This paper presents the experience in shaping and creating a hotbed of research in the Department of Physics of the National Pedagogical University. We show how the seed stems from a research project cross the Faculty of Science and Technology, is discussed as the seed is established within the research in physics education called Active Learning Physics. It is a reflection on how the research exercise promotes initial training from the standpoint of physics education and finally presents a look at how hotbed activity contributes to the formation of the students within it as future teachers.