https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b en-us 2017-04-04 21:39:53 UTC 2024-05-16 00:41:15 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164748609 Modern chewing gum dates from the 1860s, when a substance called chicle was developed. Chicle was originally imported from Mexico as a rubber substitute and was tapped from a tropical evergreen tree named Manilkara chicle in the same way that latex is tapped from a rubber tree

]]> 2017-04-04 22:05:49 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164748609 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164748756 The American Indians chewed resin made from the sap of spruce trees. The New England settlers picked up this practice, and in 1848, John B. Curtis developed and sold the first commercial chewing gum called The State of Maine Pure Spruce Gum.]]> 2017-04-04 22:07:20 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164748756 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164748910 Different people has used it for different ways. Like some would chew it to relieve stress, some would chew it to focus, relieve hunger, and so many more reasons why people chew gum to this day. gum helps people in their daily lives to do daily tasks.]]> 2017-04-04 22:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164748910 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164749584 gum has actually been around for many years starting in the form of chicle. There’s evidence that some northern Europeans were chewing birch bark tar 9,000 years ago, possibly for enjoyment as well as such medicinal purposes as relieving toothaches]]> 2017-04-04 22:16:24 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/164749584 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172699880 https://spark.adobe.com/video/hc21fEV19A4E9]]> 2017-05-18 23:24:25 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172699880 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172869414 Chewing gum in many forms has existed since the Neolithic period. 6,000-year-old chewing gum made from birch bark tar, with tooth imprints, has been found in Kierikki in Finland. The tar from which the gums were made is believed to have antiseptic properties and other medicinal benefits.]]> 2017-05-19 18:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172869414 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172869737 The Aztecs, as the ancient Mayans before them, used chicle as a base for making a gum-like substance and to stick objects together in everyday use]]> 2017-05-19 18:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172869737 b30488 https://padlet.com/b30488/1nfho85ub33b/wish/172870719 This concept is connected to unit five (life) because the trees helped produced the gum and wouldn't be possible without life.
This concept is connected to unit six (early humans) because humans required knowledge to know how to produce gum the right way.
This concept is connected to unit seven (agriculture & civilization) because humans consume gum


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