Tell us more about your class and the requirements for the project. Do you have to actually build it? If so, how much money do you have, where do you live, etc, etc. The more we know the more likely it is that we can help with ideas.
something simple, 555 astable/monostable something a little harder 555 monostable to set a 555 astable off something a little bit more harder electronic dice something a little more harder (i recomend this one) a push button to add up on an lcd something al little more harder a basic radio or a basic/meduim/hard pic program!