Bottle rockets conjure up images of middle school mischief, fun and trips to the principal?s office ? which was exactly the point at the Southwest Academy in Woodlawn Friday.

The middle school is one of Baltimore County?s six west-side S.T.E.M. academies feeding Woodlawn High School, and instructors there thought a morning spent launching one- and two-liter soda bottles into the sky might spark student interest in science.

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