During two days, the guests of the festival got acquainted with the lectures of eminent scientists with interesting facts about the only place in the world where the Siberian psittacosaurus lived – the paleontological and archaeological complex of Shestakovo. The lecturers told about unique finds, for example, such as the clay head of the Tagar archaeological culture, the lost world of the Siberian Scythians, the mysteries of rock art, Siberian orchids, Shestakov butterflies, geological features of Shestakovo, little-known facts about the animal and plant life of this area. The lecture was organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Kuzbass.
Alexander Pushnoy, a physicist by education, a former presenter of the educational program "Galileo", took part in the work of the "Lecture Hall", and also performed several musical numbers. As the presenter noted, the uniqueness of "Dinoterra" is that it combines science and show.
"All children are naturally inquisitive. Parents need to see which areas the child is interested in and create conditions for him to study. Such a festival is needed so that a person can understand that he is interested in science," Alexander Pushnoy said.
Also within the framework of the festival, researchers took part in the international scientific symposium "The significance and uniqueness of the Shestakov Complex for world science". The participants discussed the development of the paleontological complex of Kuzbass, identified new promising areas of research in paleontology, archeology, geology, biology. The discussion was organized at the Excavation site.
The event was attended by Deputy Governor of Kuzbass for Culture, Sports and Tourism Sergey Alekseev, Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Director of the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Makarov, Minister of Science and Higher Education of Kuzbass Irina Ganieva and others.
Interactive excursions for Dinoterra Festival guests were organized at the Excavation site, demonstrating the uniqueness of the geological and paleontological natural monuments of Kuzbass on a planetary scale. Also, everyone could visit "Archekas" - the site of active archaeological excavations, the exhibition "burial mound Shestakovo III" - this is one of the most significant locations of dinosaur fauna in the world. The remains of more than 25 species of various animal groups have been found here, including fish, amphibians, turtles, crocodile-like reptiles, dinosaurs, pterosaurs, birds, animal-like and mammals.
The organizers organized master classes for children and teenagers. At the popular science interactive "Artifact with your own hands", the guests were taught the basics of 3D modeling. As part of the master class "Restoration of Ancient Ceramics", volunteer students taught children and adults to restore fragile products from authentic fragments that were touched by the hands of ancient masters.
Alexander Pushnoy, the Pelageya group and its soloist, Honored Artist of Russia Pelageya performed on the big stage of the festival. Then the evening was continued by the flash mob "Dinosaur sends greetings to Space" and the drone show, which was held for the first time in Siberia and was dedicated to the celebration of the 125th millionth anniversary of the Siberian Psittacosaurus.
Hiking and horse-riding excursions along the famous ecological trail were organized for the guests of the popular science event.
