How did the sand dunes get to Jockey's Ridge State Park

Jockey's Ridge State Park sand dunes

Phenomenon Description: The tallest living sand dune system on the Atlantic coast
Location: Jockey's Ridge State Park, Nags Head
Question: How did the sand dunes get there? 
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Science Domain: Earth and Space Science
Grade Level: Grade 4
NC Standards(s): ESS.4.2 Understand patterns of change in the Earth's surface over time
DCI: ESS2.B Plate Tectonics and Large -Scale System Interactions
Crosscutting Concepts: Stability and Change 

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