Project Help: New to Laser Forum

Hello All,
I am looking for the following for a class project:
- Laser: enough power to pop a balloon, able to either solder down on a proto board or place on a breadboard so I can control it from a micro-controller, through a BJT or mosfet.

I would just like to have a micro-controller connected to the laser via a gpio such as the schematic shows below:



I found this laser which would be ideal for soldering down or placing on a bread board:
2W 445nm M-Type M140 Blue Laser Diode Copper Module W/Leads & Aixiz Glass Lens | eBay

However I am not sure if this is over kill. Also I need to find a list of parts so I can mount this on a box of some sort. Not sure where to start looking.

Thanks