Kid Rocket

Grapeview Middle School students Rylie Rygh, left, and Carra Gouldie on Friday launch their two-liter water bottle rocket as part of a science project in teacher Johnathon Heck's class. In groups of two and three, the students designed their rockets, filled them water, pumped them with air, and then released them first for height and then for distance.

Angel Stepanik, left, and Lauryn Hicks launch their rocket.

Rylie Rygh, right, pours water into her rocket as Chloe Lemley looks on.

Heck, left, helps Elijah Dekker pump air into his bottle rocket.