White paper
Climbing activates tween girls
Solving tween girls' physical inactivity
According to WHO - a whopping 85% of tween girls are inactive! This PhD study sought to examine the positive effects specific playground equipment can have on improving this.
In the study, 150 tween girls were monitored on school playgrounds, and the data collected is convincing. Presented with the right play activities - tween girls are in fact very active.
Download the whitepaper or watch Thea Toft Amholt talk about her full PhD project about Motivating Playgrounds.
4 considerations for activating tween girls on playgrounds
Look at tween girls as a special target group when designing playgrounds
Consider climbing equipment: Spacenets, PCM structures, and GALAXY structures
Challenge the tween girls with high play equipment
Incorporate chill areas, like platforms
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