This article discusses the features and benefits of teaching based on the works of both foreign and domestic scientists and methods of project based learning used in the field of pedagogy. Today's society places new demands on high school graduates. "I forget what I hear, I remember what I see, I master what I do," said the ancient Chinese philosopher Confucius. Project Based Learning – is the knowledge that students acquire through the planning and independent performance of increasingly complex tasks. Preparing children for a real life by encouraging them to see the fruits of their labour is a topical issue for today. Graduates of schools are in demand in the context of innovation, have the skills of cognitive, educational, research and design activities, the ability and ability to independently seek methods for solving practical problems, the ability to use various methods of cognition.