The Mighty Oak Inside of You
Why would there be a tree inside of you? Well, there wouldn’t be silly! But just as a small acorn grows into a mighty oak tree, you have within you small building blocks that can grow you into an amazing human being!
An acorn is really a house for a seed and all seeds contain miniature models of the plants they are to become. Seeds also have an outer casing that protects them from the elements and a storage area for food and nutrients that they will need in order to grow. You should know though that scientists still don’t fully understand what exactly happens inside a seed as it comes to life.
Still it’s incredible how resilient such a small thing can be. Many seeds can last for years and despite very cold temperatures. The oldest seed that has ever been grown into a healthy plant was a Judean date palm seed that was about 2,000 years old!!!
Similarly, even when we are very, very small… even before we are born… we too have all we need to grow into mature adults. All of our information is stored in our DNA (that’s short for deoxyribonucleic acid) which is found in our chromosomes.
DNA, along with proteins, lipids, and complex carbohydrates make up the four macromolecules that are necessary for all for