The overwhelming need for exploration is something that is in every human being. With the child starting school, begins the period in which the child will either continue to develop his or her need for exploration, or because of the traditional form of teaching, become a passive observer. Ever since the first grade, students get confronted with different content, methods and forms of work. The teacher's role in the teaching process is to stimulate the student's natural curiosity and desire to learn and discover, through various teaching topics, using natural science methods and procedures. Students are introduced to the scientific mode of work through the natural sciences, which is useful in further education, active and experiential learning and various student research outside the education system. The greatest development of research skills comes in the third grade by adopting the teaching topic Experiment, after which students delve deeper into the process of discovery and experiential learning. An analysis the content of the Curriculum of the subject Nature and Society for Primary Schools in the Republic of Croatia (2019) revealed major changes in the educational goals of teaching and teaching a subject. Most emphasis is placed on the Student's Research Approach directly using the natural science method and its procedures. Students are gradually introduced to research activities, focusing on the acquisition of competencies important for their personal growth by linking learning and their own experiences. It gives more freedom to teachers who tailor the context to the student's interests and thus develop students' motivation to acquire new knowledge and skills. The elementary school curriculum (2006) is committed to research and use of natural scientific methods, but due to educational achievements, it is more based on the adoption of concepts. With the new Curriculum taking effect, the student comes into the forefront. Everything is subordinate to the student and the acquisition of competences by interconnecting learning and experience with the student, and thus educating a socially responsible and versatile individual with developed skills capable of lifelong learning.