Well for English, I'm supposed to make like a little fortress thing, but I'm gona be special and make a fortress then blow it up with a small explosive ;ÂD It needs to be to scale and the explosive is the problem. Anybody know how to make a small explosive that will blow up in a shoe box sized radius??
good luck getting gunpowder into class in the first place...well I guess that depends on the country your in.
The simple pressure building explosion is the way to go. It's pretty much harmless, no fire, very little shrapnel (The bottle rarely splinters, just splits open along the seams.
I was always a fan of sparkler dust with a sparkler as the fuse which should be relatively safe provided it is done outside.