A main focus of the grants is to encourage students to answer: “What can I do to make myself” — as well as my family and my community — “more resilient?,” said Sarah Schoedinger, a senior program manager in NOAA’s education office. “How do we rebound to something” that might leave us in a position that is “better than before?”

[Here’s information on how to apply for a grant.]

The Elizabeth River Project welcomes up to 200 students a day on field trips to its 120- by 32-foot learning barge. It enlists the Atlantic blue crab as a means to teach students in the area about increased flooding and sea-level rise, nudging students toward actions they can take to reduce climate impacts.

“You don’t have to grow up to do these actions,” Ms. Goldbach Ehmer tells students. “You can start these actions today.”

After attending the program, Damariya vowed to turn off lights and computers more often.

Since 2015, NOAA’s Environmental Literacy Program has awarded nearly $10 million to 22 resiliency programs across the country, in both coastal and inland states.