The purpose of this study was to study the impact of teaching physics by the project method on the
academic performance of high school students in physics. This study used the achievement test (before/after testing) as
a measurement tool. Depending on the results of the preliminary performance test of 8th grade students studying natural
sciences, they were divided into two equal groups, called the experimental group and the control group. The
experimental group was trained by the project method, and the control group by the traditional lecture method. The
posttest was held at the end of the training .
The data of this study were estimates from the preliminary and post-test testing of the two groups. Analysis of
the data showed that the experimental group as a whole showed better performance than the control group. In addition,
the experimental group showed significantly better results than the control group in the field of learning (development
of knowledge, understanding, application and skills). The results of this study showed that teaching physics by the
project method is more effective than the traditional lecture method at the high school level.
The article presents the results of the study of new effective methods of teaching physics and Natural Sciences.
It is established that before the start of work, it is necessary to train teachers in approaches that demonstrate the
importance of students ' own activities, how to build an interdisciplinary project. Project-based physics teaching seems
to be one of the most effective ways to teach science for understanding.