Connected on 2008-06-03 16:00:00 from Placentia, CA, US
- 3:46pm
- Bugscope Team ready for the session
- 4:10pm
- Bugscope Team hi jo, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Team hey there!
- Bugscope Team Welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Team is this jody hawkins? from john o. tynes in california?
- Bugscope Team Hi Zack!
- Bugscope Team and Jodie!
- Teacher Hi Guys! This is Jodie Hawkins and her class. We've just started to log everyone on.
- Bugscope Team hi elmo, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Team oh yeah Elmo!
- Student Hi I`m Jeremy
- Bugscope Team hi jeremy
- Bugscope Team Let us know when you have questions.
- Bugscope Team Jo has control of the microscope.
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is a stinger on a type of solitary wasp
- Teacher what am i looking at
- Student Sorry I but my teachers name
- Bugscope Team this is a stinger on a wasp!
- Bugscope Team or anyone you designate to drive
- Teacher what is that
- Teacher What is that ?
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team like a tackhammer
- Student why is it hairy
Bugscope Team those hairs are called "setae" (see-tee), they are like cat whiskers
- Bugscope Team this is the abdomen
- Teacher what is that thing on the end of the insect
- Teacher why is it hairy
- Student what is it
- Student hi
- Student what part is that
- Bugscope Team hairy so it can sense its environment through the cuticle
- Student what is on the end
- Teacher What part is it
- Student what is it is it very hairy
- Bugscope Team those hairs (setae) help the insect to sense it's enviornment
- Teacher it has lumps. why
- Student what are the hairs for?
- Teacher why does it have holes
- Teacher what are we looking at
- Student hi
- Teacher why is it hairy
Bugscope Team well, those hairs are how the insect senses it's environment
- Student does it have any eyes
- Teacher why does it have layers
- Bugscope Team the setae give it mechanical and sometimes chemical info (scents) from the environment
- Teacher what is in the end
- Student what it is
- 4:15pm
- Student austin why is the bee is hariy
- Student what am i looking at
- Bugscope Team the abdomen has segments, and that is what we see
- Bugscope Team the insect is sitting on double stick carbon tape with some silver paint. the carbon tape usually looks bublly
- Teacher what is that
- Student are you talking to wendy
- Student is that a tail
- Teacher what is the long hairy thing for and hoe does it protect itself
- Bugscope Team insects have a hard exoskeleton, which can't feel anything, so those hairs (setae) stick through the exoskeleton and are attached to nerves underneath
- Student what part is this
- Student can the bug kill you
Bugscope Team no it wont kill you, but if it stings you I imagine it will hurt a lot
- Teacher why does it have this thing that looks like a horse
- Teacher way is it hariy
- Bugscope Team it is awful looking, isn't it?
- Student are ther more insects
- Student what kind of insect is this its very cool
- Teacher let me guess its a bee or a wasp
- Teacher Kerstie is now driving while I log on students!!!
- Student I thought you were monkey
- Bugscope Team the thing at the top is a wasp stinger!
- Bugscope Team it is hairy because the hairs give it sensitivity to the outer world
- Student that looks werid
- Teacher what is in the end
- Student what is that
- Student what is that?
- Student pops I think
- Bugscope Team the squares are cubes of salt from a Wendy's restauramt
- Student what is that at end fu
- Student what are those cubes
- Student what is that it looks like halo stuff
- Bugscope Team the cubes are salt crystals, jen
- Student why does it need the pointy thing
- Student cool
- Student wht are those squares
- Student why are those black things
- Student what is the part is the end
- Student what is that?
- Student what is that
- Student cool
- Bugscope Team now we see the wasp waist, and now one of the antennae
- Bugscope Team the head, now
- Bugscope Team and the thorax
- Teacher what is that and what is it used for
- Teacher is it an ant
- Student cool
- Student what is that?
- Student sool
- Student $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
- Bugscope Team they all greyed out
- Student what is that
- Teacher whats that circle for
- Teacher Is this the head
- Student what is this part used for
- Student whats in that tube thing
- Bugscope Team I guess not all
- Student chese
- Student what kind of animal is this and what body part is it
- Student austin what are those black things
- Student what is that use for
- Student is that behind
- Student it kinda has a big bottom whats that called
- Bugscope Team a part of the abdomen with a couple o les
- Bugscope Team of legs*
- Teacher what are we lookineg at
- Student mjjkbmgvbkgm
- Student are those the legs
- Student iho!
- Student ill!!! what is that
- Student who is otaku
- Bugscope Team the black is the end of the stub we stuck the bugs on
- Student what is this part
- Teacher what is that
- Student who is the driver
- Student gbjj
- Teacher amanda is a student
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team this is the edge of the world, now
- Student yuck!
- Bugscope Team there is a screw head in the stage
- Student jen is dum
- 4:20pm
- Student what is that
- Teacher what are we lookat
- Bugscope Team pollen grain, now
- Teacher what is that
- Bugscope Team on the leaf-footed bug
- Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain
- Teacher what is that
- Teacher what is it
- Bugscope Team some dirt and dist
- Bugscope Team on a leaf-footed bug
- Student is that rilly tiny
- Student is that a stick
- Student this insect is cool
- Bugscope Team the pollen grain is the ball
- Student aaaaaaaa
- Student ill!!!!!!!!!!
- Teacher why does it have that ball
- Student what is that body part
- Teacher aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa$$$$$$$$$
- Student what's that
- Bugscope Team take the mag down just a bit
- Student that is sick
- Student why does it have bumbs
Bugscope Team well, most of those bumps are just dirt and dust
- Bugscope Team yep, bug are pretty gnarly looking in a microscope!
- Teacher whats
- Teacher is
- Student the
- Teacher that
- Student what is that
- Teacher this is disgusting
- Student is this really pollen
- Student ill
- Bugscope Team the thing with the dots on it is a pollen grain
- Student WHAT ARE THOSE LEGS USED FOR
- Student it looks like a tube?
- Student joesehp look at alex
- Student what is that?
- Bugscope Team pollen comes in lots of different shapes
- Student it looks like it has sticks
- Student what bug is it?
- Student what the &*%$@
- Student can the bug kill you
- Teacher it looks like a hamburger
- Teacher what is that tub
- Bugscope Team this is among the setae on the arm of the bug
- Teacher what bug is this
- Student ismiel look at amanda
- Student Austin what are those bumps
- Bugscope Team this is a leaf-footed bug
- Student why does it have tubes
- Teacher is that a nidol
- Student why is there pollen on it
Bugscope Team well, the bug likes to hang out on flowers and picks up pollen from time to time
- Student ill
- Teacher what is that stuff
- Bugscope Team can you take the mag down to see where you are?
- Student lava,slimy
- Student oooooooooooooooooooo
- Bugscope Team the bug was walking around on plants with pollen on the,
- Bugscope Team them]
- Student IT LOOKS LIKE A TOOB
- Bugscope Team them'
- Bugscope Team them
- Bugscope Team yay
- Teacher what is that
- Student what is that
- Student what is this
- Student why is it hairy
- Student what is that now
- Student what are the hairs for?
- Bugscope Team this is the leaf-footed claw i think
Bugscope Team They do not bite or sting. Their primary defense is to spray an offending smell; however, if handled roughly they will stab with their beak
- Student it looks cool
- Teacher is that a hair
- Bugscope Team the hairs are sensory, many of them
- Student wat is that
- Teacher why does it have a lot of hairs
- Teacher why is it hariy
Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae (see-tee) and they help insects sense their environment
- Bugscope Team we aren't centered on the insect so it's hard to tell what we are looking at exactly
- Student it looks wrong and nasty
- Student is that hair
Bugscope Team insects have a lot more hair than they seem!
- Student it looks like a cocaroch
- Student it looks like it has sticks
- Student it looks cool
- Student it looks like grass
- Teacher it looks like hairs on a persons head
- Student what is it
- Bugscope Team most insects have LOT of hairs (setae)
- Student what are those hairs
- Teacher what is that
- Teacher why does it look horny
- Student it looks likes human hair
- 4:25pm
- Student what kind of bug is this
- Student what is that
- Student what the heck
- Student it is very hairy
- Student is it a bug
- Student its iteresting
- Student can a insected have a little bit of hair
- Student what kind is that animal
- Student wow
- Student is it a fly
- Bugscope Team insects have hair so they can sense their environment
- Student wow
- Student is a it a spider
- Bugscope Team this is the head of the leaf-footed bug
- Student it looks like a mouse
- Student what is that in the middle
- Bugscope Team it is a true bug
- Teacher that looks like a dying dog
- Teacher how many hairs does it have?
- Student it looks like microscope alien
- Bugscope Team it looks like an alien
- Bugscope Team those bumps on the sides are his eyes!
- Student is that the head of the bug?
- Bugscope Team in the middle are its piercing mouthparts
- Student does it have red eyes
- Student what is that
- Student it cool
- Bugscope Team those are compound eyes, made up of smaller facets called ommatidia
- Student what are those bumps on the back
- Teacher its me briana why does it have its eyey on the side
Bugscope Team well, the eyes grow on the place most advantageous to the insect, if the eyes are on the side that means the bug can see on both sides, for food and for enemies too!
- Student wow
- Student what is that
- Student is there hair on this bug
- Student thats cool
- Bugscope Team this is the flexible portion of the proboscis
- Teacher this looks like a spine
- Student what are they
- Teacher what are those haies for
- Student it looks like a bug
- Bugscope Team like an elephant's truml
- Student what is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student is a bone
- Student isit its body
- Student ARE THOSE EYES
- Student is this a body of a bug
- Student ooo my
- Teacher WHAT IS THAT
Bugscope Team this is part of the proboscis
- Teacher it looks like it has needls stuck in it
- Student is that the bug's thoarax
- Student what does this bug eat?
- Student what part is this
- Student what
- Bugscope Team time for another deus ex microscope
- Student it looks like moutains its funny
- Bugscope Team a proboscis is like a build in straw (like an elephant's trunk)
- Teacher whatis this
- Student wow
- Teacher oooo it's body looks rough
- Bugscope Team they all dropped off for a while
- Student what is that thing
Bugscope Team it is part of the bug's proboscis, you can think of it as a straw
- Student are those bones
Bugscope Team nope, insects don't have bones, they have a hard shell called an exoskeleton. their insides are all mush and guts and stuff
- Student it looks like a bug
- Student its a bug
- Student what kind of bug is that
- Teacher are those bones
- Bugscope Team this is relatively high mag imaging of the proboscis
- Student what is that
- Student how come is it hairy
Bugscope Team those hairs are like cat whiskers, they help the bug to sense it's environment
- Bugscope Team this is a leaf-footed bug's face
- Student is that a bone
- Student wow
- Bugscope Team you know those straws that are ribbed so they can bend, this is probably something similar
- Student what bug did these parts belong to
- Bugscope Team as Otaku says, this is the proboscis
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team a leaf-footed bug
- 4:30pm
- Student is it a butterfly
Bugscope Team no it is a leaf-footed bug, it eats from plants
- Student ioh! black train$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
- Teacher that looks like bumps
- Student what is that
- Teacher it looks like someones spine
- Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly
- Student i dont knowe
- Student ono that cool
- Student what insects is that
- Student it is alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Teacher it looks like a dog
- Bugscope Team this is a fruitfly
- Teacher is this really 322
- Student what kind of bug is that
- Student is it a fuirtfly
Bugscope Team yes
- Bugscope Team fruit fly
- Teacher that looks wierd
- Bugscope Team yes it is a fruit fly
- Student ok
- Teacher why is its mouth curled up
- Student why does it have hairs\
Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae, they help the insects sense it's environment, like cat whiskers
- Student it looks cool
- Student the mose is open
- Bugscope Team the mouth is dried up since it died
- Teacher does it need it to suck on things
- Student it looks like a fly
- Student is that the wing
- Student what is this
- Student what is that
- Student wow
- Teacher what is this
- Student what is that
- Student wow
- Student chans wat is that
- Student what part is this
- Student hu?
- Student wow
- Student it looks like a bug
- Student is this even a bug or what
- Student wow
- Teacher it has a black hole on it and it looks qawsome
- Student what is that we are loking at
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team these are tenet setae, these are the things that help ladybugs crawl on walls and stuff
- Student it looks like fries
- Student what is that, straw
- Student wow what is that
Bugscope Team these are tenent setae. these allow an insect to climb/walk on ceilings and walls
- Bugscope Team they are like sticky pads
- Student what is this
- Student is that alive
- Student fries
- Student what ias that
Bugscope Team they act like suction cups
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team ah, cool, this is a compound eye!!!!
- Student what is this bug
- Teacher what are we looking at
- Student is that a eye
- Student what is that
- Student ARE THOSE EGGS
Bugscope Team this is the compound eye of the fruit fly
- Student what part is this?
- Student wow
- Student what are the dots
- Student is this hariy
Bugscope Team yes those spikes are hairs as well. they help the fruit fly sense the direction of wind movement
- Teacher this looks like a bee hive
- Student what is that
- Student what is that big sharp one
- Teacher what is that they look like bubbles
- Student now what is that
- Student wow
- Student pineapple
- 4:35pm
- Teacher what is its perimeter
- Student Are those egtgs
- Student spongbob
- Bugscope Team each of those bumps is an eye facet, with a lens
- Teacher what are the things pointing out
Bugscope Team those are setae (bug hairs)
- Student pineapple spongbob
- Teacher are these used to protect the bug because it looks like spikes,(that would hurt)
Bugscope Team they are very stuff and short so they can feel even the slightest air movement
- Student why does it have hair in it'seye
Bugscope Team it helps it fly by sensing wind speed and movement
- Student pineapple
- Student that looks like honey combes
- Student spongbob
- Teacher What are the pontied stuf
Bugscope Team those are setae (hairs) which aid the bug in flight
- Teacher what is that thing in the middle thats sticking out
- Student sdfsdfdsdsdfsdfd
- Student ha is it grouss
- Student are those baby eggs?
Bugscope Team no, but the eggs have a honeycomb pattern on them as well
- Student how many eyes are there
Bugscope Team well, this is one big compound eye, made up of hundreds of facets, called ommatidia
- Student wow
- Student it looks like a bee hive
- Student is this bug hairs
Bugscope Team yes they are, weird to think they have hairs attached to their eyes
- Student ARE THEY
- Student spongbob
- Student are those egges
- Student my housde
- Student what is this
- Student my house
- Teacher are those the eyes
Bugscope Team yes!
- Teacher what is that
- Student what are the pointy parts?
Bugscope Team those are bug hairs (setae) that feel air movement
- Student what is that
- Teacher wow
- Student what are those white things
- Teacher wouldn't that hurt to have spikes in its eyes?
- Student what are those white dots
- Student it looks like a mior
- Student wow
- Student is this a fly
Bugscope Team yes a fruit fly
- Bugscope Team fruit flies have VERY big eyes, they can see almost 360 degrees around them
- Student wow
- Student is it a fly
- Teacher are those eggs
Bugscope Team no we dont have any eggs today, but the fruit fly eggs have the same pattern on them
- Bugscope Team this is the compound eye of a fruit fly
- Teacher Thank you so much - Unfortunately I am going to log our class off since they are being so disrespectful in their questioning. Thank you so much! My apologies. I did not anticipate this type of disrespect. I'll do a better job preparing my class next year. Thanks for your patience!!! Jodie Hawkins (Teacher)
- Student it like a tree
- Student is this a flies eye
- Student what
- Student ok thank you
- Student WHAT ARE THOSE POINTY THINGS
Bugscope Team those are setae, which help the insect to sense wind movement
- Student am babrie
- Student joseph
- Student is barbie
- 4:40pm
- Bugscope Team is everything ok?
