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Activity
Exploratorium

Exploratorium: Science Snacks: Blue Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Through this science demonstration, students discover why the sky is blue, and the why sunset is red.
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Handout
Synopsys

Synopsys: A Gentle Intro to Optical Design: Why Is the Sky Blue?

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses Rayleigh scattering in plain language and attributes the blueness of the skies to this phenomenon. Discussion of scattering is just one topic of many on this lengthy page of optical topics.