a chromosome is a
thread-like package
of D.N.A.
that tells your body
how to grow
and what you will know
and what traits to have,
like the color of your eyes
and the color of your hair
but not the color of
the clothes you wear!

God designed
a unique recipe for you
Chromosomes are stored
inside every cell
of your body.
They carry
all of your genetic
information,
like a code or a blueprint.

This tiny thread
is actually a long,
long strand of D.N.A.
all coiled up
very tightly
around special proteins.
If you unwound all the D.N.A.
in just one of your cells,
it would be as tall as you are!

a chromosome is a
thread-like package
of D.N.A.
that tells your body
how to grow
and what you will know
and what traits to have,
like the color of your eyes
and the color of your hair
but not the color of
the clothes you wear!

Along the length
of a chromosome
are thousands of genes.
Think of genes
as smaller instructions
within the manual,
each telling your body
how to make
a specific protein.

Most people have
46 chromosomes,
arranged in 23 pairs.
You get one set of 23
from your mom
and the other set of 23
from your dad.

a chromosome is a
thread-like package
of D.N.A.
that tells your body
how to grow
and what you will know
and what traits to have,
like the color of your eyes
and the color of your hair
but not the color of
the clothes you wear!

Imagine your body
is a fancy car
and your chromosomes
are car’s manual.
The manual contains
all the instructions
for how the car is built,
from the color of the paint
like your eye color
to how the engine works
like your heart and other organs

If your body needs to grow
or fix a cut,
the cells read the manual (the chromosomes)
to know exactly what to do.

When God made you
you got half of your manual pages
from your mom
and half from your dad,
which is why you have traits
from both of them.

a chromosome is a
thread-like package
of D.N.A.
that tells your body
how to grow
and what you will know
and what traits to have,
like the color of your eyes
and the color of your hair
but not the color of
the clothes you wear!