spreadsheet showing individual prices and totals. (export CSV)

     Display the furniture on a simple bar graph, pie chart or pictogram.

    Export

     Export whole playgrounds as a bitmap image.

     Export selected equipment as a bitmap image.

     Export spreadsheet as a CSV file. (will load into excel etc)

    SpexWorlds 'Versus' Spex+

     What is the difference between SpexWorlds and Spex+ ?  click here for more information.

"There is massive learning potential with SpexWorlds!"

"They were really excited when they found that they could create their own floor plan"

"From the moment I fired up the main editing screen I could see that SpexWorlds! was

something exciting! Exciting in that it will serve as a fantastic catalyst for helping children

with their design ideas and communication"

"Sounds a cliché but I wish that you could have seen

the class’s reaction. An absolute buzz!"

      PC Windows XP / Vista 

      Minimum recommended Processor:  1Ghz

      Minumum recommended RAM: 512Mb

MacOS X  (Power PC and Intel)

Minimum recommended Processor:  1Ghz

Minumum recommended RAM: 512Mb