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Gomston, A Polluted City: Classroom Simulation in Ecology "After" Poster

Norman S. Warns, Jr.1973

Science History Institute

Science History Institute
Philadelphia, United States

A rectangular game box decorated by a photograph of an urban area with visible factories. The box contains 1 teacher’s manual, 1 audio cassette tape, 1 film roll in a plastic case, 2 overhead projector transparencies, 2 posters, 12 role designation signs, 40 evaluation question sheets, 4 student response list sheets, 5 lists of individual roles sheets, 43 city maps, 44 letters from local geographer, 41 Gomston environmental analysis forms, and 44 student evaluation forms.

Gomston was designed as a classroom game to teach students about the dangers of pollution. Players work individually or in teams to make decisions relating to pollution spread or to pollution control. The team or player with the least pollution at the end of the game or lesson wins.

Depiction of clean city of Gomston

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  • Title: Gomston, A Polluted City: Classroom Simulation in Ecology "After" Poster
  • Creator: Norman S. Warns, Jr., Norman S. Warns, Jr.
  • Date Created: 1973, 1973
  • Location Created: Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States, Oak Lawn, Illinois, United States
  • Physical Dimensions: Physical Object, Physical Object
  • Provenance: Science History Institute
  • Subject Keywords: Board Games, Environmental Protection, Pollution
  • Type: Artifact, Artifact
  • Publisher: Ideal School Supply Company
  • Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
  • External Link: View our digital collections
  • Medium: cardboard, paper, plastic
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