The article substantiates the advantages of using educational traveling when studying the unit "Internet Information Resources" at the lessons of "Informatics" in the 9th grade. The authors analyzes the approaches that are the basis for teaching students to informatics: systemic, activitybased and competence-based. Special attention is paid to the formation of metasubject competencies, which include the ability to use the mastered intersubject concepts and universal educational actions in educational activities, the independence of planning and implementing educational activities based on personal priorities, and the organization of educational cooperation with students and teachers. These competencies will be needed by students both in everyday life and in their future profession. Tasks for small groups of students and a range of questions for their solution are given, criteria for the success of assignments are developed, examples of the results of the work of groups are given.
