(Clockwise from top) Bobby Speers and Gianelos prepare a rocket for lift-off. Students in Danielle Gianelos' fifth-grade class at the Land O' Pines School, Howell, completed a project about rockets by launching their own handmade rockets into flight, powered by water and Alka-Seltzer.

Samantha Guerrero charts her observations of the rockets as they blast off. A box holds the students' creations. Students watch a successful launch. PHOTOS BY SCOTT PILLING staff