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Phenomenon Description: A large boulder looks as if it has been bent and folded.Location: BuncombeGrade Level or Course:Grade 4Question: Why does this boulder appear to be bent and folded?Crosscutting Concept: Cause and Effect: Mechanism & ExplanationScience Domain: Earth and Space ScienceNC Standard:ESS.4.2 Understand patterns of change in the Earth's surface over time.
Phenomenon Description: Once only native to Central and South America, the nine-banded armadillo has slowly migrated to the southeastern US. The first confirmed observations in North Carolina occurred in the late 2000s.Location: See NC Wildlife Resources Map for locations in the stateGrade Level or Course: 4