Looking up at the rocket before take off, Mr. Cyrus Harshfield and Becky Linares (11) begin to add pressure to the rocket launcher. “This was one of the most fun projects we did all year,” commented Linared. “It was a nice break from sitting in a classroom, and it was cool watching your creation fly up in the air.” We’re up next, As Whitney Turcol (9) prepares her bottle rocket for blast off, Edgar RiveraBoutista (9) and Lathanyol Lovan (10) stand together to waiting their turn to show off how well they built their bottle rocket. “Our rocket wasn’t the best, but we both had a lot of fun making it.” Rivera said.” It was a really fun project to do, it was a good project for the end of the year,” Turcol added. Blast off, After a hand full of pushes with the pump to build the pressure inside the bottle, they steps back to pull the string and watch it take off into the air. “It went pretty high, I think that if I built another one it could go even higher,” he commented.
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