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[whiffycat]

Please help. Is the tense consistent in the following passage?

"Today," said Mr. Hussey, "You will be making an icebox!" As we sat staring at him, and puzzled over trying to imagine what kind of device he was referring to, Mr. Hussey handed out the project specifications. In groups of two, we had to design a storage device that was able to keep its contents at a constant temperature for a period of time, regardless of what the temperature was outside.

[Bluegum]

Yes, it's fine - simple past tense to tell a story, except where timeframes outside the main story are referred to.