Gomston, A Polluted City: Classroom Simulation in Ecology
- 1973
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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.
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Science History Institute. Gomston, A Polluted City: Classroom Simulation in Ecology. Photograph, 2022. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/72qmqc0.
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