Field trips enhance classroom learning and broaden the student's experience. Educators can choose between self-guided or Ranger-led program options for their visit. Both options cover a variety of historical or scientific topics for discussion, learning, and fun!
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Fort Pulaski Pre-Visit Materials
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
- Tags: Forts,Civil War,fort pulaski,American History
These materials provide pre-visit information for teachers and students who are planning a field trip to Fort Pulaski. There is a fact sheet and timeline for teachers and worksheet for students.
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Simple Machines for a Complex Job
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Math,Science,Social Studies
This is a teacher-led activity to be done on site at the fort. Students will learn about the vital role played by simple machines to accomplish challenging tasks at Fort Pulaski.
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Fort Scavenger Hunt for Grades 5-6
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
In this teacher-led activity, the scavenger hunt functions as an interactive, self-guided fort tour for students. The student worksheet requires them to answer several questions as they visit various locations inside the fort.
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Cannons by the Numbers
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Math,Social Studies
In this teacher-led activity, students will stop at several locations in Fort Pulaski featuring cannons or equipment used with cannons. Students will learn about the weight, range and usage of cannons while solving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems.
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The Other Side of Fort Pulaski: Walking Tour Outside the Fort
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
- Tags: Forts
This is a teacher-led activity to be done on site at the fort. The teacher will lead a walk around the outside of the fort to show students dramatic battle damage from the Civil War battle, including projectiles that are still lodged in the brick walls. It also highlights the salt marsh ecology on Cockspur Island, and shows how human influence has repeatedly changed the island’s environment over time.
- Fort Pulaski National Monument
Fort Pulaski Pre-Visit Activity
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Literacy and Language Arts
- Tags: Forts
Students can complete the spider activity as a pre-visit activity prior to making a field trip to Fort Pulaski. Answers are included.
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Fort Pulaski Field Trip Guide
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
- Tags: Forts
This is a teacher-guided activity to be done on-site at the fort. Students will learn about the fort's construction and history. Plentiful photographs and a fort map will assist teachers in leading this tour through the fort.
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Fort Pulaski Scavenger Hunt Grades 2-4
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Level: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subjects: Social Studies
This is a teacher-led activity to be done on site at the fort. The scavenger hunt functions as an interactive, self-guided fort tour for students. The student worksheet requires them to answer several questions as they visit various locations inside the fort.
Last updated: February 4, 2025