Climbing activates tween girls

According to WHO - a devastating 85% of tween girls are inactive! This PhD study sought to examine how playground equipment can help improve this.​

In the study, 150 tween girls were monitored on school playgrounds. 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.

1. Consider tween girls as a special target group when designing playgrounds

2. Consider climbing equipment: Spacenets, PCM structures, and GALAXY structures

3. Challenge the tween girls with high play equipment

4. Consider chill areas such as platforms