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Connected on 2008-11-10 09:30:00 from , PA, US

8:54am
Bugscope Team session is ready to go
Bugscope Team Martian landscape
9:24am

Teacher Hello again!
Bugscope Team good morning mrs valenty
Bugscope Team Good morning Mrs V!
Bugscope Team this is mostly fungal hyphae near the mouth of a yellow beetle you sent
Teacher Cool!
Bugscope Team Good morning mia, and destiny
Teacher Mia to drive, please.
Bugscope Team got it
Student awesome

Bugscope Team if you take the mag down further you will be able to tell where you are

Bugscope Team this is a bunch of fungus we found on this beetle, near the mouth

9:29am
Student that is so cool
Bugscope Team now you can start to see the mouthparts

Bugscope Team hi Simon

Guest oh ok this is cool
Student wow what is it?
Bugscope Team now you see the whole head, from below
Bugscope Team it kind of looks like a japanese beetle
Student so those are the mouth parts
Bugscope Team or a june bug
Student interesting
Bugscope Team this is a beetle, as Cate said
Student mandibles noah
Student Keep it moving!
Student there is a glith on my computer
Bugscope Team now we can see the moth, to the left
Student its a moth?
Student Any one have any idea what these things are?
Student why is it moving so much
Student what is happening???
Bugscope Team refresh

Bugscope Team is it still moving?
Bugscope Team this is from the true bug i believe, it had its wings out a little bit
Guest what kind of scientist are u???????

Student what is it???????? I'M SO CONFUSED!
Bugscope Team we are at the limit of the stage

Student hello
Student this is wicked!

Guest i know im confused
Student that looks like a leaf :)

Student no
Bugscope Team this is the wings of the stinkbug sticking out from under its elytra
Student weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Student eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Student e

Student e
Student e
Student e

Student e
Student it looks like a scale
Student who the heck is d rab?

Student DJ

Guest this is interesting
Student how far is it magnified?
Bugscope Team when you drive the 'scope, and especially when you use click to drive, you need to remember to click to stop
Student what cind of bugs r these
Student is the spikey part hair
Student that is soooooooo cool!!!!!

Student Keep it going!!!!!!!!!!!
Student Move it
Bugscope Team this is 338x on the microscope
Student lets go
Student Please
Student wat r we looking at???
Bugscope Team Hi all
Student What is this???

Student what is this

Bugscope Team the spikey parts are usually tiny setae

Student we
Student This is cool
Bugscope Team this is part of the antenna of what looks like a japanese beetle
Bugscope Team this is the antenna of the beetle we saw earlier
Student what are setae?
Student can we get any closer???
Student an u make this have color
Guest what is a setae
Bugscope Team setae are what we call the hairlike things we see
9:34am
Student wow DJ
Student are those like sensor hairs
Student what is it!?!?

Student antenna
Bugscope Team there is no color because we are getting the images as signal from a secondary electron detector

Student y blury

Student spikey
Bugscope Team the shade changes because some areas have stronger signal than others

Student very spiiey

Teacher Neat view, Mia. Good driving.
Bugscope Team if it is blurry it may be focussed
Student mia, slow down!!!!!
Student what are we looking at
Student what is that
Student please. . .
Student this looks lethal
Student its so weird!!!!
Bugscope Team this is a palp on the beetle's mouthparts

Student i dont know y

Guest scott???
Bugscope Team Jonathan refresh your browser, see if that works, but now it is blurry for everyone
Student is thet the inside of bodt
Student this looks very inter esting\
Bugscope Team Yes Destiny?

Student Much better
Student is this like, an ear?
Bugscope Team Nope we were looking at the edge of something and the carbon tape
Bugscope Team this is the edge of the stage with doublestick carbon

Student Thank you

Bugscope Team Simon has it
Student cool pic

Student WOW!!! what is this???

Student amazing
Bugscope Team these are the eyes of the caterpillar
Student Keep moving even if it's cool!!!!!!!!
Guest this is so cool
Student idk
Student i think i see a feather

Bugscope Team the thing that looks like a feather is a scale
Student what are the things that look like craters
Bugscope Team those are where the setae came off

Student cool
Student what is this

Student chang pic when blurry

Bugscope Team setae are the hairs on insects
Student What is this

Bugscope Team the littl round bumps are the simple eyes
Student It looks like the inside of a pumpkin.
Bugscope Team there is a lot of dirt on these insects

Student o ok

Student thanks
Student looks alittle like moon
Student there is a ton of dirt!!

Student what is chitin
Student this actually looks like a moon in a way
Student it does look like a moldy pumpkin
Bugscope Team their skeleton is on the outside, like a coat of armor

Student Woa
Student What is this
Student cool
Student is that an eye??
Bugscope Team yes we are looking at part of the eye
Student it looks like a mattress
9:39am
Bugscope Team chitin is a protein like what our fingernails are made of
Student compound eyes???
Student Keep it moving
Guest why does this look like a bee hive
Student Cool
Student ha ha
Student that

Student imagine how u would go to a eye test:)

Bugscope Team this is a compound eye
Student cool
Bugscope Team you can focus this better
Student .

Student what is that
Student Focuse it
Student move along
Student this is cool
Student coll

Student It looks like a monster
Bugscope Team this is the head of the walking stick

Student wow
Student WOW
Student omg,
Student what is that

Student Sweat!

Bugscope Team and it is a compound eye
Student eye?

Bugscope Team it is the walking stick, kind of looks like a monster

Student that is huge!!
Student the eye has thing on this
Student the eye looks a golf ball
Bugscope Team you can see the facets, which are called ommatidia

Student cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student jon ment SWEET
Student jon meant sweet
Student ewwwwwwwww
Student SWEET

Student ish
Student what are ommatidia
Bugscope Team ommatidia are the individual facets that make up the eye of an insect

Guest how do people kill the bugs?
Bugscope Team we freeze them to try and kill them painlessly

Student if it had that stuff on its eye wouldnt it just go blind and fly into a wall or somthing

Student thats wonderful ish

Student is that like the brain???
Student Sweet!

Student thanks annie

Student spikey
Student it looks like a fuzzy
Student pointy
Student that gets on clothes
Bugscope Team :)
Student what is that little spikey thing??
Student i no d rab

Student what is the spikey thing
Student Is this just zoomed out
Teacher Some of the ones we sent in died naturally like Susie the stick bug here.
Student or moved

Student kinda like a taste bud

Student or moved

Bugscope Team oh she had a name

Student kinda like a taste bug

Student poor susie
Student oh she had a name

Bugscope Team yes Noah like a taste bud

Student awe! i loved susie

Student wat is that
Student what does 1mm on my screen mean

Student is that its digestive track
Bugscope Team No, i don't think we will be able to see the internal organs of any of the insects today,

Student awe i loved susie
Student its the leg
Student its anb
Student what are the holes
Student are those its legs?
Teacher Yes, the stick bug was my pet. :-)
Student what are the holes
Student its aleg

Student looks like the abominable snowmans arm
Guest i wish i could of seen it when it was alive
Bugscope Team oh so sad

Teacher Simon, good driving.

Student oh so sad
Student are those his teeeth

Student i agree
Student What does it say in the lower left hand corner
Bugscope Team That is a scale bar--it is telling you that the line is 167 or 1 or whatever micrometers long
Bugscope Team those are spines on the leg
Teacher Jon to drive, please.
Student to bad
Student u oficialy have ure drivers licencse simon
Student Now it says 167
Student thanks
Student we will all remember suzie. She is in our hearts
9:44am
Student kiki
Student amy bacteria
Student thsanks
Student could u point out the bacteria??? :B
Student thanks
Student thankks
Bugscope Team the lower left corner has a scale bar on it
Student Bacteria?Where??
Bugscope Team it says 167 microns, right now
Student this is AWESOME
Student What are microns
Student this is asomes\sa

Student are those the legs
Student geray

Student radical!!!
Student what is that?!?!?!?!?!

Student col!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student radical

Student mouth
Student col

Guest would we see microorganisms on the bugs?
Bugscope Team we could. Sometimes we see mites that are parasites on the insects. Occasionally we se bacteria or fungi that have colonized the insect after it died

Student thati s cool
Student sweet

Student is this like a stinger for a bee
Bugscope Team This is a beetle mouth (is that right, Cate?)
Student sweet
Student thats not very attractive

Student omg
Student wghat are those hairs

Student omg

Student omg
Student whoa, that is so detailed.

Student will this also go in the news paper
Student omg
Student omg

Student good divin jon

Student Oh My Good Golly Gosh

Student good drivin
Student Is this the mandible

Student What level of magnification are we using?

Student it looks like a wheat field
Teacher More juju (dirt) all over this?

Student is that bacteria?\
Student errr... drivin

Student if u say o my good golly.. i will get angry:(

Bugscope Team this, on the 'scope, is 3728x

Bugscope Team yes Mrs V a lot of dirt
Student is that the leg?
Student If it was a weat field, i would never eat bread again.
Bugscope Team juju
Student wat does that mean noah

Student wow

Student are these hairs

Student wow

Student wow
Student wow

Student cool

Student what is setea
Bugscope Team A seta (plural=setae) is what we call hairs on insects

Student holy smokes that was cool

Student What are those?

Student what are thise

Student GOOD DRIVING JON!!!!!!

Bugscope Team these are setae on the wooly bear caterpillar

Student cool

Student cool

Student holes
Student coll

Student cool
Student what are the holes

Student what are those holes?????????????

Student that is a heck of a pic

Student mazin

Bugscope Team the holes are the stumps of the setae
Student cool jon
Student this looks like a cave
Student cool
Student focus jon
Guest this is very good views of the bug parts

Student wow

Student wow

Student SPICEY!!!!!!!
Student wow
Student are the setae poisonous?
Bugscope Team Some setae can cause allergic reactions in some people (either sneezing or itchy eyes or skin rashes), but generally they are not poisonous

Student what is that
Student spicey
9:49am
Student a
Student IS IT PIONTY
Student a

Student are those wings

Student cool
Student cool

Bugscope Team the setae are not poisonous

Student are those wings

Student coo

Student what are those black dots?
Student cool

Student coolio

Bugscope Team these are wing scales from the moth
Student are thos e scaley things part of the wings?

Student collio

Student cool

Student cool

Bugscope Team yes they are part of the wings, and they do look like leaves

Student Then are setae spikey or smooth

Student copy cat
Student leefy
Student leefy

Bugscope Team they are what makes the wings feel silky and come off as powdery on your fingers

Student it looks like cobf

Student this makes me think of china but i dont know why
Guest that looks like hair on a wooly mammoth
Student why is it all white??

Teacher Laura to drive, please.

Student there are tons of them!!!!!
Student they are like tiles
Bugscope Team the white places are where the electrons cannot leave the sample
Student or shckles
Student shackles
Student chao chao chao
Student cool.
Bugscope Team Some moth scales can cause really serious skin reactions in sensitive individuals. I got a really bad rash when I was collecting insects at a blacklight in Mexico this past summer.
Student go to different bug!!!!!!!!
Student yeah

Student chao chao
Student yeah landins right

Student did the rash hurt annie
Bugscope Team you betcha...it was a really bad rash. But such reactions are very rare. I have been collecting at blacklights for many years and this was the first time that I got any rashes.
Student scot
Student scot

Student ewwwww
Bugscope Team this is the mealworm

Student it looks like a teddy bear

Student awwww its so cute
Bugscope Team D-rab this is Scot
Student has it been ripped apart???
Bugscope Team it looks like another insect was chewing on it
Student I ate a mealworm
Student awwwwww it qiet

Bugscope Team I am on the other computer
Student go over to its eye
Student I see its eyes

Student it looks rabid

Bugscope Team the mealworm is really chewed up, by something
Student it looks like its mouth dried up and fell off
Student chao
Student lime
Teacher Looks like the mouth parts and legs fell off?

Student limw
Guest how did u get a rash
Bugscope Team Welll, there is a moth in Mexico that has been reported to cause serious skin rashes in sensitive people. I was collecting insects at a blacklight trap and there were tons of moths that landed on me and my collecting partner and we think that the scales from one of those moths causes an allergic reaction in both of us.

Bugscope Team there are bacteria on the mealworm but they are hard to see

Student what was that

Student can you see the eyes
Bugscope Team Mrs V we think something chewed on this guy
Student its mouth looks scary

Student Can you point out the bacteria

Student Zoom in!!!
Student What do bacteria look like
Student CANNIBAL
Student that's disgusting
Student zoom ion
Student I cant belive I ate a mealworm
Student thats gross

Student it looks like mold
Student i will agree on that
Student your right Azania
9:54am
Bugscope Team Jonathan we would have to be at high mag to see the bacteria, and it was hard to get good views earlier this morning or we would've saved them
Student amazing but nasty
Student is it really mold
Guest it probably is mold
Student eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww
Bugscope Team nice focusing
Student Are the things in the upper right legs
Student good driving
Student is it mold???
Student i think it ate its leg off
Student are those little dots bacteria????
Student way-to-go!!

Student very good says i

Bugscope Team you see the mold where the strands of fiberlike material are

Student zoom in more

Student What are the little crumbly things?

Student can we switch pictures

Student it looks like mopldy bread
Student move along

Student Is there heat in the container - could you put something alive in and look at it move?
Student tedanator

Student how far ca
Student this is so naty

Student nasty
Student how far can you zoom in?
Bugscope Team Jonathan we could look at something live but it would be unhappy
Student zoom in even more
Student it looks scared
Student what'
Student tedanator
Student In the upper right is that part of an antennae
Student it looks like a chinese dragon
Bugscope Team not from heat so much as not having any air
Student i'm sorry
Student tedanator

Student there is somthing coming out of the antenea stumpp
Student stop it
Student ×™×•× ××˜×Ÿ
Bugscope Team lot of dirt in the mouth
Student wow noah

Student how do you do that
Student lololaura
Student lololaura
Bugscope Team if we put something alive in the microscope, it would never be able to pump to vacuum. When we look at samples in the microscope, the chamber where the insects are have to be pumped to a vacuum state. Now say we reached vacuum, I dont think the insects would live for very long even if they closed their spiracles
Student where are the mouth parts
Student wonderful
Student w9onderful;
Student noah, let the pther people understand what you're writing
Student never mind
Bugscope Team Noah I think that is more fungus on the antenna stump

Student omg could we stop talking about the rash
Bugscope Team :P
Student cool
Student never mind

Student fffffffffffffffflllllllllllllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student cool
Student ccccccccccccooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Student omg
Student What are the things in the middle that looks like pasta?
Bugscope Team cool this is the moth's head

Student ccccccooooooolllllll

Student fly or moth
Student # Chao: cool this is the moth's head
Student sorry.Moth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Student it looks like fuzz
Student can you please zoom in more?????
Student ?

Student * Atomic Phil: ?
Student * Atomic Phil: ?

Bugscope Team we have been running bugscope for almost 10 years and doing science forever it seems

Student it looks like pasta
Student i like pasta
Student good pic
Bugscope Team nice focus
Student mo it dosent
Student thanks for zooming in

Student we WERE going to have pasta for dinner to night but now were not

Student welcome to moes
Student what kind of science do you study?
Bugscope Team I am an entomologist and I study insects

Student i am still having it
Bugscope Team the moth's proboscis is to the left
Guest oh because i want to be a scientist well a veterinarian
Student it looks like barley
Student oh because i want to be a scientist well a veterinarian
Student how old is the microscopt
Student cool

Student what is it?
Student # how old is the microscopt # D-rab: oh because i want to be a scientis

Bugscope Team the microscope is about 10 years old as well
9:59am

Student the microscope is about 10 years old as well

Teacher Annie, what is your area if specialization?
Bugscope Team I study pheromones of longhorned beetles
Student we just finished disecting grasshoppers and i was really cool
Student Annie, what is your area if specialization?
Bugscope Team bycids
Student when well u get rid of it
Student יונאטן
Student bycids

Guest if the microscope is 10 yrs it does pretty good

Student it is snowing outside here
Student it is snowing
Student looks like bark
Student WAT IS THAT TREE TRUNK LOOKING THING
Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is the edge of the tongue of the moth now
Student Could this be used for camoflauge because it looks like a tree trunk
Bugscope Team The proboscis is pretty small, I don't know if this particular part of the moth could do anything to help it blend in
Bugscope Team the proboscis
Student it looks like bamboo
Student what are pheromones?
Student the proboscis
Teacher Very cool area of research!
Guest bugs have tounges???
Student will we be quoted in the news paper, i know one class did
Student the proboscis
Bugscope Team this is what it sticks into flowers if it wants to get nectar
Student no jon, it is smaller than that

Student his is what it sticks into flowers if it wants to get nectar
Bugscope Team Destiny sort of like a tongue
Student can we see the proboscus?
Student war is this
Student what are pheromones?
Bugscope Team Pheromones are chemicals that insects use to communicate---kind of like if you could smell someone's perfume and know who it was and where they were
Student yeah jonathan if you could magnify it 1000x!!
Bugscope Team this is the proboscis, up close
Guest how do they eat
Student it was snowing if anyone cares

Student cool
Bugscope Team it is coiled, and it is like a New Year's party favor

Student cool
Student how pretty
Student cool'

Student cool
Student cool
Bugscope Team oops now we are on a true bug
Student looks like a robot
Student wat r those pimple looking things
Student oops now we are on a true bug
Bugscope Team and we are looking at its proboscis
Student that is sooo weird

Student i think im mentally, phisicly, and PERMANANT LY scarred

Student those r wierd

Student what are Pheromones?
Student true bugs are true bugs
Student is that good jon
Student this is soooooo awesome!!
Teacher Summer to drive, please.
Bugscope Team summer's got it
Student zoom in
Student The bumps look like acne
Student keep moving!
Student move along
Student The bumps look like acne
Student mabye its a teenage bug

Guest i like u annie if i didnt want to be a vet i would want to be like u
Bugscope Team Thanks Destiny
Student i agree d rab

Student i agree d rab
Student move along

Student guess what
Student wow
Student thanks
Student zoom
Student a whale!!!!!
Student zoom
Student move along
Student its a whale mouth
Student It look like a comb
Student keep moving
Student looks loke ameba
Guest ur welcome
Student its not a whale
Bugscope Team this is the edge of the mouth of the cricket
Student This looks like the botton of a vacume
Student or mop
Student that looks like a jellyfish
Student Btw its Jonathan ×™×•× ××˜×Ÿ
Student a mop!?!?!?!?
Bugscope Team it's got kind of a mustach
Bugscope Team it does look like a comb, like ants have on their forearms
Student if u put a whale under a micro scope, you are mentaly disturbed
Student annie?
Student that looks like a jellyfis
Bugscope Team yes
Student your right noah
Student # Chao: it does look like a comb, like ants have on their forearms # Cate: it's got kind of a mustach
Student i agree noah
Student NO IT LOOKS LIKE AMEEBA
Student i dont

Student do you like what you do?
Bugscope Team I do like what I do...I get to "discover" new things about the insects that I study, I get to travel all over the world to collect insects and I get to meet and interact with other scientists that are passionate about their research
Student # your right noah # Annie: yes

Student drab hooo
Student YOU SPELL AMOEBA RONG!!
Student it is blurryy
Student move around
Student What are we looking at
10:04am

Student it is blurryy

Student keep going
Student move
Student move

Student Why does the cricket have this structure in its mouth
Student e
Student zoom out please
Student Why does the cricket have this structure in its mouth
Student what is this that we r looking at
Bugscope Team this is still the edge of the mouth of the cricket -- its moustache

Student nevermind
Student ow
Student cool

Student bug

Student we looked at this
Student bug

Student creepy

Student dirty bug

Student what is the hole
Student Keep going
Student cool
Student what is the hole
Student it looks like a demented walrus
Bugscope Team this is the head of the wooly bear caterpillar, and we are looking at one of its palps
Student what is this
Student move
Student zoom around

Student gee-ross
Student you can copuy and paste these images
Student !!!!!!!
Bugscope Team yes a very small demented walrus

Guest do scientists make a lot of money because they do alot and are good at doing science?
Bugscope Team the people who make a lot of money in science are usually the salespeople, but scientists can make enough to live on
Student miss valenty can i
Student is the cricket claw sharp?

Student yes a very small demented walrus
Student your absolutly right
Student do scientists make a lot of money because they do alot and are good at doing science?
Student looks like a feild hockey syick

Student * simon: I am the eggman!! * landin: looks like a feild hockey syick
Student wow
Student Is the cricket claw sharp

Student i am the walrus

Student itn foil'
Student Keep it going
Student tin foil
Student i am the egg walrus

Bugscope Team from the Beatles: I am the walrus

Student IS THE CRICKET CLAW SHARP?
Student split screen

Student I like THE BEETLES!!! ha ha ha
Student y is the pic spliting
Bugscope Team the SEM works by continually rastering the electrons down the screen, and when you move to another area when it is in the middle of rastering across, it makes it looks like it has a split image

Student NO I AM THE WALRUS!

Student that means u are dementeed

Student get in the hole

Student get in the hole

Student IS THE CRICKET CLAW SHARP?
Bugscope Team Destiny the people who sell the equipment we use seem to often make a lot of money

Student that doesnt sound right
Teacher D-rab to drive, please.

Bugscope Team got it D-rab
Student ewwwwwwwww
Student GEE-ROSS
Student lets go d rab
Student D-rab is a funny name
10:09am
Student woah
Student we l;ooked at this
Student what is thids

Bugscope Team this is the smaller caterpillar

Student sorry for clicking too much
Student cool
Student what is the thing in the bottom left that looks like a claw

Student D-rab go to a new pic
Bugscope Team Summer it takes awhile to get used to driving
Student look at something that we have not seen
Student u mean the bottom right, right
Student awesome

Bugscope Team Destiny it was fairly small and a little dry compared to the others
Student MUSTACIO MONDAY!
Student looks like a whales mouth
Student another whale
Student Why did it just change shades
Bugscope Team it changed shades in part because the sample was charging up with electrons
Student mr toast
Bugscope Team take the mag lower so you can see where you are
Student this is sooo cool!!!!
Teacher The Beatles "Walrus" reference was lost on Noah. I have explained. :-)
Student O YEA
Student they look like bumps on your toungue
Student y changign color
Student koolaid laura??

Student huh?
Student i don't get it
Bugscope Team Susie!
Teacher What is the purpose of the comb-like structure on the cricket's mouth?
Student that looks like a person

Student you said o yea, like the koolaid guy
Student KOOLAID!!!

Student oooo yeaaaaa

Student no it deos not mia

Student that is such a funny video on u tube

Bugscope Team we think the comb may be filtering food, but it may also be how the cricket cleans its antenna

Bugscope Team antennae

Student cant see

Student get out of here!!
Student umesh?

Bugscope Team we are at 200,000x

Student i like bugscope, you guys are awesome!!
Student Do something

Student laets go! !!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Student Do something

Student htere it is

Student cool

Student In the hole!!!!!!

Student i9,i,i9
Student looks like a cave
Student you spelled lets go wrong

Student that is cool!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team yeah that is where we were, in the hole
Student what type of science does umesh do?

Student the hole is dark

Student wat is this
Student wat is dis

Bugscope Team this is a view of the inside surface of one of the antennae on the beetle

Student you mean like in baseball? in the hole?
Student darkness. . .

Student lamalate antenea
Teacher What is the "lamellate antenna interior"?
Student fixed
Bugscope Team we are looking through the lamellae
Student dark............
Student DJ broke it
Student scary............
Student broke what
10:14am
Bugscope Team lamellated mean stack of plates, which is how this antenna is
Student Wait, it fixed itsself
Student the screen
Student people r crazy, times r strange
Bugscope Team the antenna in this beetle is lamellated

Student ha ha
Student What?????
Guest hey cate i haven't heard from u in a while
Teacher Thank you Cate
Student What type of science does Cate do
Teacher Phil to drive.

Bugscope Team Cate has a physics degree

Student this was awesome

Student cool

Student that is a cool image

Student come on dj
Student drive like you stole the camera phil (fast)
Bugscope Team Phil you are up dude

Student come on deej

Student # Notice: Your sessionID doesn't have permission to execute that command # Notice: Your sessionID doesn't have permission to execut

Student hurry phil
Student u should seriosly put bug emoticons on
Student # otice: Your sessionID doesn't have permission to execute that command # Notice: Your sessionID doesn't have permission to execute that command
Student ahhh
Student cool

Student cool.cool.cool.
Student ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Student dj what did u do
Student babblebabblebabblebabblebabble
Guest maybe she could train us to use the microscope better
Bugscope Team phil has control
Student don't do it, deej
Student stop bableing

Student what do you mean
Student hurryyy

Student what is it???

Teacher Sorry, but can you remind me what time we are done with our session?
Student cool
Bugscope Team it means s-rab doesnt have control anymore

Student SYOP WILL NOW BE THE THING
Bugscope Team d-rab sorry

Student wow noah
Bugscope Team I think we are on 'til 10:30 here

Student later
Student # Chao: I think we are on 'til 10:30 here # simon: wow noah # Cate: d-rab sorry # noah: SYOP WILL NOW BE THE THING # Tedanator: oy' # Cate: it means s-rab doesnt have control anymore # landin: cool # Mrs. Valenty: Sorry, but can you remind me what time we are done with our session? # simon: SYOP BABBLING # summer: what is it??? # noah: SIMON # Tedanator: hurryyy # mia: what do you mean # D-rab: otice: Your sessionID doesn't have permission to execute that command # Notice: Your sessionID doesn't have permis
Guest aw u guys were fun
Student i no
Student what happened to Scot?
Student I wish this could last longer
Guest i think scot is chaou
Student if you duble any ones name it becomes a panda name
Bugscope Team Scot is me, on another computah
Student scott=Scott Scott
Bugscope Team right Destiny
Student oh
Teacher I will drive now, please.
Student two names!! wierd
Student shoot
Guest ohhhhhhhhhh
Bugscope Team chao chao
Student !!
Guest well bye guys
Bugscope Team you have it Mrs V
10:19am
Bugscope Team thank you for your questions everyone
Bugscope Team Thanks Destiny!

Bugscope Team Ooh

Bugscope Team there more better
Teacher I have a few more kids who will be here for the last 10 minutes or so if ok with you.
Bugscope Team that is fine with us
Bugscope Team sure!
Bugscope Team Cate beats me again as usual
Student hi its alex
Student what is it
Bugscope Team Hi Alex

Student apostolides

Student wow

Student hairy
Student lol
Student Moth Head
Bugscope Team and now we are among the scales on its bnody
Student very hairy
Bugscope Team OOF
Teacher Superlee to drive. Ugh I am not a good driver.
Guest hairy
Student Please don't right random words.
Bugscope Team ok superlee you got it
Student haha
Student please do theWM head
Student it's my aol sn
Student Will a termite try to eat something that is not wood

Student COOOOOOL
Guest .more hairy
Student mabye
Student hairier
Guest adam is here. is that like...grass?
Student Sorry
Student it loooks like grass
Guest looks like leaves
Student i know
Student IT LOOKS LIKE GRASS
Bugscope Team termites will probably not be able to digest things that are not wood
Teacher Let us know when we are done, please or we will stay forever.

Bugscope Team ha
Student its hair
Student type heather
Student type now
Student now
Student fur
Student now
Guest wow is thst a fly? it is really, really hairy.
Teacher Good driving Superlee (Emma).
Student djFSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKjjkashdkljhdfkjhsdkfjhddfohs
Guest *that
Bugscope Team adam this is a moth
Guest aaaaaaahhhhhhh

Guest okay.

Student The head is likr the movie The Fly
Student mrs. valenty, what is it

10:24am
Student jhg
Bugscope Team you can see the compound eyes on either side of the head, and the proboscis, but not just now
Student haha
Student haha

Student it didn't work with heather
Bugscope Team now we are looking at the mealworm
Student dang
Student omgomgomg

Student thats creepy
Student eweewewew
Student what chewed on it?

Student lolol
Student Will bugs ever die out

Student cool it's legless
Student go in its mouth
Guest it's scary!!!!!!!!

Bugscope Team thinking a beetle chewed on it

Bugscope Team yeah it does look creepy, we dont know what was chewing on it, but that's what it looks like happened

Guest blaah
Student : 0
Student go in its mouth
Bugscope Team sometimes we find ladybugs that dustmites have chewed upon
Guest wow.......this is weird. Why is it so.....its legs are not...there...
Student :)
Student i wana see its mouth
Guest were dead
Student Go in the mouth
Student its legs are like chopped off
Student eye time
Student go in its mouth!!!!!

Bugscope Team when bugs dry, we dont normally see the mouthparts gone like that ,which is a major indicator of something eating it
Student sweet
Bugscope Team here is some sort of stinkbug
Student Smelly Stink bug
Guest what part of it

Guest is that its mouth tube thing?

Student Is there any thing that a cricket wont eat
Student go farther
Bugscope Team the shape of the wounds make us think something chewed it, rather than that it might've been crushed

Student woa

Student woa
Student woa
Student woa
Student woa
Student woa
Student woa
Student woa
Student woa

Student woa
Bugscope Team yes that is the mouth tube on a true bug
Student What specifically is that?

Bugscope Team the piercing mouthparts of the stinkbug
Student sorry it is changing to a moth head
Bugscope Team now we are back on the moth head

Guest okay, cool. are those its....eyes now? its a moth, right?
Teacher Great view, Bridget!

Guest im gonna cry
Student wow
Student nice
Bugscope Team the proboscis is all coiled up in the middle of the head
Student proboscus
Student Cool! Is that a mouth thing?
Guest wow so it is a butterfly with it's proboscus?
Bugscope Team this is the proboscis now

Student yeah
Student how long is proboscus
Student What is that thing in the middle?
Student dono
Guest it has like seaweed on it....what is that?

Bugscope Team moths, butterflies, and skippers may have similar probosces
Student is that its eye
Student on the right
Student What is the thing that looks like a tree?
Student Is this the eye of the moth
Bugscope Team the eye is to the right, it looks bumpy that is because it is a compound eye with thousands of individual fecets
Student what is the thing in the middle
Student Is that the mouth??
Bugscope Team to the far right is one of the eyes
Guest skipper? what is a skipper? like a leafhopper?
10:29am
Bugscope Team and in the middle now is part of the vestiture
Student this is sweet
Student How many typs of bugs are there
Bugscope Team a skipper is kind of like a butterfly
Guest whats the leafy stuff/?

Student that does not
Student wow
Guest is that an ant head or something?
Student woa...
Student lol
Student Why is it that when the slides change it changes 4 times.
Bugscope Team you could see a bald area where the moth had lost some of its scales
Student it is Suzie
Guest and wait....so a skipper is a butterfly?
Bugscope Team this is Susie the walking stick

Guest What is that thing

Guest wow this is the stickbug!
Student i can see the jaws

Bugscope Team Adam it resembles a butterfly.
Student What is that thing on the right?
Guest chicken wing
Student she is so pretty
Guest Can we see the dead silkworm moth?
Student huh??

Student Please don't change so quickly bridg.
Student ok then
Student WHAT IS THIS

Guest ouch
Student Wha tis tha?
Student are those line thingies sharp?

Student hairy alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Teacher Gabbi to drive, please. Sorry Adam; I don't think that second package got there on time.

Student thank u
Guest eee
Guest um, is that like it's jaw/mandibles? there are a lot of....particles....
Student nasty
Student what is dat
Student Sorry. I wasn't typing right. I'm not writing btitish.
Student hi koolkat?
Student Is that the legs of the stick bug
Student it has small things of dirt
Student what is that, the mouth??
Student hi bridget
Student is that suzie
Student yes
Student really thaz sad
Student i luvs Bug Scope
Student this is so cool
Student ARE THOSE HAIORS
Student hello everybody
Student who is koolkat?? katie??
Guest this is a caterpillar? it's teeth are huge? I thought that caterpillars had small jaws for eating leaves...

Student koolkat , that is suzie!!!!!!!
Student YEA IM KOOLKAT
Student what are we looking at
Student What is that?
Student what is that?

Student eww

Guest what is it
Student i asked who koolkat was..

Student Will a stock bug eat fruit
Guest what use does it have for those huge spines?
Student that is so cool
Guest .cool
Student scientist anser my ?

Student WHAT IS THAT?

Student is that bacteris on the gray flat thing
Student haha

Student crickets have hairy faces
Student Will a stick bug eat other bugs

Guest I'm guessng that is a hair?
Bugscope Team Brendon what was your question?
Student whats that hole
Student it is a stach
Teacher Like a mustache, but on a bug....."bug-stache"....get it?
Student stop writing stuff that is not important alex

10:35am

Guest ow
Student now what are we looking at??
Student GAVI CAN YOU MOVE OUT?
Student cool

Student IS THAT A CLAW?
Guest wow it looks like a thistle? that is a claw, right?
Student what do stick bugs eat
Student hairy alert

Student ya gavi move out plz
Student wow
Student what is this?
Student it's a leg i think
Student Sorry. Didn't mean to be mean!

Guest what are the spikes
Bugscope Team tick insects are vegetarians and generally eat leaves
Student are those sensory hairs
Bugscope Team stick*
Guest great view. definitely.
Student are we looking at a head or leg
Student i think they are bridget
Guest nice
Student what kind of bud are we kooking at??

Student NIFTY
Student sorry bug?

Student What are those lump things.

Student wowowowwowwowwow
Guest what are the bumbs
Student is that the head of a wollybear??
Student this thing is a freak

Student hey cate, do mealworms have fur on their heds?
Student simple eyes are colol
Bugscope Team this shows the simple eyes of the wooly bear caterpillar
Student what are those bumps
Student SLOW DOWN
Student thank you
Teacher Bumps on the head are eyes of caterpillar.
Student what is a wooly bear?
Bugscope Team it is an isabella tiger moth
Student WHY ARE THOSE HAIRS SPIKY

Bugscope Team wooly bear is a caterpillar
Student what is in the bumps?
Student What is that complex thing on the right?

Guest aaahhh
Student Iis this is an eye of a bug
Student hola1 como estas?
Bugscope Team it's just another name for it
Bugscope Team sorry Superlee it is hard to see where we were looking
Bugscope Team those are likely sensory setae
Student what is that
Guest tiger mouth?
Student hey c hao wats up wid this pic
Student wooly bears are pretty cool
Guest so, what is the stick like things on the side of the flesh?

Student no
Student what is it
Student it's moth eye

Student what are we looking at?
Student That is a compund eye right>
Bugscope Team pretty
Guest and these are....scales?

Student i dont know
Bugscope Team those are ommatidia
Student I THINK THAT THIS IS THE COMPOUND EYE OF A MOTH
Student its a hexagon with 6 sides
Bugscope Team the individual facets of the eye
Student wow
Student do they use this material for clothes anywhere
Student i think that it is an eye
Bugscope Team yes they are hexagonal
Student IT LOOKS 3-D
Student can u zoom out
Student hey chao, what does a simple eye look like close up

Student haha i got something right

Bugscope Team now here is something interesting about the wooly bear: The setae (bristles) of the woolly bear caterpillar do not inject venom and are not urticant (meaning they don't cause itching or stinging), but they will play dead if picked up or disturbed.
Student We already looked at this>

Student IT'S A STINK BUG HEAD
Guest whats that
Student the material is substatial and could be used
Bugscope Team up close a simple eye looks much like a rounded bump

Student what are the white arms?

10:40am
Student haha
Guest I think it is the arms to stab prey with.
Teacher Woolly bears play dead? Very interesting!
Student NOW IT'S SHOWING A MOTH SCALE
Student The shading is really weird.
Student what are the little hairs used for?
Guest that is awsome
Student do stink bugs have fur on their noses.......etc
Student why are some parts black and some whiter?
Bugscope Team some places are shielded from the electron beam more than others

Teacher Lexie to drive, please.
Guest now we are back to the mouth, right?
Student
Guest is it upside down
Student is that a claw
Teacher Are we ok on time or do you have to go?
Student look at that bug
Student why are there hairs on its mouth?
Student I THINK THESE ARE CATERPILLAR MOUTH PARTS

Student oh my
Student Have the bugs ever been lost when you had to look at them?
Student cool

Bugscope Team and then below that are 2 sets of palps that are used to help manipulate or taste food

Student lexie are you driving and do you need help
Teacher Why are their hairs near the mouth of the caterpillar?
Student WHO IS CAMBELL
Student who is campbell

Student who r u

Student WWWWHHHHHHOOOOOO IIIIIISSSSSSS CCCCAAAMMMPPPBBBEEELLLLLLLLL????

Student What type of bug face is that?

Student please anser
Student noce
Bugscope Team the hairs near the mouth of an insect are often chemosensory -- it can taste its prospective food with the hairs

Guest # adam asked 'what is the view of now?' # adam answers 'it's a mealworm, right?'
Student yea plz
Student IS THIS THING DEAD
Bugscope Team yes everything you see today in the microscope is dead

Student Campbell is my alter ego!!
Student yea
Student Stop asking who cambell is!!!!!
Student why won't they anser
Student what is an alter ego
Student superlee??
Student who is campbelll plz just say
Student this bug is so cute and has cool legs
Guest but I thought they were frozen and preserved in the containment thing?
Guest Why are the arms so close to his body?

Bugscope Team Brendon Dude what was your question?

Bugscope Team Was it about the hairs (setae) near the mouth?
Student yes
Student I was joking about campbell being my alter ego.
Student ob
Student oh
Student I NEVER KNEW WALKING STICK HEADS WERE SO COMPLEX
Guest so that is an eye (the circle thing)...very interesting, but small. stickbugs see not very well, right?
Student Why do stick bugs have small eyes

Student COOL
Teacher Are the things at the top right of stick bug head antenna?
Student BY THE WAY E-MAC IS EMMA U SHOULD ALL KNOW THAT BY NOW
Student the jaws are cool
Bugscope Team Brendon what was your question?
Bugscope Team as scott said earlier: the hairs near the mouth of an insect are often chemosensory -- it can taste its prospective food with the hairs

Student THIS IS SO COOL TO LOOK AT

10:45am

Guest i am confused
Student MAN OH MAN, MOTH'S HAVE FUZZY HEADS
Bugscope Team they are fuzzy everywhere!

Student ANSWER MY QUESTION? why is it so hairy
Student this bug has a lot of hair. what are we looking at chao

Student why are there hairs on its mouthy!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team the hairs near the mouth of an insect are often chemosensory -- it can taste its prospective food with the hairs
Student Its missing an antenna
Guest aere those antennae?
Bugscope Team there is one antenna still attached coming off the left side of its head. the right antenna seems to have fallen off

Student does it only have one antenna????
Student thank u !!!!
Bugscope Team there is one antenna here, to the left
Student what kind of bug is it
Teacher Remember, kids, that we sent them these bugs. They were definitely dead. Also, there is a vaccuum(no air) in the microscope.

Bugscope Team the other one busted off
Student How mant eges can a moth lay?
Student this moth has to much hair

Student lots
Student and lots
Student DOES THIS MOTH HAVE ONLY ONE ANTENAE
Student Is the moth furry and thin or fat?
Bugscope Team it is kind of hard to tell, usually moths are fat and look like hunchbacks. but sometimes you can see some skinny small ones
Guest fuzzy, indefinitely. and the tiny antenna means that it is a female, not a male, because males have big, fuzzy antenna.
Bugscope Team Mrs V I am not sure we could see Susie's antennae
Student Answer Me!!!!!
Student do moths have simple or compound eyes
Student yrIs this job NOT fun to do
Teacher Superlee, watch it or you are off the computer!!
Student WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION SUPERLEE
Student answer you what superlee

Student do moths have hair on their wings
Bugscope Team moths have scales. they dont really have setae (hair).

Student I am sorry that i keep spelling things wrong

Student can you change the picture katie
Bugscope Team moths have tiny scales on their wings
Student what is the powdery stuff on moth's wings???????
Bugscope Team those are the scales, they make the moth or butterfly feel silky and comes off as powder on your fingers
Student what is the powder on moths eyes
Student mabye pollen
Student WEVE BEEN ON THIS FOREVER, SWITCH IT
Bugscope Team the powdery stuff is the scales
Student what is the powder on a mothes wings
Bugscope Team scales

Student : /
Student what type of moth is this?
Bugscope Team not sure what kind of moth it was, sorry
Student wow

Student why do moths have tiny scales on their wings?
Student this is a black beetle head
Teacher Very cool.
Guest can we posibly look at the lamellate antenna nexct?

Student can u go in more

Student Why are the mandibles not symettrical
Bugscope Team The mandibles are not always exactly bilaterally symmetrical, but usually they are close

Student HOW LARGE ARE BLACK BEATLES USSUALLY
Student those look like little pours
Student is this a beetle form the colony?

10:50am
Student wowowowowo
Guest that looks like it could hurt
Guest wow, so it is....shiny. it's very, very shiny. does it have like water on it?
Student this is soo cool... THANK YOU BUG SCOPE
Student can u focus please
Student what is this

Student i am sorry, but what are looking at katie?
Guest it has like feathers on it....
Student sticks

Guest oowww
Teacher Not sure what kind of beetle. Is this one of the darkling beetles we sent?
Student Beforee
Student probably
Student sorry about the extra e
Student are those hairs??
Bugscope Team yes these are all wooly bear hairs
Bugscope Team Superlee those were pores where the setae had come out.
Student now whatare we looking at??

Guest pokey.....but wow, what is this? could you please focus this more, katie...
Student thank u
Student thanx for answering my question
Guest sorry to post twice.
Bugscope Team they keep things like birds form eating it because the hairs would be annoying to them
Student why do the hairs look so sharp
Student How many typs of spiders are there
Guest admins rock
Student it looks like a bamboo forest
Student what are we looking at

Guest so these are the hairs....
Student why are the hairs sharp

Student What is happening
Guest t-pzfhl
Student katie can you focus this
Student are the hairs on Wolly Bears the same as humans
Bugscope Team no insect hairs are much smaller and thinner
Student is that something's head?
Bugscope Team the bumps are the simple eyes on the wooly bear
Student We have already been on this

Bugscope Team the hairs are not the same as human hairs, and that is one reason we call them setae, or singular seta.
Student is that a claw
Student this is a cricket claw
Student please focus

Student What time is it?
Student oh sorry
Student thank you scott
Student i didn't know crickets even had claws
Student its 11 55
Student thank you
Student Katie, could you please move the footage slower. Please
Student tis was fun driving
Student are the crickets claws sharp?
Student are those little claws on the end of that

Bugscope Team a lot of insects/arthropods have claws
Student GO E-MAK

Guest so those claws hook onto things...?
Student wow
Guest cool

Student whos umesh

Student thank you admins
Student is that a clump of dirt up in the corner
Student SLOW DOWN

Student are those claws?
Student MOTH SCALE
Student emma wat is that
Student wow
Student Cool, but wat is it

Student thanks
Guest this is a moth scale still? not any more...
Student that was the moth scale
Student is that a mouth
Student stats?

Bugscope Team busy mouth
Student what are stats?
10:55am

Guest thank you admins...

Student what are those?

Bugscope Team stats are statistics about bugscope

Bugscope Team wow nice
Guest wait, what is the pm/um thing again?

Student what are those little bumps
Student thanks

Guest 1 mm now, so 1 millemeter...

Student where are the eyes?

Bugscope Team right adam

Student I think there eyes lex

Guest okay, thanks.
Student where are its eyes?
Student im cobwebs

Bugscope Team a micron is a millionth of a meter, or also a thousand nanometers

Student It is very furry?
Student who is cbwebs?
Student nobody he he

Student this is an amazing pic

Student WHO IS COWWEBS
Bugscope Team now looks good
Guest is that...what are we looking at? a sponge?

Student nobody he
Student hi lexie
Bugscope Team it's not skin -- it is the exoskeleton
Student Why is that my computer changes fast than someone sitting right next to me?
Bugscope Team it is refreshing the images at a different time than the other person. they are set to refresh at a certain rate
Student what is that
Student what are we looking at
Student who is cbwebs

Student who is cbwebs

Student nobody is cbwebs

Student is this skin

Student is this bee?
Student Hi everyone
Bugscope Team so that was not skin, but chitin
Guest look at the lallemente hair please!
Teacher Moth

Guest okay, it is called a lamellate hair.
Student cool hair

Student are those lega?
Student is that a leg

Student are those legs??

11:00am

Guest woah, scales....wings....feathers...what is it?
Teacher Great driving, Emma K!
Student this bug is very interesting. what is it?

Student THAN YOU ADMINS!!!!
Student Thank you adminstration and sorry for being rude.

Guest thank you admins!
Student thanx
Student THANK YOU ADMINS
Bugscope Team I'll give you a view of the inside of the 'scope here...
Student I LOOVE BUGSCOPE
Student COOL!
Student yeah

Guest woah, this is really cool! what is it? candy on the lens?

Student wowowowowowow
Guest bravoo
Student What is that thing on the stage
Student cool
Bugscope Team this is a view of the door from inside
Student thanks again!!!:)
Guest very cool. thank you. bye!
Bugscope Team and on the stage are the bugs we were looking at
Teacher Thanks for crammin so many bugs on the stage. And for staying so long after!!!
Bugscope Team Thank You Adam
Student Thank you!!!!!!!:)☺
Bugscope Team the thing in the foreground is part of Susie.
Bugscope Team Okay here watch this!
Teacher I mean cramming. Bye, Susie. And thank you all again!
Bugscope Team there's scott!
Teacher Hi Scott!
Teacher Last view of the scope was neat. Thanks. Bye!
Bugscope Team thanks for another great session

School Name	Winchester Thurston School
School Homepage	http://www.winchesterthurston.org
Location
Community	Urban
Type	Private

Subjects Taught	General Science;Earth Science
Grades Taught	6th Grade, 8th Grade
Number of Students	65

Project Title	Insect Adaptations
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	In 6th grade students examine the role of insects in ecosystems. THis in-depth study includes physical characteristics of insects (including a comparison with arachnids), the various types of metamorphosis, the roles insects play in an ecosystem and the physical and behavioral adaptations that facilitate these roles. During one of our lab activities, students examine insect specimens they ahve collected using a dissecting microscope. Bugscope would provide an excellent opportunity to see some the the structures we study (mouth parts, eyes, wings, etc) with amazing detail as well as give students the opportunity to ask questions. In addition, we do a microscope unit later in the year which would tie-in well with the use of Bugscope.

Session 2008-101 with Winchester Thurston School

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