In order to ensure the students' abilities and value orientations formation, enshrined in the Federal State Educational Standard of Basic General Education (FSES) 2021, it is necessary to use the rich work experience of the education system, including experience in introducing students to research activities. The purpose of the article is to present a variant of schoolchildren attracting to search activities by the example of their connection to the establishment of modern nature changes in the areas of the ridge mountain relief development.

The article presents data showing the levels of needs in achieving the goals by 1st and 2nd-year students of a Technical University in Novosibirsk, attending compulsory physical education classes. The research reveals that the majority of students in health groups (special medical and basic) are characterized by an average level of the studied indicator: percentage of male students was 35.2 %, while female students — 45.9 % respectively.

The article analyzes the philosophical and pedagogical works of Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi. His merit to the Western and Russian education systems lies in the fact that, unlike the traditional educational and training program based on the content of the studied material, he placed the fundamental theory of primary education of children at the center of his pedagogical system, linked it with their upbringing and development, and then connected with production labor.