Teaching Resilience in the Face of Climate Change [nytimes.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 12/6/1912:00 PM

By Janine Zeitlin, The New York Times, December 2, 2019

Damariya Carlisle, age 9, jumped as an instructor hauled a crab pot onto the steel deck of the barge docked on the Elizabeth River, a Chesapeake tributary in Norfolk, Va.

She marveled at the Atlantic blue crabs’ claws but worried they might pinch her. The visit was part of a fourth-grade class trip in October.

“They get to see and feel real crabs,” said Janet Goldbach Ehmer, an educator with the Elizabeth River Project who pulled the trap from the water. “It helps to create a personal connection and investment in the river.”

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