> How else will you even attempt to simplify it to 10 years old?
> The electron cloud model says that we cannot know exactly where an electron is at any given time, but the electrons are more likely to be in specific areas.
> math, which thankfully can’t be simplified to the point of lies.
Er, at least by the standards being thrown around in this thread it absolutely can be and regularly is. You can't have less than zero of something, it only makes sense to take the root of a positive number, any time we avoid generalizing the area under a curve or rates of change because calculus won't come up for a few years...
Of course its a simplification. You are talking to a kid! Not a graduate with high-school physics.
How else will you even attempt to simplify it to 10 years old?
It seems that you are also blaming a school teacher for not being a domain expert with PhD and up to date knowledge.
Most of teachers with decade or more are just that - teachers. Its their 9-5 job.