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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2007-10-02 14:15:00 from Ulysses, KS, US

2:03pm
Bugscope Team k
Bugscope Team the school should be on in a few minutes
Bugscope Team that did it
Bugscope Team im fine here
Bugscope Team just refresh
Bugscope Team Jon you can drive if you would like
Bugscope Team until the escuela logs on
Bugscope Team when they log on you will see the teacher's login name in red up there to the left

Bugscope Team cool
Bugscope Team and guests will be yellow
Bugscope Team to confer control to someone on the list yeah as Cate says, we can hand them the star

2:08pm

Bugscope Team that is not only monosyllabic, it's monoletter

Bugscope Team scales
Bugscope Team hello mrs. phelps!
Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope...
Bugscope Team Welcome Mrs Phelps!

Bugscope Team Had to touch up the focus a little...
Bugscope Team Annie took some time and identified all of the insects save one. We had three entomologists looking at the last one and they could not figure out what it was.
Bugscope Team Annie may be able to log on later. As may Chas.
Bugscope Team we are ready whenever you are. feel free to start controlling the scope, or asking questions. all the presets are ready for ya.
Bugscope Team Otherwise it's just Cate, Alex, me, and Jon, who knows about all kinds of microscopy.
Bugscope Team i know about computers! they have bugs in them.

Bugscope Team Yeah Alex knows all about computers, and he is a very good rare sys admin, like your Matt, who doesn't dis people who aren't computer literate.

2:13pm

Bugscope Team whoa, thanks scott!
Bugscope Team I am not sure whether these are scales or flattened and rounded sensory setae.
Bugscope Team Mrs Phelps Commontern is from Bucklin.

Bugscope Team Oops she got shy.

Bugscope Team I wonder if the older Safari just does not hold up.

Bugscope Team mrs. phelps, are you able to see this? maybe you are busy getting students situated?

Bugscope Team 'you can upgrade safari

2:21pm
Bugscope Team oh yeah, yay!
Bugscope Team Hi Annie.
Bugscope Team Hi Scott
Bugscope Team what do you mean you are counting species?
Bugscope Team yeah I think so
Teacher we're bringing in the kids
Bugscope Team Robber flies have a characteristic divot between the eyes
Bugscope Team now alex
Bugscope Team right, they do
Bugscope Team alright!
Bugscope Team okay, anytime mrs phelps, we are ready for the kids!
2:26pm
Bugscope Team Chas is where? His iPhone blinked out
Bugscope Team hey guys go ahead and ask questions as you have them
Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope, sullivan elementary!

Bugscope Team what happened
Student how did you do this
Bugscope Team how did we make the sample?
Student what is the picture were looking at
Bugscope Team if you take the mag down you can see more of the insect

Student What is this
Student What do you do in bug scope
Bugscope Team we put bugs into an electron microscope, and let YOU control the scope and ask questions. it's a lot of fun for us!
Bugscope Team or how did we get the 'scope to work?
Student what is it
Student What is that
Student what picture is this

Student What are we looking at ?
Bugscope Team this is a closeup of the surface of one of the insects in the 'scope today
Student is it lice
Bugscope Team or seta for singular
Student ya
Student what kind of bug is that???
Student Does any body know what this is.
Student hi bug scope
Bugscope Team if you decrease the magnification you will be able to see more of the insect
Student What kind of insect are we looking at?
Student is this a fly
Student Is that hair
Student how do you tell a male or female bug
Student how did u do this?
Bugscope Team the website you are looking at was built by Chas Conway, an employee of ITG (Imaging Technology Group). and we all participate in some way in make Bugscope happen. Scott is the senior microscopist. Annie is an entomologist. Cate is a microscopists. I'm a computer dude.
Student what is this hair?
2:31pm
Student Are we looking at marker writings
Bugscope Team insects have hairs similar to humans but we arent supposed to call them that
Bugscope Team I think this is the leafhopper; I wasn't paying attention to where we were
Student what is that
Bugscope Team setae is what we call them

Student is that a bug

Student what is it
Student are those hairs
Bugscope Team and it is how they sense their environment because they have that hard shell called an exoskeleton
Bugscope Team the canoe-shaped things are diatoms, and we are indeed looking at a leafhopper up clsoe
Student What part of a fly is this.

Student Whats this?
Bugscope Team clsoe
Student what do you call them?
Student Is it fun in Bug Scope
Bugscope Team clsoe
Student what type of insect are we looking at?
Bugscope Team close
Student what kind of picture is this
Student why arn't spiders insects
Student what is it
Student what are you showing
Student what is that pocy things
Student is it a spider
Bugscope Team brennon
Student is it a robberfly
Student is that dirt?/
Student whats that growing out of the skin
Student Is this a leafhopper
Student its fur.
Student is that th lace
Student Are those spikes
Bugscope Team you can see little spines sticking out of the exoskeleton -- they don't have skin
Student is that the face
Student is that our bug that we sent
Student it looks ugly and wierd
Student is it sand
Student Is that thorns
Bugscope Team yes it does look ugly here
Student is it a musketo
Student is it shedding it its skin
Student is there such thing as a fly beetle?????????
Student is it an insect?
Student what is that
Bugscope Team those are projections through the chitin
Student is it hair?
Bugscope Team it's the side of a leafhopper
Student what kind of picture is this
Student what kind of exoskeleton
Student is it a bug
Student is it a type of fly?
Bugscope Team those lumps you see are often piecesof debris like dirt

Student what is that
Bugscope Team This is a insect "foot"
Bugscope Team yes it was a bug
Student is it a ternmite
Student Wow, this looks wierd, what is it?
Student is that the abdomen of a robber fly
Student is it a bug
Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is the claw of a robber fly
Bugscope Team dead bugs at that
Student is that a spider
Student what is it
Student is that there legs or teeth
Student what is this
Student is that a snake mouth
Student whats that! itsugly.
Student Is this a robberflies mouth
Bugscope Team Nope this is a "foot"
Student creepy
Bugscope Team this is one of its hands
Student what is that
Student it looks like fangs

Student where do you l

Student what kind of insect is that
Student what is this
Student what is a ichnomum wasp
Student what kind of bug is this
2:36pm
Bugscope Team you can see the claws, and you can also see the pads, each of which is called a pulvillus
Student whatis it
Bugscope Team it is a robber fly
Student what are those white things on the isect
Bugscope Team The various bumps and hairs are what we call setae
Student It is scary
Student Why does it look like that
Student thats looks like the thing under the water
Student what is this kind of bug?
Student how many insects have you seen
Bugscope Team there is a lot of dirt on it
Student what are these claw deals?
Student is it sticky or
Student this is awsome
Student can you change he picture
Bugscope Team this is the edge of one of the claws

Student is it fur
Student what is it?
Student how do you do that and why do you do that
Bugscope Team this is a pad on the right you can kind of see that helps it cling to things or grab onto things

Bugscope Team the pulvillus has little sticky hairlike projections on it as well
Student why is it getting darking
Student What exactly is this?
Student Is it sticky or hairy or rough
Student what do you do to zoom in on the insects?
Bugscope Team the projections are called tenent setae
Student is that its leg
Bugscope Team it might help to turn down the contrast a little here
Student slow down i cant read it
Bugscope Team notice in the upper right side... the magnify windows, says we are at 648x. that means you are looging at something 648 times bigger than it is in real life!
Student thats looks like hair
Student is that like teeths
Student Is that a mouth on a fly
Student are those microscopic hairs
Bugscope Team it is bright in part because it is charging up with electrons
Student what kind of insect is it
Student it is a laefhopper
Student what is the insect called?
Student whos is this
Bugscope Team this is a robber fly
Student ezekiel
Student is that pollen or dust
Bugscope Team could be both, insects dont always look very clean
Student it looks like a skelton
Student Is that the same part of the body?
Bugscope Team this is the claw of a robber fly, up close
Student is it a claw from a fly???
Student is it sticky stuff on its leg.
Student what is this now
Student Whats a Robber fly?
Student why is it called a robber fly
Bugscope Team A robber fly is called a robber fly because they are known to steal prey from other insects, and even from spiders or from spider webs.
Student what is the order of the bug

Student does it have bones
Student ?????????what kind of bug are we looking at???????
Bugscope Team this isa robber fly
Student whats a robber fly

Bugscope Team yes it is the claw of a fly, but we are so close it is hard to see the shape
Student are those sticky pads on the side
Bugscope Team yes thats right
Student Is it water?
Bugscope Team A robber fly preys on other bugs -- it eats them
Student what is a roberfly do?
Bugscope Team eats other insects
Bugscope Team or steals food from them
Bugscope Team all bugs are trying to survive, in some way or another. finding food, finding ways to make baby robber fly's, ...
Bugscope Team the sticky pad is called a pulvillus
Bugscope Team the sticky things on it are called tenent setae
Student is that a back on an insect
Student thouse look teeth
Student Is that a robber fly claw
Bugscope Team yes
Student Whats that big thin?
Student is this the foot still is it a claw

Student make it smaller pleas
Student ??????????is it a back???????
Bugscope Team the insect moved a little here
Student whats that
Student Now, what is this?
2:41pm
Student Is it fur
Student is it the inside of it
Student are th
Student theres a giant spikey ball what is it.
Bugscope Team it is a poleen grain
Bugscope Team in the upper part of the screen you can see a pollen grain
Student is it hair
Student is it inside the body
Bugscope Team among all the setae
Student what is it?
Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain on the arm of an unidentified insect
Student are those spikes for protection
Student what is it???
Bugscope Team brennon -- not as much as we would like to know
Student is this claws
Student what does it eat
Student what is that thing at the top
Student ?????????? is that spikes on a bug???????
Student is that a pollen grain
Student thats looks like a hairball
Student it looks like germs
Bugscope Team Germs are usually a bit smaller than the pollen ball
Bugscope Team pollen grain
Student what part of the robberfly is this
Bugscope Team annie is our "bugologist"
Bugscope Team yeah it does look like a germ
Student whats that lil ball spikie ball
Bugscope Team we can see germs as well when they are around
Student is that poison
Student how much insects have you seen?
Student Is Bug Scope Easy?
Student does it have a lot of hair.
Bugscope Team it is a grain of pollen
Student is it spike a viurus
Student what is that spiky ball
Bugscope Team yeah it does look kind of icky, but it is so cool to see what a pollen looks like so close
Student does this bug live in kansas
Student do robber flies have a stinger
Student why is he hairy.
Bugscope Team yes, this is magnified almost 3000 times!
Student what is it
Bugscope Team a bacterium is usually 2 microns long, and you can see that the scalebar in the image is 20 microns long
Student thats looks like head with hair
Student Is that hair or sharp poiny things?
Bugscope Team the spikes help it to cling to things so that it is easier for plants to pollinate eachother
Student are other insects small enough to live on the bigger ones
Student have you seen this thing :)
Student what's that spikey ball at the top\
Bugscope Team the sharp pointy things are setae
Bugscope Team which look like hair to us
Student why do flys have hair on them?
Student does a robber fly have a stinger
Student were does an egg come out of a flyzs
Student is it a butterfly
Bugscope Team we dont have any butterflies to look at today
Bugscope Team the spikey ball is pollen
Student it ispollon gran
Student Is that hair on it's back

Student what is it

Student what is this
Student are there pictures of our bugs huu
Student is that a mouth???
Student what is that spiky ball that its showing
Bugscope Team here you can see a stinger and it is a little bent
Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is a CUCKOO WASP
Bugscope Team the stinger on a CUCKOO WASP
Student thats looks like leafs
Bugscope Team this is the stinger of the cuckoo wasp, also called a jewel wasp
Student Iook nasty
Student how do you scrol down
Bugscope Team or it is also called a jewel wasp i think
Student is that the real color of the insect??
Bugscope Team no, you are seeing black and white only, because the bug is inside an electron microscope, and electron microscopes don't see in color, just black and white.
Student is that the stinger or its back full of hair
Student is it cukoo
Student is that a stinger
Student what is the name
Bugscope Team This is a cuckoo wasp
2:46pm
Student how big is it
Student is it a stinger?
Bugscope Team cuckoo wasp, or jewel wasp, same critter
Student how come there are spikes on the stinger
Student What does a cuckoo wasp do
Student what part of the bug is this
Bugscope Team This is stinger
Bugscope Team cuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nests of other wasps or bees
Student is this a. bee im guesing this is a bee
Bugscope Team this is a wasp
Bugscope Team their larvae feed on the other larvae in the nest
Student Are they black and white in real life, too?
Bugscope Team Nope, in real life, this wasp is bright metallic green
Student is it better up close.
Student It looks like spikes
Bugscope Team that is why they are called cuckoo wasps -- because they do the same thing as the cuckoo bird.
Student is it a bee
Student is the stinger broke
Student Is that a mouth
Bugscope Team This is the stinger
Student is this known around the u.s.
Bugscope Team Yes cuckoo wasps are found throughout the US and the whole world
Student is that stinger old
Student really
Student it looks like a hands
Bugscope Team what we see is black and white because we are using electrons to collect these images
Student why does the skin so scaly.
Bugscope Team The cuticle of the cuckoo wasp is scaly to protect them from being stung by other bees and wasps
Student is that a bug coming out or something
Student what is the color of this
Student are they black and white and gray in real life
Student 1
Student what color is in real life
Bugscope Team Bright metallic green. Some can be bright metallic blue or purple
Student what is that that im seeing
Student is that the stinger?
Student will it hurt!?
Student do they lay eggs through the stinger
Bugscope Team another name for the stinger is an ovipositor, which is what it lays its eggs through
Bugscope Team you are controlling an electron microscope from your classroom in Ulysses Kansas.
Student is it a wasp

Student does the stinger hurt

Student no are teacher is
Student 3what kind 45of i3369s thi96s55

Student it looks like it a tree with leafs
Student is it a leafhopper
Student a stinger from a cuckoo wasp
Student is the bug big or small
Student is it realted to bees
Student sorry for that
Student What does the stinger do to other insects??????????????????
Bugscope Team Bees and wasps can sting other insects. The sting can paralyze or kill other insects. It is also possible that the sting could have no effect on other insects
Student how many babies can a mosquito have a year?
Bugscope Team you are taking the pictures now
Student does it have a stinger
Student is this a grass hopper456
Student where r those insects found
Student whatdoes it look like
Student what does it do
Bugscope Team this is through an actual microscope that you are seeing everything
Student is this a male or female
Bugscope Team a very expensive microscope
Student how many babies does it have a year
Student why does it have hare on the side?
Bugscope Team the hairs are called "setae", and they help the bug sense its environment.
Student 123
Bugscope Team the mosquito lays eggs, and I think it does that only once

Student is that a stinger
Student is it hair
Bugscope Team this is a female
Student Is this a cockroack
2:51pm
Student is that the face
Student are those leafs
Student hi hello
Student is that the eggsac
Student what is that?
Student what is this
Student what is it
Student how did you do that
Student is every insect this complecated
Bugscope Team All insects have complicated life cycles, development, and sensory systems, just like humans or dogs or parakeets.
Student is that a musquito.
Student it looks like a grass hopper
Bugscope Team this is a mouth
Student what is that
Student it looks like a deast
Student what is that
Student can it kill u
Student What is it NOW?????
Student what is that
Bugscope Team the jewel wasp has armor to keep it from being stung or bitten badly
Student Is it a cockroach?
Student is th a molted skin
Student hello is this a grass hopper
Bugscope Team this is the mouth of the horsefly
Student it that a spiter
Student it looks like a stinger
Student is that a horse fly mouth
Student do they lay eggs
Student can it kill people or other living things
Bugscope Team this is a HORSE FLY
Bugscope Team horsefly
Student hello
Student is that the mouthpart
Student is that poop
Bugscope Team No, this is the mouth of a fly
Bugscope Team this is part of what your class sent us
Bugscope Team this is a horsefly now
Student do they lay eggs
Student Is that horse fly mouth
Bugscope Team yes
Student can a bee kill a man???
Bugscope Team If a person is allergic to bee stings, a bee call kill a man
Bugscope Team yes, some people are alergic to bee stings, and they can die from them. but normal bees cannot usually kill a person.
Student is it realted to grasshoppers
Student is that a stinger?
Student is it spiky??
Student is that a fly
Student Is that the mouth or the bottom

Student iis that a horse fly mouth
Student yes it can
Student it look like a scoll

Student do they hurt u
Bugscope Team Yes, some people find horse fly bites quite painful
Bugscope Team yes that is the mouth it is not poop
Bugscope Team horse flies are the oens that bite and are annoying
Student ezekiel
Student what is it
Student thats looks like dots
Student what is that big thing in the middle
Student is that the mouth
Student is that ribs
Student is it big in reall life
Student what is on it
Student whats that thing
Student why do we have to type
Bugscope Team because you are in Kansas and we are in Illinois and we are too far apart to hear you talk
Student what is it
Student is this part of the exoskeleton?
Student 01
Student is that lungs???

Student this is the same thing isn't it
Bugscope Team insects are often much more complicated than we expect at first
Student what is that?
Student Is it bones?

Bugscope Team when you get stung, a venon is also injected into you, which is what people are often allergic to
Student is that hes moth
Student doesit have layers
Student it lokes jlghku
Student is that a bugs back or skeloten
Bugscope Team dch what else would you like to do?
Student Is that hair
Student tm
Student is that hare??
Bugscope Team no, it's not hair, but rather it's called setae, which is used to sense the bugs environment.
Student were those ribs
Student why is it called a hersefly
Bugscope Team They are called horse flies because they are frequently found around horses and stables---because they like to bite horses and other large animals
Student is that a mouth
Student and bones
Student do you have a ant
Bugscope Team you can see the sharp part now
Student i dont know
2:56pm
Student is that a animal or a bug
Bugscope Team it is an animal...but it is NOT a bug. The word "bug" should only be applied to insects in the order Hemiptera
Student look at lacewings
Bugscope Team we do not have an ant today -- the one we had yesterday was too juicy
Student is that THE STINGER:)
Bugscope Team this is the mouth
Student is this bug scope is kansas
Bugscope Team no we are in illinois.
Student i dont know

Student does that stinger sting the horses
Student does it hurt if it bites you? it lookes like it would
Bugscope Team Yes, horse fly bites do hurt
Student is that the horsefly hair?

Student ok
Student what is this?
Student is it reallly gray
Bugscope Team we are not using a light microscope to look at these, we are using an electron microscope, which are at a different wavelength and is much smaller than light

Student how do bees put the stinger in your body??
Bugscope Team They just stick you with it...the tips are sharp like a needle
Bugscope Team the microscope you are controlling is in Illinois, in the basement of a building -- the Beckman Institute.
Student Is this some sort of fly?
Bugscope Team yes, this is the haltere of a fly
Student whats that
Student is that a horsefly haltere
Student what is that????????????????
Student why is it called setae
Bugscope Team It is not really gray but it is coated with gold-palladium, which would make it look silver if you saw it out of the 'scope.
Student what is that around the stinger
Student is that a finger
Bugscope Team this is a haltere
Bugscope Team haltere's help balance the fly as it flies
Student how do you get pictures inside the mouth
Student are those eyes
Student is that a stomach
Student is that a leg
Student what is it now????? it lookes like a heart
Student ddddddd
Student what thing?
Student was the ant really juicy
Student it looks like guts
Student is that a horse fly haltere
Student do flys have hearts
Student what part is this
Bugscope Team halteres are like little gyroscopes that move opposite of the way the wing moves when a two-winged fly flies
Student is that a part on the bug
Student is that
Student can you show us the eyes
Student how big is that
Student is that stinger
Student will the stinger stay in you after it stings you
Bugscope Team wasps can usually sting you multiple times, bees sting you once, and that is when it usually stays in you
Bugscope Team A honeybee has a stinger with a barb on it that gets stuck in your when it stings. Wasps and many other bees do not have barbed stingers and they can pull them out and sting you more than once.
Student is it a male or female
Student is that a leg
Student how do they balence while flying and landing?
Student is that the mouth
Student is this a tounge
Student how long have you ben doing this ?
Student what other insects do you have
Student Is that a nose on the horsefly??????
Guest What school are you guys from?
Student it looks like a tong
Teacher What is the fly halter?
3:02pm
Bugscope Team this is the HALTERE
Student how do they move if they move
Student is that a foot
Student is thet bug bigger than a ant
Student is that a thorax
Student h
Student do horse flys have noses
Bugscope Team Not really. They smell using specialize setae on their antennae and probably on their mouthparts.
Bugscope Team the haltere keeps the fly balanced, it has a gyroscope effect
Student yaretheythere

Student thanks
Bugscope Team halteres resemble punching bags
Student is that
Teacher are the halteres on the end of the antennae
Bugscope Team no halteres are near the wings, they are a modified, reduced set of wings
Student what is that
Bugscope Team here we are looking at the ommatidia -- the individual facets of the compound eye
Bugscope Team some insect eyes have compound eyes, meaning there are many parts or facets to the eye
Bugscope Team they are often sort of hexagonal
Student is that his eye
Bugscope Team when we see very complicated compound eyes they are often on flying insects
Student is that his eyes
Bugscope Team sometimes you will even find seta inbetween the facets
Bugscope Team yes this is part of a compound eye
Bugscope Team fruit flies have setae between the ommatidia
Student thats the eye

Student how many lenses
Student these are eye lenses right
Bugscope Team yeah DaddyO this is one of the compound eyes, and we are looking very closely now
Bugscope Team the compound eyes are usually very big especially on flying insects because they need very good vision for when they fly
Student do fruitflies really like fruit
Student that looks like bees eyes

Bugscope Team sometimes there are thousands of individual facets called ommatidia, which are like lenses
Student they look like dust beteen the eye
Student what is that
3:07pm
Student do you have any other insects that you can show us
Student are teacher said it was mag nified many times
Student what is that
Student what kind of insect is this
Student It looks like behive holes
Student Is that a shell???
Bugscope Team yes it is magnified so many times that we could see bacteria if they were there
Bugscope Team yes we are at almost 11,000x magnification
Student is that eyes

Bugscope Team thousands of lenses
Student waht is that
Student what is that
Student what is thqat
Student thats looks like hair
Student Thats a horse fly right??
Teacher you will post pictures from our session?
Bugscope Team yes, all the images and the complete chat transcript will be on your member page: http://bugscope.itg.uiuc.edu/members/2007-044
Student this is cool to look at
Student this is cool
Student whats that???\
Student does all pollen look like
Student That looks like poullins and a thorax
Bugscope Team you will have access to all of the images
Student that looks like spikes or stigeers
Student this is cooool
Student is the insect still alive
Bugscope Team they are all dead, it would be really hard to look at them alive because they would be constantly moving around
Student is that polen???
Student do horse flys have nose
Student What does the pointy things do
Bugscope Team yes the spikey ball is pollen
Bugscope Team they do not have noses like we do
Student is it pollen grain
Bugscope Team the setae help insects taste and smell too
Student did you have to kill then insect
Student answer my questions
Student why is he hairy
Student Is that a virus or is it alive
Student is that hair sticking out
Student will that insect still live
Bugscope Team they can smell using their chemosensory setae and pits that are also chemosensory on their antennae
Student how much can the scoe zoom in
Student it looks like a hairball
Student how long do you have to be on the computer to answer everybodeys questin you must be tired
Bugscope Team no, this is fun for us!
Student Is this a horse fly
Student what is that
Student what kind of insect is these
Bugscope Team we can magnify quite high, but the best images are no more than 200,000x.
Bugscope Team this is one we could not identify
Student is this part of a insect
Student .
Student are those little circles germs
Bugscope Team ask Mrs Phelps to go to a lower magnification
Student do you stay on the computer a long time

Student is that hairs
Student Are those bits of germs all over the bug???

Bugscope Team if there were germs we could see them

3:12pm
Student what kind of insect is that it looks like
Student what is the spicky thing

Student thats look like a leg
Bugscope Team that is a claw
Student what is that????
Student Is that the leg right????
Student a piece of hair
Student that looks like a spine.
Bugscope Team we were on one of the forearms or legs
Student What do you do with the insects once the session is over?

Student is that a ant
Bugscope Team the body is to the north
Student that is a pollin or aleg

Bugscope Team Mrs Mitchell they rot and we throw them away
Student is that the head????

Student how long does it take you to answer my questions you must be tied
Student do you guys have to stay on all day
Student thats the legs???
Student tired
Bugscope Team we can actually save them in a desiccator for awhile
Bugscope Team mrs. phelps, you are doing a great job of driving the scope!!!
Student that looks so cool
Student is that a spider
Student thats looks like a ant
Student is that the head
Bugscope Team driving can be tough to do but you are doing a great job mrs phelps!
Student is it a head
Student Are those the anntennas
Bugscope Team we don't have to do this all day, but we certainly enjoy it
Student is that it head
Student is that the head???
Bugscope Team yes those are the antennae, Kyanneslick.
Bugscope Team yes this is as head, you can see a lump on the right side, that is the compound eye
Student is that backteria
Student do you think this is fun
Bugscope Team yes, we love doing this with students like you.
Bugscope Team those things sticking out are the antennae
Student that looks like a turkey
Student BYE
Bugscope Team there might be bacteria in that mass on the head
Student bye bye
Bugscope Team bye guys
Bugscope Team turkey dinner, yum!
Student bye
Student bye
Student how amny have you done
Bugscope Team Thank you for all the good questions guys
Student BYE HECTOR
Bugscope Team need some gravy for it tho
Student bye
Bugscope Team we have done a few hundred sessions like this
Student Is that the antennas
Student bye bye love emmy
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Bugscope Team thanks for joining us, we had a great time.
Student i hope we can do this agin
Bugscope Team yes those are antennae; they may be broken
Bugscope Team we will be happy to do this again
Teacher Thank you very much!! It was great! What is the cluster of "Stuff" at the top of the head?
Student Bye Bye from your friend erik alvarado!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team you can drive down and see
Student bye it was nice working with you
Student BY

Bugscope Team i dont know if we will have termites for you next time but we can try to have a butterfly and an ant

Bugscope Team it's a mass of pollen
Bugscope Team pretty cool
Bugscope Team very pretty pollen
Bugscope Team oo nice
Student i hope to see chat with you again
3:17pm
Bugscope Team must have bumped his head into a flower, or against a bee

Bugscope Team i think this is a soldier beetle
Bugscope Team Now is too late, I know, but I think that might be what this is
Bugscope Team yay you identified it, better late then never
Bugscope Team haha
Bugscope Team yay
Bugscope Team They are flower feeders, which would explain the pollen
Bugscope Team it's not like your ex roommate with the leafcutter ant hairdo
Teacher ha
Bugscope Team we solved the mystery
Bugscope Team because Mrs Phelps asked what the mass was.
Teacher thanks for the fun
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Bugscope Team Thank you!!
Bugscope Team thanks it was fun
Bugscope Team OK--I am off to count more beetle species
Bugscope Team great job shelley. you drove the scope well./
Bugscope Team oh yeah
Bugscope Team not so easy with a classroom full of kids
Bugscope Team but it was fun for us as usual
Bugscope Team Over and out, thank you all for everything.
3:22pm
Teacher we're off to contain the incessant buzzing of fifth grade bees
Bugscope Team we will see you on Monday night Mrs Phelps
Bugscope Team ahaha ok
Bugscope Team alright!
Bugscope Team Thank you!
Bugscope Team bye
Bugscope Team closing down the session now

School Name	Sullivan Elementary School
School Homepage	www.ulysses.org
Location	Ulysses KS, US
Community	Rural
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Science, Math, Language Arts
Grades Taught	5th Grade
Number of Students	120

Project Title	Insect Collections
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	The fifth grade students at Sullivan Elementary begin the year by collecting bugs for an insect collection. We would like to view some of our insects collected under the Bugscope and examine their characteristics and adaptations at a high magnification.

Session 2007-044 with Sullivan Elementary School

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Connected on 2007-10-02 14:15:00 from Ulysses, KS, US