Third Grade
Worksheets
Gum
Different forms of gum have been around for centuries. Long ago, the Mayans chewed on sticky tree sap. They called it chicle. The ancient Greeks chewed a form of gum, too. It was called mastic gum. This gum was the resin obtained from the bark of a mastic tree. American settlers made gum from spruce sap. They mixed it with beeswax. Later, fruit and mint flavors were added to .....
