WhaleNet project. There is a large database of whale sightings, which already has a Web interface - http://kayak.npac.syr.edu:6398/cgi-bin/whaleb_home. Choose a subset of the data and make your own interface. Define a computation on the data, for example, given a selected set of whale sightings, pick a map and display locations of sightings. |
Product catalog of electronics company with specs and pictures of components. Design scenario and computation. |
Choose engineering computation that you've already worked with - structural analysis, circuit design, blood flow simulation . . . Design data and scenario. |
Educational math games for elementary children. |
Use PL/SQL or OraPerl to program web interface to Oracle database for any of these projects (limited to small number of students with appropriate background). |