And this is where the Professor murders me.

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

And look, you already have a plane...

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

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

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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?

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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.