Self Guided

A teacher conducting a Simple Machine activity with her students.

You have several options if conducting a self-guided field trip to Fort Pulaski. If you are planning a self-guided field trip, please remember to send a completed fee waiver request to the park. Self-guided options include:

• Teacher-led tour inside Fort Pulaski. Allow 45 minutes. All ages.
• "Cockspur Island: The human conquest of nature," a teacher-led tour around the outside of Fort Pulaski. Allow 45 minutes. All ages.
• "Cannons by the Numbers," a teacher-led math activity for grades 5-6. Includes teacher guide and student worksheet.
• "Simple Machines at Work in the Fort," a teacher-led science activity for grade 4.
• teacher-led scavenger hunt of the fort for grades 2-4. Includes worksheet, answers, and pre-visit vocabulary list. Allow 45 minutes.
• teacher-led scavenger hunt of the fort for grades 5-6. Includes worksheet, answers and pre-visit vocabulary list. Allow 45 minutes.

Other activities include:

• "The Battle for Fort Pulaski," a video shown at the visitor center every half-hour. Allow 20 minutes.
• Musket-firing demonstration--follows the regular public schedule. Allow 25 minutes.
• Visitor center exhibits. Allow 15 minutes.