In the educational program ‘’Volcanoes and volcanic eruptions in Lesvos’’, the children are invited to travel millions of years ago to the geological past of Lesvos, of the Aegean and of Greece and to become familiar with phenomena and processes that cannot be directly observed, such as the volcanic phenomenon.

The children gather information in the exhibition spaces of the Museum and find the relation of the volcanoes with the creation of the Petrified Forest, they learn about the large volcanoes of Lesvos, the volcanic rocks and the volcanic structures of Lesvos. Step by step they discover all the processes and the changes that have contributed to the creation of today’s volcanic landscapes, they get to know the volcanic geosites, the volcanic arc of Greece, the global distribution of volcanoes and how they were created. Then, follows the experiment of creating a volcano themselves, where children experience a volcanic eruption.

The program includes:

• Discussion on the volcanic phenomenon with the help of the educational application of the Museum ‘’Petrified Forest of Lesvos’’.

• Discussion on basic concepts such as earth structure, lithospheric plates, volcanoes, lava, magma, volcanic rocks, volcanic geosites, etc.

• Gathering information from the exhibits and models of the permanent exhibitions of the Museum from volcanoes and volcanic rocks and acquaintance with volcanoes with the help of the activity book ‘’Theophrastus: Volcanoes & volcanic rocks’’.

• Composition of observations and drawing conclusions.

• Discussion about volcanic rocks with the help of museum box ‘’Theophrastus: Volcanoes & volcanic rocks’’.

• Educational experiment to create a volcanic eruption.

• Educational activities with educational cards and games.