Copenhagen interpretation

The Copenhagen Interpretation is a way that scientists think about really, really small things like atoms and particles. The scientists who made up this idea were named after the city of Copenhagen, which is in Europe.

Now, imagine you have a toy box with a bunch of toys inside, like balls and blocks. When you look inside the toy box, you can count the toys and see where they are. But when scientists look at really, really small things like atoms and particles, something really weird happens. They can't see exactly where the tiny things are and how fast they are moving at the same time. It's like the toys in the box are moving too fast and too small to see clearly!

So, the Copenhagen Interpretation says that these tiny things don't have a definite position or speed until you look at them. It's like they are in many different places at once, but only when you look at them do they settle on one position. This idea is called superposition.

Another weird thing about tiny things is that they can be in two different states at the same time, like being both "on" and "off" at the same time. This is called superposition too!

The Copenhagen Interpretation has helped scientists to understand how tiny things work, but it's still really hard to wrap our brains around!