Session 2008-146 with Winchester Thurston

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Connected on 2009-02-03 09:00:00 from , PA, US

• 8:53am
• Bugscope Team nice brochosomes

• Bugscope Team yay!
• Bugscope Team hello mrs. hannan, welcome to bugscope!
• Bugscope Team Good morning! Welcome to Bugscope!
• Bugscope Team we are just finishing up presets
• Teacher Hi- we are very excited for this. My class will be here in about 10 min
• Bugscope Team we are done with presets, session is now unlocked
• Bugscope Team ok, we are ready for you anytime, if you want you can practice driving the scope now
• Bugscope Team at any time, if you have any questions please just ask

• Bugscope Team nice click to drive

• Teacher can we only drive from one computer?
• Bugscope Team nice, you got it, with click to drive, you click to start moving, then click again to stop
• Bugscope Team no, you can drive from any computer, but only one person can drive at one time

• Bugscope Team we can switch drive controls to anyone logged int (student, guest, anyone)
• Bugscope Team yeah we can confer control to any computer you'd like
• Bugscope Team if you want a student to drive, just tell us, and we can switch controls to that student
• Teacher is it easier for you if they drive from my computer or to switch to theirs?
• Teacher ok- you answered the question
• Bugscope Team we prefer they drive from their own computer, so you are always on your system, asking questions via chat

• Teacher ok
• Bugscope Team :)
• 8:59am
• Teacher there are going to be two different classes- the first one will be here 10-10:40 and then they will switch
• Bugscope Team ok, sounds good
• Teacher are we going to be looking at the insects that I sent in?
  Bugscope Team we have all your insects that you send and then we included some of our own
• Bugscope Team we have those you sent and some of our stock today

• Teacher ok
• Bugscope Team we have your small moth, weevils, assassin bug, and stink bug

• Bugscope Team this is pretty high mag on the bee antenna, kind of hard to get your bearings

• Teacher what magnification do you usually use?
• Bugscope Team I would take it down a few notches so you can see where you are, get some perspective
• Bugscope Team click again to stop - we are still moving now
• 9:04am
• Bugscope Team you can focus way high like this too, though

• Bugscope Team nice
• Bugscope Team cool
• Bugscope Team this is one of the placoid sensilla -- the flat place
• Bugscope Team they are sensory, probably chemosensory
• Bugscope Team insects magnification can be anywhere from 40x - 40,000x. but to really get a sense of where you are, make sure to lower the mag to 40-100x, then you can zoom in after
• Bugscope Team it might be interesting, to see just where you really are, to drop the mag way down here
• Teacher starting to get the kids logged in now
• Bugscope Team coolness
• Bugscope Team that should keep you out of trouble for a little while ;)
• 9:09am
• Bugscope Team Hi 9!
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team Welcome to bugscope!
• Student i really like learning about micoscopes.
• Student hey
• Student hi i am jamie from wt
• Bugscope Team Hello numerals!
• Bugscope Team hi jamie, and other students, welcome to bugscope
• Student hi
• Student hi
• Student wo thiis is awsome
• Bugscope Team hi everyone!
• Student hi i am gali and i go to winchester.
• Bugscope Team okay Jamie is 10
• Student hey boys out there
• Bugscope Team Gali is 9
• Student can you look at virsues
• Student what are we looking at
• Student I'm Scott
• Student what r we looking at?
• Student and what are we looking at
• Student hello my name is andre what r we looking at right now
• Student what are we looking at... im not sure what kind of bug that is

• Bugscope Team viruses we would look at using a transmission electron microscope, which works a little differently
• Bugscope Team we are on the bee antenna right now at kind of a high mag
• Bugscope Team this is a bee
• Bugscope Team 'doh
• Student ewww
• Student col
• Student cool i have never seen a bee sooo close
• Student what is the highest magnification
• Student what is this?
• Student my dad is alergic to bees
• Bugscope Team Jamie do you want to drive?
• Student what part?
• Student what part
• Student what is this
• Student what part of the bee is this
• Bugscope Team this is 15,000x magnification. this scope can magnify up to 800,000x, but at that mag, insects would not be viewable
• Student what part of the bee
• Student WHAT IS THAT?
• Bugscope Team this is the antenna
• Bugscope Team this is a bee antenna, at very high mag
• Student Hi i am Derik
• Student how powerful is your micro scope
  Bugscope Team the scope can magnify up to 800,000x, but for looking at bugs today, we'll rarely go past 30,000-40,000 mag
• Bugscope Team I'm going to take the mag down for you...

• Student what does7pm stand for
  Bugscope Team the um in the lower left is a scale bar. it tells you how big the bug is. one um = one micron = one millionth of a meter

• Student this is awsome

• Student I don't know what that is.
  Bugscope Team this is a bee head

• Student yikes!!!

• Student what part is that of the bee
• Student we r going to have a test on Wednesday about micorscopes and things we have been looking at in class some of the things we have been looking at r all different types of animal bloods.
• Student Jamie is driving.
• Bugscope Team now you can see where we were, on the shaft of the antenna, and now we are looking at the bee's mouth
• Student what the heck is that
  Bugscope Team this is the head of a bee
• 9:15am
• Student how much $ is this microscope
  Bugscope Team it was $600,000 when we bought it almost 10 years ago
• Student ooh!
• Student what are the little hairs
• Student what r all those little hairs?
  Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae (see-tee), they are like cat whiskers in that they help the insect to sense its environment
• Bugscope Team you can see the jaws, which open sideways, and the tongue is below
• Bugscope Team the little hairs are called 'setae'
• Student Let me know what that is
• Student what are these hair
• Student Wow
• Student hi my name wes morris
• Student are those hairs
  Bugscope Team insects are a lot hairier then they seem! All the hairs you see on insects we refer to setae (see-tee)
• Student my teacher says its a bees' head
• Student COOL!!!
• Student is it only in black and white?
  Bugscope Team the microscope uses electrons to gather the image, not light, because of that there is no color, only shades of grey
• Bugscope Team yes, this is a bee head
• Student is the bee grabbing anything?-mayzie
• Bugscope Team the thing at the bottom of the screen middle left is the tongue
• Student This is AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student what part of the head
  Bugscope Team well, the mouth in below the middle of the image, there is a compound eye on the far right, and the stick thing in the upper left is an antenna. ask 10 to lower the mag to see a better image
• Bugscope Team you can see in the right upper edge, the eye
• Bugscope Team one of the eyes

• Student that is cool
• Student can you see any type of cell?
• Student Can you zoom it in

• Student how much money is the microscopes that u use?
  Bugscope Team i think the scope cost about $750,000 in 1998?
• Student r u doing dis all day
• Bugscope Team we can go as low as about 37x
• Student is that the eye or mouth?-mayzie
  Bugscope Team the mouth is made up of a hinged jaw that swings out like a gate. You can see one of its big eyes to the right of the screen
• Student Please Zoom It In
• Student why are is it in black and white
• Bugscope Team 10 has control
• Bugscope Team I just gave Nico control
• Bugscope Team we can give control to anyone else though... only one person can control at a time
• Student that is cool
• Student zoom in on the eye

• Bugscope Team yay Nico
• Bugscope Team bees have a compound eye- meaning it is made up of many facets called ommatidia
• Bugscope Team the eye should be to the right
• Student can you see cells?
• Student ale what is the most magnifacation u can go up 2
  Bugscope Team it can mag up to 800,000x, but at that mag you wouldn't see insects well at all

• Student can you see the cells on a bug

• Student where are u located?
  Bugscope Team We are in the basement of a lab at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana
• Student can we see the bee cells

• Student sorr i ment alex

• Student What is that?
• Student what is that ?
• Student does the bee have skin?-mayzie
  Bugscope Team well no, it has a exoskeleton instead, and the exoskeleton is like a hard shell, like armour, and the guts and nerves are underneath that exoskeleton
  Bugscope Team Not really skin like ours. The bee has a hard exoskeleton which is a barrier to the outside world just like our skin. But the bee has a skeleton on the outside and muscles on the inside--unlike humans and dogs and elephants, which have bones on the inside covered with muscles and then covered with skin

• Student wow wow wow!!!!!!!!

• Bugscope Team what we see now are components of the chitin, the cuticle that covers insects like armor

• Bugscope Team so Mayzie the bee does not have skin -- it has an exoskeleton
• 9:20am
• Bugscope Team meaning that its skeleton is on the outside

• Student the image is blurry right now
• Student can we zoom out a bit?-mayzie
  Bugscope Team nico has control now, ask nico to zoom out
• Student what's the chitin?
• Student what is that

• Bugscope Team yeah it is blurry, but you can focus, Nico can
• Student can u put gali in control??
• Student WOW!!!!!!!!!

• Bugscope Team chitin is like what our fingernails are made of
• Student put 8 in control
• Student put 8 in control
• Student what is that dent?-mayzie
• Student lets zoom out
• Student cate do u like the university and would u recomend it
  Bugscope Team it's a pretty nice campus. Lots to do, but outside of champaign-urbana, everything is pretty much cornfields. So I guess it depends if you are fine with that :p
• Student is it possible to see in color??
  Bugscope Team yes, it is possible to color the black and white images AFTER they are taken, we can use elemental analysis to color them, so it's realistic
• Student number nine is Gali
• Student how big is they microscope -andre
  Bugscope Team The microscope is the size of a desk--but taller
• Student and do u think it's fun
• Student

• Student is it really small?
• Bugscope Team Gali you have control.
• Bugscope Team Hi Jamie!
• Student whats the puffy thing?
• Bugscope Team Bees can't feel through their exoskeleton, that is why they have so many setae (hairs) which stick through their exoskeleton and connect with the nervous system
• Bugscope Team Yeah 5 Hi Scott
• Student It is fun to control
• Student do you have fun lokking at bugs
  Bugscope Team oh yeah, this is a blast, we love doing bugscope
• Student WHAT IS THAT DENT!!!???-MAYZOE
  Bugscope Team Mayzie the dent is apparently a small pore in the jaw or the vestiture on the head
• Student can 15 be in controll
• Student i know
• Student i bet big
• Student thanx i am now in control!!

• Student what are the hairs called?!?
  Bugscope Team setae
• Student may u please put andre in control next please please please
• Student this is cool
• Student WOW!!!!
• Student does this bee still have its stinger?

• Student MAYZO???

• Student it's blurry

• Student cool

• Student what other bugs will we look at? karolina

• Student what are those lines
• Student wooowww!
• Student It lookes dead
  Bugscope Team all the insects we put in the microscope are dead. If they weren't they would be too juicy for the microscope to pump down to a vacuum state, and they would also die because of the lack of air
  Bugscope Team yep, all the insects are dead in the scope
• Student how big r da microscopes at the university
• Bugscope Team When you have control one of the things you can do is choose -- d'oh Cate beat me to it -- from among the presets along the right side of the chat
• Student OOOHHH
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team Jamie we did not find the stinger
• 9:25am
• Student AAAAAAAA!!!

• Student Whoh
• Student Coool
• Bugscope Team Nice mosquito guys!
• Bugscope Team This is a mosquito.
• Student wow1
• Student is that an eye

• Student is that the head

• Student what is that
• Guest thats awesome
• Student What part is this
• Guest what part is that
  Bugscope Team we are looking at the "face" of the mosquito
• Student what is that
• Bugscope Team the eyes are the curved things with all of the round balls
• Bugscope Team this is a mosquito
• Student This is Awsome
• Student my sworn enemy up close!NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!-mayzie
• Guest is that the eyes
• Student i chose to use the mosquito. isnt it cool?
• Bugscope Team roundish balls

• Bugscope Team the bumpy things are the eyes, the two sticks coming toward us are its antennae
• Student what is that?- Andrew
• Student eww it looks like a mouse
• Bugscope Team Yes 9 is Gali, right?
• Student wow misquitoes are hairy!
• Student my picture went black

• Student What is that?
• Bugscope Team 8 hit refresh on your browser
• Student i changed it!!
• Student hello?
• Student what does the claw do
• Bugscope Team this is cool -- it has a scale and a pollen grain on it
• Bugscope Team yes, if your screen goes black, try hitting refresh (F5)
• Student what is that?-mayzie
  Bugscope Team this is a claw on a beetle
• Student do mosquitos have beaks-andre
  Bugscope Team sort of like a beak--they have a long pointy proboscis that they use to eat. Only female mosquitos bite; male mosquitos eat flower nectar and sap
  Bugscope Team well, yes they do, but they aren't called beaks, they are called proboscis's
• Bugscope Team claws are used by insects the same way we use our hands
• Student i am in control what r those sharp things?

• Student Is that part of that mosquito?
• Student did the bee still have its stinger on?
• Student what are those claws? Karolina
• Bugscope Team Jamie the bee had lost its stinger
• Student is that mold?
• Student Why does it have a claw
  Bugscope Team The claws help them to hold on to surfaces

• Bugscope Team Karoline the claws are on a beetle
• Student oh i once caught a violet ground beetle do you have any of those?-mayzie
• Bugscope Team this is cool
• Student wow what r those
  Bugscope Team we are on one of the bee legs. these are tenent setae- special setae that allow it to walk on walls. they act like velcro
• Bugscope Team if you take the mag down you can start to see where we are
• Student what is that?
• Student what is this

• Student ???
• Bugscope Team pollen grain, now, on the bee tongue
• 9:30am
• Student what is that

• Student COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Team more tenent setae
• Student are those hairs and what do they do
  Bugscope Team these hairs are called tenent setae, and they help the insect stick to walls and such
• Student this is soooo cool. it looks coral a little.
• Bugscope Team these tenent setae probably act more like suction cups
• Student Is this pollen?
• Bugscope Team Some bees have specialized setae on the flat parts of their legs that are called "pollen baskets". The bees gather pollen, stick the pollen to the hairs on its leg, and bring the pollen back to the hive
• Bugscope Team a lot of times we make the presets so you will wonder whether they are and want to take the mag down to see

• Student Cool
• Student what is that

• Student is that the mouth
• Student AAAAAAA!!!!
• Student this is a spider head.
• Bugscope Team Mayzie you are in luck
• Student This is COOL!!!
• Student yeah!!
• Bugscope Team see those 4 bumps between the legs, those are eyes!!!
• Bugscope Team you can see four of the eyes
• Bugscope Team they are called simple eyes, because they have just a single lens in each
• Student w

• Student WHAT IS MOST MAGNAFACTION
  Bugscope Team well, for bugscope images are best viewed no more than 40,000x, but the scope is capable of 800,000x
• Student ooh, is that a spider head
• Bugscope Team Jamie weevil
• Student What is this?
• Student this looks like a cactus!
• Student whats a weacel?-mayzie
• Student what is a weavel???????
  Bugscope Team a weevil is a beetle in the family curculionidae. They are the most diverse group of insects on the planet!
• Student That lookes like a cactus
• Student A Weavel

• Guest how did you get that
• Student what is that

• Student COOOOOOOOOL!!!
• Student transfer the driver seat to number1
• Student What is that?
• Student what is thart
  Bugscope Team the spikes are part of the pollen grain- makes them sticky, and the little balls are brochosomes
• Student is that a leg??????????
• Bugscope Team They eat plants or parts of plants.
• Bugscope Team #1 has control now
• Student what are those little things that r like little circles.
  Bugscope Team those are called brochosomes, unique to the leafhopper
• Student what is that
• Student thanks
• Student what is that
• Bugscope Team these are brochosomes, from a leafhopper, on a pollen grain on the antenna of a bee

• Guest How did you get this?
  Bugscope Team We looked around until we found it on this sample
• Student what are we looking at right now
  Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain, with brochosomes on it, all on a bee antenna
• Student A POLLEN GRAIN?
  Bugscope Team totally! you are right!
• Student that scope is powerful-mayzie
• Bugscope Team yep these are the things that make you sneeze!
• 9:35am
• Student look at the little dots behind the puffs

• Student what is this
• Student what is this?
• Student What are those spikes
• Student what do the spikes do
• Student What is a Brochasome?
  Bugscope Team brochosomes are microscopic secretory granules produced by leafhoppers
• Bugscope Team 13 this is a bee antenna
• Student how many cells are roughly in a pollen grain??????
• Student what are those spikes
• Student is there different types of pollen?-mayzie
  Bugscope Team every different type of plant has a different type of pollen
• Student Is this a bee antena?
• Bugscope Team 13 and 18 the spikes on the pollen grain help it stick to things
• Student Cate what is that thing in the left hand corner thats hanging over the edge?

• Student Cool !

• Guest What's the smallest bug you have looked at?
• Student is it wet?

• Student wwwoooowwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Bugscope Team this is a spiracle, which is what insects beathe through
• Student are those hairs in the spiricle?????????????????????????????

• Student A spiricle?
• Bugscope Team the leafhopper "anoints" things with those brochosomes

• Guest What is a spiracle?
  Bugscope Team It is an insect nostril

• Student cool
• Student It breaths thru that?
• Bugscope Team The leafhopper brushes brochosomes onto their egg masses to protect them from the environment
• Bugscope Team yes Nico it draws air in through the spiracles
• Student why is it glowing
• Student is that an eye?
• Student how far can u zoom in??
  Bugscope Team the scope can zoom into 800,000x, but you really won't see much good images past 40,000x
• Bugscope Team the thing that looks like a 'p' is the Greek letter 'mu'
• Student Cool
• Student what is that
• Student what is that spike ?
• Student it looks like it is glowing!
• Student have you ever looked at a cell?-mayzie
• Bugscope Team (bad grammar--the leafhopper brushes onto its--geez. Syntax)
• Student This is fun
• Bugscope Team Gali you can see that if we went in further we would not be able to see much

• Bugscope Team hexagons!
• Student An EYE?
• 9:40am
• Bugscope Team yes, an eye, no kidding!
• Student they look like a honey com
• Bugscope Team all those bumps are facets, each with a lens in it

• Bugscope Team those bumps are called ommatidia
• Student is that an eye
• Student what are those shiny things?
• Bugscope Team Yes! It's a compound eye, and it does look like a honeycomb
• Student wwwwwoooooowwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student is this the same thing but zoomed out?
• Student How does he see
  Bugscope Team flying insects usually have compound eyes, and they help them fly a great deal - they have good vision
• Bugscope Team Gali yes
• Student what uis that
• Student cool
• Student what is that
• Student may i drive?-mayzie
• Student is that a eye
• Student swotch the drive to Derik T.
• Bugscope Team we are looking at a moth head from the side

• Student is the whole thing connected it looks like they arent?
• Student I said HOW DOES HE SEE???
  Bugscope Team we think it sees multiple images form different angles and those images are collected and put together in the brain

• Student swith the drive to derik t
• Student swith driver to 5

• Guest How do you get these bugs?
  Bugscope Team You guys sent some of these insects. We also get donations from entomology students who made collections for classes, but don't want to keep the collection anymore

• Student swith the drive to 8/ Derik Tillman

• Student the teachers said i could drive-mayzie

• Student what are those holes
• Bugscope Team Yay!
• Bugscope Team Mayzie try driving now.
• Student what is that
• Student is that mold
• Student Thats So COOL!!!!
• Student are those bumps eyes
• Bugscope Team 15 it is not mold here -- we are looking at scales
• Student let me be the driver 5/ scott steiner
• Bugscope Team 18 the round things are the eyes
• Student It looks Harry
• Student we are swithing classes
• Student we r switching classes
• Student bye bye
• Bugscope Team awww...
• Bugscope Team bye!
• Bugscope Team ok, thanks students, you did great!
• Bugscope Team Thank you!
• Student we are swithing classes
• Student a new group is coming or the other class-mayzie
• Student bye bye from andre
• Student we are switching classes now
• Guest we are switching classes now and there are more people coming
• Bugscope Team bye bye
• Bugscope Team thank you for all your great questions and driving :)
• Guest bye
• Student a pleasure talking with you
• Bugscope Team you did great students
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team hello, welcome to bugscope!
• 9:45am
• Guest thanks
• Guest thanks
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team hi noah
• Student 18
• Student hello
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope
• Bugscope Team hello all
• Bugscope Team Hello Amanda, and Noah, and 18
• Student hello
• Bugscope Team this is a moth, lying on its side
• Bugscope Team you can see that one of its antennae is missing
• Student which computer is the driver now?
• Student where are the bugs?
• Student witch computer is the driver
• Bugscope Team no 3
• Bugscope Team 3 has control right now
• Student hello
• Student i can't see any bugs
  Bugscope Team if your screen is black, hit refresh (F5)
• Bugscope Team jada can you see the moth?
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team you can change which insect we are looking at by clicking on a preset in the lower right of the screen
• Bugscope Team Jada hit f5
• Bugscope Team Hi Sammy!
• Student is any one here
• Student hi scot
• Bugscope Team hi sammy
• Student how do you zoom in
• Bugscope Team let's give Jada control

• Student how do you zoom in on the bug
• Student hello
• Bugscope Team jada, i just gave you control, you can zoom in either mag, yeah, there ya go!
• Student what is the magnification on your microscopes
  Bugscope Team this scope can magnify up to 800,000x, but the best images for insects are at no more than 40,000x
• Student Hi
• Student all of you study bugs right?
• Student who is 14
• Student yea
• Bugscope Team Jada Annie is the one who is a real entomologist
• Student what is this bug?
  Bugscope Team this is a small moth that one of your classes sent in to ys
• Student hi this is amanda!!!
• Student hi alex
• Bugscope Team yes, I am a graduate student working on my PhD in entomology
• Bugscope Team hi amanda, hi sammy
• 9:50am
• Bugscope Team the rest of us have been doing this for a while and think it is super interesting - we are always learning about bugs
• Student what is this bug
• Student hi
• Student how do you zoom in
  Bugscope Team right now, jada has control, so only SHE can zoom in, ask jada to zoom in
• Student Hi my name is Amon what's your name bugscope friend
• Bugscope Team 5 this is a moth
• Student cool
• Student annie what is your major study?
  Bugscope Team I study chemical communication in longhorned beetles
• Student hi

• Student hi
• Student hi this is maddie!
• Bugscope Team Hi Sammy
• Student hi now this is maddie!
• Student is this a fly
• Bugscope Team Hi Sam, and Maddie!

• Bugscope Team only one person can control the scope at a time. if someone else wants control, ask us to switch control

• Bugscope Team this is a moth, Samantha
• Student how long have you been a scientist
  Bugscope Team I started graduate school in 2003, but I majored in biology in college
• Bugscope Team Hi Wells
• Student hi scot
• Student hi
• Student What is the magnification?
• Bugscope Team Sammy I have been doing this for a long time
• Student scot how long have you been a scientist
• Student wow! thats soo awesome! it really zooms in!
• Bugscope Team the mag is at 608x
• Student What r the things that look like fins?
  Bugscope Team those are scales
• Student can we look at the head of an insect
  Bugscope Team jada you have control, click on a preset to go there
• Student wow!
• Student this is awesome
• Student what are those feather things
• Bugscope Team Jada you have control and can drive west to the head
• Student how much experience do you all have
• Student what other bugs do you have
• Student what kind of bugs do you have
• Student What is entomology?
  Bugscope Team Entomology is the study of insects
• Student A moth wow
• Bugscope Team Wells I have been doing electron microscopy for 25 years
• Student so what is it
• Student so what is it?
• Student scot what do you study?
• Student cool
• Student hello
• Bugscope Team click again to stop jada!!!!!
• Bugscope Team jada, click again
• Student what is this???
• Bugscope Team jada, click again
• Bugscope Team Amon I got hired to help set this up 10 years ago
• Student are those scales
• Bugscope Team jada, click again in the image
• Student cool
• Student everyone whose talking are all u in the same lab and now eachother
  Bugscope Team We do all know each other, but we are not in the same place. Everyone else is at the Beckman Institute, and I am at my apartment.
• Student what is the magnification, Scott?
• Bugscope Team Amanda I train people to use the microscopes now. I have a degree in English and Biology
• Bugscope Team The mag is 608x right now
• Student scot how much experience do you have??
• Bugscope Team jada, click in the image to stop moving it, then you can click on another ppreset
• Student cool
• Student what is goin on
  Bugscope Team jada has control, and needs to click in her image to stop the movment
• Bugscope Team Wells I have been doing this (electron microscopy) since 1983
• Student I cant see any thing
• Student I see static
• Student how do i stop it!!!
  Bugscope Team you needed to click in the image to stop. click once to start moving, click again to stop
• Student what bug do you find the most fasinating
  Bugscope Team Longhorned beetles are my favorite insects--that is what I research
• 9:56am
• Bugscope Team troy you now have control
• Bugscope Team Troy just a sec.
• Student thats cool
• Bugscope Team I am trying to write my dissertation chapters
• Student the picture keeps changing1

• Student how long have you been a scientist
• Student what bug is this now?
• Student Troy is driving now

• Student annie what is that
  Bugscope Team right now this is the edge of the world
• Student something is wrong with this thing

• Student how long have u been studying bugs
  Bugscope Team I have been studying bugs since college--so since about 2001.
• Student scot, how did u figure out about this?
  Bugscope Team Maddie we had good programmers to help us get control of the microscope.
• Student can i have control
• Bugscope Team wells has control
• Student troy could you stop moving it
• Student annie why do you like longhorned beetles?
  Bugscope Team Because they make up one of the largest groups of insects, because they live in many different places and have specialized to eat many many different types of plants, because they range in size from 2 mm to 17 cm, they squeak, and not very much is known about them
• Student what do u mean by the edge of the world
• Student can i have control please!!
• Student whats HAPPENING!
• Student Scot what is your favorite bug\

• Student I still see static

• Student its very cool!
• Student whos in control now!
• Student whos controling now?
• Student what is the bug

• Student Scot what is your bug?
• Bugscope Team we just locked the session, we will control the scope from now on

• Student are there bugs in ant actica
  Bugscope Team yes, it seems there are. Most of them are parasites, like lice which live in the feathers and fur of birds and seals, where they are protected from the harsh climate for much of the time. Collemola (springtails) are the only free-living insects. They feed on algae and fungi, and remain dormant in winter.
• Student we are lokin at
• Student annie u r really cool
  Bugscope Team Thank you
• Student cooooooooooooool
• Student scot did you say that to me
• Student hi alex
• Student what is this
• Student cani have control

• Student is this a bee?
• Student annie can i have control cause jada already did
  Bugscope Team I am not in charge of bestowing microscope control-sorry
• Bugscope Team when you use click to drive, you must click once to start moving, then click AGAIN to stop
• Bugscope Team this is the abdomen of an assassin bug
• Student scot is this still the moth

• Bugscope Team now we are on the bee antenna
• Student scot, what is your favorite bug?
• Bugscope Team You guys I am going to drive for a little while.
• Student What do you mostly like about the bugs u look at
• Bugscope Team I like earwigs

• Student please

• Student what bug is this

• Student ok!
• Bugscope Team this is a bee, the antenna
• Student what is the most common type of bug
  Bugscope Team I am not sure if anyone really knows what the most common insect in the world is. It varies from place to place and from time to time. There are times when there are huge swarms of locusts or cicadas or mayflies--but even then it is hard to say that those insects are the most common in the world. In terms of biomass, termites and ants make up a significant part of the biomass of many environments--more than monkeys or elephants or humans.
• Student who is driving?
  Bugscope Team we are driving jake
• 10:01am
• Student wow annie longhorned beetles sound really cool
• Student can i please have control
• Student can i please have control
• Bugscope Team ants are very common - let's see what Annie says
• Student I can't see anything
  Bugscope Team if your screen is black, hit refresh (F5)

• Student Hey Scot, drive away .

• Student so scotj is driving

• Student who
• Student hi this is samantha
• Bugscope Team yes, scott is driving
• Student hi this is samantha

• Student what is that? is that its body?
• Student ?
• Student whats that
• Bugscope Team now you can see the compound eye under the antenna
• Student is that a leg
  Bugscope Team those curvy thing is one of the bee's antennae

• Student thats sooooo cool!
• Student Awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student annie how long have u been a scientist
  Bugscope Team I have been in graduate school since 2003 and I majored in biology in college.
• Student what is the most common type of bug
  Bugscope Team noahh did you see my answer?
• Student what is the bug
• Student eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwww
• Student wow!
• Student is that a fly eye
• Student is this still the moth
• Bugscope Team this is below the bee's eye
• Student what are those hairs
  Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae (see-tee) they help the insect to sense its environment
• Bugscope Team insects have a hard exoskeleton that is like if you were wearing a suit of armor. If you just had the suit on, you would bump into stuff and not really be able to feel it. Insects have holes in their "armor" with setae (insect hairs) sticking out that are connected to nerves underneath. These setae allow the insect to sense their environment.
• Student what are we lookin at
  Bugscope Team now this is a scale laying on a bee eye
• Student thats gross
• Student What kind of power does your scope have.
  Bugscope Team it can mag up to 800,000x, but for insects it's best to stay below 40,000x
• Student it kind of looks like a leg
• Student whats the magnifacation
• Bugscope Team right now it's 2208x
• Student annie do u only study bugs?
  Bugscope Team yup--that is all I study
• Student whos in control now?
• Student ewwwwwwwwww!
• Student what is that/
• Bugscope Team scott is controlling the scope now
• Student ???????
• 10:06am

• Student a lot of people are having computer troubles
• Student ewwwwww!
• Student Scot what is ur favorite bug??
• Student what is that now!
• Student thats cool
• Bugscope Team Jake I like earwigs because they often have mites
• Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain on a bee antenna
• Student it looks cool!!!!
• Student what is that????????????????
• Student what is this
• Bugscope Team those small white dots on the pollen are brochosomes
• Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain on a bee's antennae
• Student did you say that to me alex
• Student Cate how long have you been working at bugscope?
  Bugscope Team ive been working with bugscope for 3 years now i think
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team can i help with computers problems? shall i call you mrs. hannan?
• Student coooooooooooooooool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student can i drive please
• Student dont let jake drive!
• Bugscope Team jake16, you now have control
• Bugscope Team Jake can you take it easy?
• Student someone talk to me
• Bugscope Team If we give you control?
• Student thats cool!
• Student what r those spiky things?
  Bugscope Team the longer spikes are setae and the ball with little spikes is the pollen grain
• Student thats cooll!
• Bugscope Team Hi Sammy!
• Student can i drive next please
• Student hi scot
• Student thanks
• Bugscope Team jake16 has control
• Student hi everyone!
• Student what are we looking
  Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain on a bee antenna
• Student hi every1
• Bugscope Team noah! you can drive next, after jake16
• Student Jakes driving
• Student sweeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Team Jake try a couple of things, like taking the mag down
• Student where do bugs live the most?
  Bugscope Team Insects are certainly most diverse in the tropics--in the rainforests of Central and South America, Africa and Asia.

• Student annie how long have you been a scientist
• Bugscope Team Cool, good job.
• Student do bugs live in Antartica
• Student how long have you been a scientist
  Bugscope Team I started graduate school in 2003, but I studied biology in college. And I started college in 1999. So about 10 years
• Student annie
• Student ooooww pollen
• Student yes how do i move it
  Bugscope Team use navigation
• Student its still loading to drive
• Bugscope Team jake16, when using click to drive, click once to start, then you MUST click again to stop
• Student hi cate i haven't asked u anything yet
• Bugscope Team Jake to move it the best thing to do is click to center
• Student Alex, when did you start participating in bugscope
  Bugscope Team i came onto bugscope in 2007
• Bugscope Team if you click to drive you have to click (once) to stop

• 10:11am
• Student how long have you been studying bugs

• Student i did
• Bugscope Team if you get lost, click on a preset
• Student what is that
• Bugscope Team jake16, click on a preset if you get lost
• Student this is Mrs. Hannan- kids keep getting logged out and me too. It's ok now they are sharing- we have to go in 10 minutes anyway
  Bugscope Team hmm, sorry mrs. hannan, not sure why the kids are getting logged out
• Student what now
• Bugscope Team Samantha we are in the wilderness
• Student this is still ryan but i got logged out
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team Jake click on one of the presets
• Student bye!
• Student annie i haven't talked to you yet
  Bugscope Team yes you have--you just asked me how long I have been a scientist! ;)
• Student cate

• Student whered the pic go!
• Student oooooooooh we have 5 morre minutes
• Student thr it is!
• Bugscope Team that was me
• Bugscope Team noah!, you now have control

• Bugscope Team this is the mosquito
• Student this is matt can i drive
• Student annie are you there
  Bugscope Team yah
• Student cate how long have you been a scientist?
  Bugscope Team i graduated from the university of illinois in 2006 with a degree in physics. I started working in this lab before then and became full time after i graduated. So I have been a scientist for around 4 years
• Bugscope Team noah! has control of the scope now
• Student in science class we r now learning about cells!
• Student can i drive now
• Student this is soooooooooo coooooooooolllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student good
• Student what is that
• Student it is a very fun unit!
• Bugscope Team Thanks, Jake
• Student can i control now
• Student can i control now?
• Student its not working
• Student we have a test tommorow on cells

• Student we have to go!
• Student what is that annie
• Student we have to go bye
• Student bye thank u!

• Student bye bye
• Student nice talking to u!
• Bugscope Team thank you students, nice work!
• Bugscope Team Thank You!
• Student What kind of bug is that!
  Bugscope Team A female mosquito
• Student this is Mrs. Hannan- we have to go. Thanks! We enjoyed it!
  Bugscope Team don't forget to check your member page for all the chat and images from this session: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-146
• Bugscope Team mrs. hanna, all the chat and images are saved to your bugscope member page:
• Bugscope Team This is a mosquito
• Student thank u soooooooooooo much for this awsome experience it was FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student bye
• Bugscope Team i'm glad you thought it was fun. We try to make it fun for all of you
• Bugscope Team Thank you all again.
• 10:16am
• Bugscope Team Steve1us you have control.
• Bugscope Team Steve that was kind of wild, hard to tell what was going on. Sometimes the kids get excited and click like crazy, and sometimes it'
• Bugscope Team steve, where are you from?
• Bugscope Team s the software, maybe, that seems to goof up

• Bugscope Team I think it's time to shut down...
• Bugscope Team k, session disabled, rxl stopped, session locked
• Bugscope Team nice session everyone, closing it down