Why is the Sky Blue?

If you are a science teacher you have heard this question a million times. If you are a student you have asked this question a million times to either: a) test the teacher b) test a parent’s patience or c) because you didn’t get an answer you can understand. It’s easy to feel confused. Explaining why can be as confusing as describing how direct tv satellite works. When teachers start talking about the spectrum of light and refracting of the atmosphere there is a switch in the back of a students brain that tells the student to go to sleep, drool, or roll their eyes into the back of their head. For those students I…