This paper argues that the research competences that are taught in secondary schools in the framework of the articulation program between upper secondary education and higher education held by FESAD-UPTC, allow an elementary immersion in the scientific field, through workshops and research-type activities as a way to initiate young future researchers. This is a mixed research study, drawing upon action research, which contributes to the role played by the teacher as a researcher of his/her own pedagogical activity. With the aim of training young researchers who are prepared for the scientific culture since upper secondary education, a conceptual exploration of research related topics is established, then the pedagogical experience is presented, where research competences are bundled together and strengthen the learning process (know-know and know-how) of middle school students. The paper relies on the premise that the goal is not for students of upper secondary education to become research specialists, but rather that they acquire a certain amount of knowledge as part of a comprehensive and integrating education.