Transcribe the synthesized speech, and hand in your transcription together with a critique of the program's results. You should also hand in a diskette with the sound file generated by the program. Research a common physiological abnormality, such as cleft palate, and its effect on speech production or perception. Discuss how the difficulties resulting from the abnormality can be overcome. Investigate the question of why breathing helium makes one's voice sound funny.
Ventriloquists can speak without appearing to move their lips.
Be sure to include an answer key. Create a device for demonstrating some aspect of phonetics to students in a course like this one. For example, the Interactive Sagittal Section web page is such a device. Your device may also be a web page, or it may be a set of overhead transparencies, or it may be a three-dimensional model, or anything else that you think would be effective. Include a brief written description of what your device is supposed to illustrate, and any necessary instructions for its use.