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Records of the core curriculum of general education with regard to the form of Nicolaus Copernicus outline in general terms only realized are on lessons topics of history and society in elementary school and the secondary school history. On this basis it is difficult to predict what kind of knowledge about the scientist have/will have graduates of various types of schools. It also depends chosen by the teachers’ curricula, textbooks and the activities undertaken by teachers and students. The aim recounted in the article survey was to investigate the students’ knowledge of Olsztyn primary and secondary schools. An overwhelming number of respondents showed at least a basic knowledge about the life and scientific achievements of Nicolaus Copernicus. The percentage of correct answers to questions closed the survey varies from over 60% to over 89% for primary school students and from approx. 77% to nearly 90% for middle school students. Greater difficulty caused some students to open-ended questions survey. Respondents were also some problems with the dating of certain events connected with the person Copernicus.