Abstract: Mechanics of materials is an important professional basic course for engineering students in colleges and universities. The experimental part of the course plays an irreplaceable role in cultivating students' ability of “combining theory with practice”. There is a common problem that the teaching of experiment in colleges and universities is not in harmony with the training requirements. Based on the project management mode, this paper proposes to reform the teaching content, the teaching methods and the teaching organization, and trains students' ability to solve practical engineering problems.