You have several options if conducting a self-guided field trip to Fort Pulaski. These options include:

• teacher-led tour inside Fort Pulaski. Allow 45 minutes.
• "Cockspur Island: The human conquest of nature," a teacher-led tour around the outside of Fort Pulaski. Allow 45 minutes.
• "Cannons by the Numbers," a teacher-led math activity for fifth and sixth grades. Includes teacher guide and student worksheet.
• "Simple Machines at Work in the Fort," a teacher-led science activity for fourth grade.
• teacher-led scavenger hunt of the fort for second through fourth grades. Includes worksheet, answers, and pre-visit vocabulary list. Allow 45 minutes.
• teacher-led scavenger hunt of the fort for fifth and sixth grades. 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--weekdays at 11:30 am and 1:00 pm only. Allow 25 minutes.
• Visitor center exhibits. Allow 15 minutes.

If you are planning a self-guided field trip, please remember to send a completed fee waiver request to the park. You will receive a written confirmation (by email or fax) for your fee waiver. Please bring this confirmation with you on your field trip and present it at the park entrance booth.

For further information on planning your visit, please contact Park Ranger Mike Weinstein at (912) 786-5787.