20 million years ago there were many active volcanoes in the northeastern Aegean region. In the island of Lesvos 5 large volcanic centers were discovered.

In the educational program ‘’I adopt and protect the Petrified Forest – Participate in cleaning and conservation activities of fossils’’, the children are called to become fossil conservators and as the conservators of the Museum , they have the opportunity to clean fossilized parts of tree trunks and leaves from the Petrified Forest of Lesvos.

19 million years ago, in the area of the Petrified Forest used to live one of the oldest mammals in Greece, the Lesvos Deinotherium.

The children are transported to the excavation site of the Petrified Forest of Lesvos along the road Kalloni – Sigri. Through a research route along the new road, they observe the works carried out at the construction site of the Petrified Forest, discover information about the conservation works and their results, identify and record the tools. At the same time, they identify and map the fossils, rocks, volcanic, tectonic and geomorphological structures, which they encounter.

Did you know that the first marine fossil park in Greece is located in Nissiopi, the islet located opposite the settlement of Sigri in the island of Lesvos?

Through specially designed educational activities and with the help of educational material, children become scientists, become familiar with research methods and discover information about fossils, rocks, sea and land geoforms, the great biodiversity of the island of Nissiopi and the gulf of Sigri.