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Julie,
by asking them to make a “working” rocket, that adds a whole level of complexity. The fizzy tablet rocket with a vitamin tube is probably the best basis for this, and children would have to consider the weight of the materials they add, the aerodynamics (since this rocket will be launched from Earth).
A larger possibility is the fizzy drink bottle water rocket, but now these bottles have recycling value, this may be less likely.
https://youtu.be/UspRESye6JY?si=-HQ6s_M9LTtVa_TN
There is a commercial kit that can be used, I have one called Water Rokit. Get a decent bicycle pump, not one of the smaller one hand ones.