Abstract
This project "Science and Media" is focused on the efficiency of understanding media information. It is divided into two smaller units.
During the first one, the pupils are brought up to date via newspaper articles with the Red Queen Hypothesis and the meaning of the human sexuality from the evolutionary point of view. The following part is supported by short audio and video illustrations and shows the gist of human instincts.
This short-time project enhances the cross-curricular links since the biology is interfaced with the media education here. It is suitable for pupils attending a standard secondary school ranging from the 6th thru 9th grades.
During this project the pupils worked individually as well as in groups. They filled in short test which the results showed the level of their understanding of mediated information.
Short discussions are organized at the end of each unint of this project, which helps the pupils realize that the information gained from various media outlets could sometiomes be distorted and incomplete. In order to verify the validity of the project, 73 pupils from the 8th and 9th grades were used as a sample source.