Topics Related to Stability and change

Phenomenon Description: An area in a forest that has been burned by a fire. 
Location: Harnett County, Raven Rock State Park 
Grade Level or Course: Earth and Environmental Science
Question: How does fire affect this ecosystem?
Crosscutting Concept: Stability and Change

Phenomenon Description:  The fall line is a geologic boundary between the Piedmont and the Coastal Plain. 
Location: Cumberland, Harnett and surrounding Counties, Raven Rock State Park
Grade Level or Course: Earth and Environmental Science
Question: Why do you find water rapids and other unique hydrological and geological features at Raven Rock State Park? 

Phenomenon Description: Jockey's Ridge State Park is home to the tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic Coast. 
Location: Jockey's Ridge State Park, Nags Head
Grade Level or Course: Grade 4
Question: How did the Sand Dunes get to Jockey's Ridge State Park? 
Crosscutting Concepts: Stability and Change
Science Domain: Earth and Space Science