1. Introduction
1.1 Aim of the research
The decline of the number of physics students can be seen at the universities in the Czech Republic. The
level of knowledge is decreasing, physics is not very popular at secondary and high schools, physics is difficult
(Research NPVII).
University teachers interested in didactics of physics started a lot of initiatives with the aim—“How to teach
science for understandig”. The goal is to find effective teaching methods and create a curriculum according to the
requirements of the teaching and learning for the 21st century. Today’s education system is characterized by a gap
between how students live and what they learn and how they learn. To bridge this discrepance new legislative
documents of the Ministry of Education are coming into life (The White Book—The General Educational
Programme). The main tendency is to apply interdisciplinary relations. Science subjects are integrated in one
field—“man and nature”, where physics, chemistry, geography, geology and biology can be found. Teachers of
these subjects (of one field or area) have to cooperate and use an interdisciplinary approach in teachnig and
learning.