Our team implemented a three-year project at the UF/IFAS Nature Coast Biological Station (NCBS) in Cedar Key to engage students (grades 7-10) from four underserved counties in hands-on learning about living shorelines, coastal resilience, climate change, and habitat improvement. The project itself became a practice of resilience, as original plans were adapted due to Hurricanes Idalia (2023) and Helene (2024). Despite the challenges, almost 600 students participated in the modified lessons. We assessed program impacts on environmental awareness and understanding via a pre-/post-survey with Likert-scale items. Overall index scores indicated youths’ (pre n = 3.22 to post n = 3.25), and their interest in science and climate attitudes decreased (pre-M = 3.48 to post-M = 3.11). Yet, content knowledge appeared to increase for terms such as living shoreline (pre-knowledge 18.8% to post-knowledge 57.0%) and seawall (27.5% to 56.6%).