And this is where the Professor murders me.

[xp_cyclops]

Even so, I think I've selected a good term project for the shop class. We are going to make a cannon - specifically, an 1844 howitzer. We will be taking a short field trip (don't anybody faint) to Fort Hamilton within the next few weeks to take a look at that particular gun there. Then we're going to research, design, and build a replica here.

It'll be fun.

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[x-forge.livejournal.com]

Just the thing (http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/bridges.html#brooklyn).

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

I looked at bridges. But a) it's an individual or at best a small group exercise to create a scale model, and b) the model is just that.

I'll go back to the drawing board with the list of suggested activities, but as I said, there was a reason I settled on the cannon, and Nate making fun of it or not, it wasn't because it was "cool". I want something full-sized, something interactive that's going to require the full class, with the tie to local history.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

1913. Glenn Curtiss. The beginnings of the aviation industry.

And look, you already have a plane...

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

For engineering, yes - I was actually already planning an aviation project.

Shop is clearly going to be more challenging than I thought.

[x-forge.livejournal.com]

I'm afraid if you're looking for specific project ideas, I literally have no concept of what is an appropriate difficulty level for the students.

Find whoever's been playing that saxophone at odd hours, mug them and steal it, and have your class redesign it to NOT sound like a flock of angry geese?

[x-cyclops.livejournal.com]

Entirely fair, because that would be my job - to continue researching and come up with a new idea for a workable project that satisfies both the curriculum's criteria and the timeframe.