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Wanted Schrodinger's cat, dead AND alive! Here is a short video that explains the thought experiment of leaving a cat in a box with something deadly and not knowing if the cat survives. It mentions the difference between Schrodinger's thought experiment and Einstein's on the same topic.
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Instructional Ideas
- Try to answer Schrodinger's original question from 1935, "When does a quantum system stop existing as a superposition of states and become one or the other?"
- Read some of the letters between Schrodinger and Einstein discussing this thought experiment
Classroom Considerations
- Public comments lead to questionable content, so avoid them if possible
- This video is hosted on YouTube
Pros
- ELLs benefit from closed captioning in 32 languages
Cons
- The video explains the thought experiment of Shrodinger's Cat, but it doesn't explain the analogy or connection to physics