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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2009-05-26 09:00:00 from , FL, US

8:24am
Teacher Good morning! :)
Bugscope Team hello! welcome to bugscope
8:31am
Bugscope Team we lost mrs. b, i wonder if i should call her?
Bugscope Team starting presets

8:36am

8:42am

Bugscope Team hello!
Bugscope Team welcome back
Teacher Hey there, we just had a firedrill.
Bugscope Team we are just setting up some presets for you, we'll be done in about 5 minutes
Bugscope Team well, things happen, don't they?
Teacher these images are so cool... they should be excited.

Bugscope Team :)
Teacher the kids can ask questions to you, correct?
Bugscope Team oh yes
Teacher we are about to "brief" them, lol
Bugscope Team they can login, and then type any questions they want
Teacher cool... we are about to talk to them and then we will be heading downstairs to the computer lab.
8:47am
Bugscope Team coolness
Teacher Be back in about 15 minutes! :)

Bugscope Team see you then

8:52am

8:57am

Bugscope Team Mrs B we are ready to roll on this end.
9:03am
Bugscope Team hey there!
Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team This is a leafhopper!
Bugscope Team you can see its eyes, to the left and right, and its tiny antennae
Bugscope Team it looks alien-like right?
Student Hello, good morning
Bugscope Team Hello honeyj!
Student where are they found?
Bugscope Team they are often found on bushes as well
Bugscope Team Hi Mrs B!
Bugscope Team You have control of the microscope and can change mag, drive around, change to another preset...
Student how does this work?
Bugscope Team Mrs B has control of the microscope and can drive it to the various insects that are on the stub
Student gross
Bugscope Team they hop in the grass and are usually green in color
Student I like this picture
Student coool
Student cool
Student i do not like it
Student neat
Student how are they found?
Bugscope Team you find them when they move, usually, on leaves
Student cool
9:08am
Student wath do they eat
Bugscope Team they eat plants --- they suck the juices from leaves, for example

Student how large are they
Student what kind of bug is it?
Bugscope Team it is a leafhopper that is in the hemipteran family-- or also known as a true bug
Student ugley
Student are they posines?
Bugscope Team no the leafhoppers are not poisonous
Student are they mammals?
Bugscope Team no they are insects

Student cooooooool
Bugscope Team the big dome part of the head is part of the sucking apparatus

Student can they be seen with a naked eye?
Bugscope Team yes you can see them
Student Is this male or female?
Bugscope Team we can't tell from here

Bugscope Team they like plant sap

Student gross!
Student sweet!!!!!!!!
Student it looks like it has shulder pad.
Student what color are they?
Student um do they ever lay eggs?
Bugscope Team yes they lay eggs, and we don't know how many
Student they are freaky looking
Student are they still liveing?
Bugscope Team none of the insects in the microscope are alive. They would need to be dead and dry to be able to image them well
Student how old is it
Bugscope Team probably less than a year old -- most insects don't live more than a season]
Student how many eggs can they at once

Student are there any in floida
Bugscope Team yes there are leafhoppers almost anywhere there is vegetation
Student :x
Student can it bit me
Bugscope Team no it won't bite. it has no teeth.
Student coooool!!
Student they look sweet!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team they are said to coat their eggs with brochosomes to keep them from drying out
Student acward
Student gross
Student cool
Student oh yeah
Student cool
Bugscope Team brochosomes are in preset 19 -- they're tiny little soccerball like pellets
9:13am
Student :)
Student ty
Student :(
Bugscope Team the leafhopper has a piercing mouthpart that it uses to suck up fluids -- like sap
Student know this one is dead but are any still alive any of earth or in theU.S.A.
Bugscope Team there are lots of live ones on earth, don't worry ;)

Student what type ofincect is this?
Bugscope Team they dont look good anymore
Student is it wart
Student whats that
Bugscope Team we are still on the leafhopper.
Bugscope Team There we go, we have focus
Student what are they made of?
Student eggs mmmmm?

Bugscope Team these are the brochosomes on the leafhopper
Bugscope Team that is what they coat the eggs with
Student we are it looks diffrent?
Bugscope Team to keep the eggs from drying out
Bugscope Team they are very tiny, about 200-300 nanometers big
Student are they eggs?
Bugscope Team no but if the brochosome were to lay eggs, those would be covering them
Bugscope Team see the micron bar in the lower left corner of the viewing screen?

Student the moon
Bugscope Team this is the head of the mantis fly
Student ...
Student ahhg!
Student eyes
Bugscope Team this is a damselfly head. which is similar to a dragonfly
Student wow
Student ewwwwwwwwwwww
Student is it big?
Student did it come from outer space
Bugscope Team looks like an alien, doesn't it?
Student coooooooool?
Student That is freaky
Bugscope Team mantis flies are related to ant lions and lacewings
Student sweeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!
Student cool
Student cooooooooooooooooooooooool
Student so is it a lot of eyes/
Student awsome
Student thats weird...
Student now what exacty are we looking at?
Bugscope Team this is the head of a mantisfly, which is called that because it resembles a praying mantis
Bugscope Team oh oops its the mantisfly not the damselfly sorry
Student DISCUSTING BUT COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Student ; - O
Student What is this?
Student that looks cool in a very weird and gross way
Student alien looking insect
Student wierd
Student ;]
Student are those warts on it's head?
Student is that its head or whole body?
Bugscope Team this is just the head
Student i do not like it no no no ;x :p
Student what color are they in real life?do u know?:)
Student What is the texter?
Student big head
Student awesome
Student red
Student that is toalty wicied!!!!!
Bugscope Team the big bumpy things on either side are the eyes
Student ARE THOSES LEGS STICKING OUT OF IT?
Bugscope Team those are not legs, although they look like legs -- those are palps, as Cate said just now
9:18am
Student how big is it
Student yuck!!!!!!
Student no
Student I dont know
Student yuck!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student how long can they grow to be?
Bugscope Team this one is about as big as a housefly
Student we are looking at the head
Student how do they see?
Student are those fangs?
Student :x
Student is that all the muoth?
Student is this going to exsplode
Bugscope Team no it wont explode
Student i bed its men
Student Where are the eyes?
Student where do they live? florida?
Student what does it eat?
Student What are palps?
Student looks like the alien in the movie

Student e.t
Bugscope Team the palps, which are the 4 things sticking out the mouth, help it to move food around and to taste the food
Student what is that
Student okay
Student Are those worms?
Student whats that
Student is that a worm?:(
Student ew
Bugscope Team it is hard to handle some of these insects, and sometimes we break pieces of them off
Student Do they have pray?
Student no alien v.s predetor
Bugscope Team those are antennae, yes, Jason
Student it looks like worms and big ears
Student that is small right
Student worm!!!!!!!!!!~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!& more worms!!!!
Student what is that worm looking things?
Bugscope Team those are the mantisfly antennae that fell off
Student what is it's normal diet
Bugscope Team you can go up close to see
Student does it have teetle
Bugscope Team they eat other insects, much like praying mantises
Student are those hairy?
Bugscope Team yes you can see that they have lots of setae on them -- setae are sensory hairs
Student umm gross
Bugscope Team they don't have teeth but they have hard mouthparts
Student can you eat it
Student does it have parasites
Bugscope Team no but there is a bumblebee on here that has mites living on it, or I should say "were" living on it since they are dead too
Student can they grow five years
Student DO THE EGGS COME OUT OF THOSE BROKEN ENTENAS?????
Bugscope Team the eggs usually come out of an ovipositor, which is kind of like a stinger that delivers eggs
Student can they be found in a contenent

Student wierd, isn't it
Student where is the head??

9:23am
Student hairy
Student can they eat human
Student What are parasites
Student cool?
Bugscope Team that is one of the large forelimbs
Student stop!
Student is that thing on the side a wing?
Bugscope Team the mantis fly does have wings
Student can it bit
Student what part of the body is that?
Student WHAT IS THAT ???
Student are those hiars?
Student Are those spikes coming out of it?
Student justin...how cool is that???
Student is that a limb?
Bugscope Team the fat part is one of the large forelimbs that it uses to grasp prey
Student is this bug big
Bugscope Team the forelimbs are much like those on praying mantises
Student eeewwwwwww
Student are these green?
Student i don`t think it isneat
Student no

Bugscope Team do you recognize this?
Student is it green
Bugscope Team this is the head of the cricket, and on the lower left you can see a scalebar, letting us know about how big it is
Bugscope Team this is a cricket
Student do they have bones?
Bugscope Team the head is several millimeters across
Student are they hollow?
Bugscope Team under the exoskeleton they have "bug blood" and their organs
Student IS THIS JUST THE HEAD? OR IS BIGER
Bugscope Team this is just the head right now
Student how old
Student what does it eat
Student Where are they found?
Student What is a compound eye
Student yeah
Student what are all of the stuff coming from it's mouth
Bugscope Team there are palps coming around this cricket's mouth as well. And underneath the mouth you will see a hole, that's where I removed a leg so we could see the face
Student this is just really freaky
Student are they preyed on by anything?
Bugscope Team reptiles and birds eat them
Student NARLY!!!!!!!!!!!
9:29am
Student it looks funny
Student what does it eat?
Student where is the mouth?
Student do they breath like humans?
Student Is it old or a baby?
Bugscope Team It was probably a young cricket because it's small
Student IS THIS DEAD?
Bugscope Team yes it's dead. It would be mean if we were to stick a live insect in a vacuum chamber and then shot an electron beam at it!
Student GROSS !!!!!!!!!!!
Student do they have prey
Student coool
Student is it hary
Bugscope Team they do have hairs as well
Student y dos the eye hav hair
Bugscope Team some insect eyes will have hair in between the facets of the compound eyes. We know in fruit fly they are used to help it tell the direction of wind currents for better flight and maneuverability
Student what do THEYeat
Student do they smell with there nose or do they not have a nose/:(
Bugscope Team usually insects do not have noses that smell things -- they use setae that are adapted to sense chemicals in the air, which is what smells are
Student what do they eat?
Bugscope Team Crickets are omnivores and feed on almost anything-usually organic materials, plant decay, grass, fruits, seedling plants, fungi and even meat.
Teacher How exactly do these microscopes work?
Bugscope Team We have the insects stuck to an aluminum disk that has some carbon tape on it. We then coat the insects with gold-palladium to make the sample conductive, or else we wouldn't get a very good image. We stick them in the microscope and pump it to vacuum and shoot the electron beam at them. The electrons will hit the insects and secondary electrons bounce off and are collected by the secondary electron detector, where it reads the signal and gives us a 3-d image.
Student do they attcak flys
Student do they eat meat

9:34am
Bugscope Team now you can see that we are right in between the cricket and another insect
Bugscope Team the background that is kind of bubbly is the carbon tape
Student wow thats a mouth full
Bugscope Team see the claws?
Student what are the spikes on it's arms?
Bugscope Team those spikes are hairs, called setae (see-tee), and they are like cat whiskers in that they help the insect feel its environment

Student what is a electron beam
Bugscope Team the electron beam is a stream of electrons

Student cute

Student DO THE BUGS HAVE EGGS WHEN YOU BRING THEM INTO THE LABRATORY
Student what kind of bud is it
Student what is that hole
Bugscope Team this was stuck in a display case with a pin before i "harvested" it
Student stink bug head cute cute
Student
Student What is that hole
Student what is that hole?
Student What is that hole?
Bugscope Team that is a pin hole, used to pin the bug down onto a specimen tray
Student it looks fat
Bugscope Team they look wide and flat when you see them
Bugscope Team a stream of electric particles
Student is it hard to spot a stinkbug
Bugscope Team no they move fairly slowly, and they are shaped like badges, or shields
Student does it make a noise?
Student like a buttrfly
Student where can it be found?
Student do stink bugs realy stink?:_
Bugscope Team they produce droplets of bad smelling liquid that other insects don't like. even the stinkbugs don't like the way they smell
Student what is the line down its body
Bugscope Team that is the proboscis
Student they took mine
Student Is this all defrent bugs?:o
Student yes
Student what does it eat
Student are those round things on the side of its head eyes?
Bugscope Team yep, totally! those are compound eyes
Student DO YOU STUDY THE BUGS FOR MORE THEN ONE DAY?
Bugscope Team we can if we want, if we put them back into a desiccator to keep them dry in between imaging
Student Can bugs see good when their eyes are bubbled out like the stink bugs is?
Bugscope Team well, flying insects have the best vision, they need it because when they fly around they need to not bump into stuff
Student Where are they mostly found?
Student can we see the nxet one
Student wierd.
9:39am
Student wierd
Student what is a proboscis ?
Bugscope Team it is a type of mouth that only is used for drinking liquid
Student cool
Student were are they found
Student what dose compound eyes meen?
Bugscope Team compound eyes are eyes that have multiple facets -- multiple tiny lenses called ommatidia
Student can thay fly??
Bugscope Team yes they do have wings
Student where are they found?
Student are there carnivores
Student what is that long thing in the head
Student it looks angy:p
Student what do they eat?
Bugscope Team they eat both plants and insects- they are omnivorous
Student what color are stink bugs?
Bugscope Team they are usually green or yellow
Student can we see the bumblebee stinger
Bugscope Team yes you can ask Mrs B to click on the preset to drive the microscope to that area
Student doe ha v any in captivity thats alive
Student where do you find these bugs?
Student How big can stink bugs get?
Bugscope Team they get to be about the size of your thumbnail in this part of the world, and they are kind of flat
Student is it flat?
Student .

Student what is that?
Student awsome
Student this is a coolyo picture
Bugscope Team you can see now how this stinger has two parts that can work to cut into your skin
Student What are those strings?
Student Is that hair>
Bugscope Team yes bumblebees are VERY hairy. Their hairs are used to catch pollen
Student are they stink bugs do they stink?
Student thats a stinger
Student does it hurt when it stings you
Bugscope Team well, it can hurt a little bit, some people are allergic, and then go into shock, so if you have the allergy, then yes it can hurt a lot
Student is the stinger broken
Bugscope Team it's not broken -- it has two cutting halves. not all stingers are like that
Student are bumble bee stingers as dull as it looks?
Bugscope Team they are sharp like steak knives
Student now it looks yuck!!!!!!!
Student is it sharp?
Student is the stinger separated?
Student yuck!!
Student couled it inject parisites
Bugscope Team no but parasitic wasps will inject their eggs into other insects, like caterpillars, or insect eggs
Student what do they eat???
Bugscope Team they eat nectar
Student awesome
Student Is this stinger before or after it stung someone?
Bugscope Team it probably didn't sting anyone, but it could sting repeatedly
Student is that pointy like a pencil
Student do bumble bees sting alot?:.
Student how do they die when they sting you?
Bugscope Team honeybees are the bees that die when they sting. That is because they have a barbed stinger that is meant to stay stuck as they pull away. When they do pull away, a muscle comes out as well, which is why they die. The muscle will keep pumping with the stinger attached, and the pumping action drives the stinger deeper and also releases as much poison as possible
Student how long can they grow
Student why are the stigers seperated
Student will the regula size bee be the same size?
Student where is the head?
Bugscope Team the head is far north of where we are looking now
Student if they have posin where is it?
Bugscope Team the poison is inside, in a gland that goes to the stinger
9:44am
Student to me it looks like it has 2 stingers
Student owweyy!
Student did it move?
Student do they die after they sting?
Bugscope Team no bumblebees will live on to sting again; honeybees die though
Student is it a honey bee?
Student how old is it
Bugscope Team it is probably 2 months old, kind of old for a bumblebee
Student i thought they sting you once and die
Student is the stinger broken:(
Bugscope Team it's not broken; it has two cutting halves to get in and out of your skin more efficiently
Student can you opne it
Bugscope Team we are heading for the head
Bugscope Team cool

Student Is the stinger hairy and is the stinger the only part on a bee that is not hairy?
Student the stinger looks it is broken is it?
Student i like this
Student coolieo
Student how old do they have to be before they die
Bugscope Team I think they just live a few months
Bugscope Team now you can see pollen on the thorax where we are now
Student byee
Student bye
Student bye
Student :(
Bugscope Team oh
Bugscope Team Bye!
Bugscope Team Thank you for all of your questions. Please come back again.
Bugscope Team good bye, you all totally rock and or rolled!
Teacher Hey guys, we have a scheduling confict in the computer lab... we will need to switch over to the laptops but that is gonna take us about 10-15 min. We will be back! :)
Bugscope Team no problemo
Bugscope Team ok
Bugscope Team cool we will be here
10:00am

10:06am

Bugscope Team a muscular little mite

10:11am

Bugscope Team hi guest, welcome to bugscope
Bugscope Team weclome to bugscope!
Bugscope Team this is a super small mite on the thorax of a bumblebee
Bugscope Team it has a bunch of mites on it, and we haven't see them quite like this before

Bugscope Team where are you from guest?

Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope!

Bugscope Team hi Summerfield Crossings Elementary, welcome to bugscope
Guest warrenville, south carolina
Bugscope Team this is a mite we found on the Bumblebee
Student hey ian
Teacher Hi guys, we are back. Thanks for the patience! :)
Bugscope Team noi prob

Student hi
Bugscope Team see where we are?
Bugscope Team we are looking at the abdomen of the bumblebee, where there are mites
Student hey mmrs.b

Student kristopher is ian and ellie!
Student sorry added extra m
Student hey ppl
Student hi pablo!
Student hi alex
Bugscope Team the bee's tongue (glossa) is in the center, top
Student hi
Student what is this?
Student goodmorning
Bugscope Team hi nathaniel
Student what are we lookin at
10:16am
Student idk
Bugscope Team this is the thorax of a bee -- the 'chest' of a bee
Guest this is the first time i have visited this site. It's awesome!!
Bugscope Team thanks!
Student good morning
Student what is that?
Student is that a leg
Bugscope Team yep it is!
Bugscope Team this is a claw and arm,above the abdomen of a bee
Bugscope Team you can see one of its arms, and you can see the body segments
Student yep
Student o yeah
Guest thanks for letting me join. Got to go
Bugscope Team later!
Student bye
Bugscope Team oh Alex is right -- we are below the thorax on the abdomen
Student What is it doing

Student What is this a picture of.

Student it is showing its legs
Student no

Student leftover head
Bugscope Team that is a mite in the upper left hand corner
Student wat is it
Student eww
Student i really don't no
Student this is so nasty
Bugscope Team nasty, but cool
Bugscope Team this, now, is a high-mag image of a mite!
Student leafhopperleg*
Student it looks like a hand
Student cool.
Student it's a dustmite
Student what is that fat thing
Student this is so cool
Student its a mite
Student what is this about
Student i think
Student idk
Bugscope Team you can see pollen grains among the setae (hairs) in the background
Student yes
Student press 80 um
Student Is it on something.
Student is dat a hand
Student what is that
Student hello
Student wow!
Student awesome
Student will you show me another pictuer
Student what is that
Student cool

Student you spelled picture wrong
Student this is interesting
Bugscope Team this is the face of the bumblebee
Student ewwwwwww
Student what is that
Student thank you
Bugscope Team well, these are more than pictures. these are live images, and video, from an electron microscope, your teacher is controlling it LIVE
Student cool
Student thats a bee's head
Student scot what is this.
Student lol
Student !
Student is that a bees face
Student wat is that
Student what is that
Student show a video plzzzzzzzzz
Student I wonder what the pictures are
Student ian this is weird
Student no i think its a spider
Bugscope Team Yes! That's a bee's face!
Student no its not
Student :)
Bugscope Team this is a bumblebee, the face
Student wat
Student coleo
Student is that a bug.
Student keenan its not a spider
Student yes it is!
Student or the nose
Student yeh
Student yeah i see them
Student no
Bugscope Team and the jaws, to the bottom?
Bugscope Team he's got some kind of unibrow thing going on
Student this is a pic of a bumbell bes face
Student that looks wierd Cate.
Student can we whatch a vid now
10:21am
Student it's a hippi
Student i dont get it
Student wat is it.
Student no
Student Wierd Cool Funny
Student what's that
Student wow pablo and nathan just wow
Student can you pleas change this picture
Student thats mess up[
Student that is weird
Student is it aliv.
Student wat is spelled what
Bugscope Team this is live imaging, so you can drive the 'scope
Student it is a pic of a bees face.
Student no
Student no
Student no
Student lair
Student come on lets go
Student man i though thats ugly
Student why wont it change
Student what is it a gain
Student cool niice
Student again
Student it looks funney!!!!!!!
Student a bees head

Student yeah it is peoples.
Student whats all this?
Student ewww
Student scott are you tellling the truth
Bugscope Team now we are looking at a damselfly. Yes, really!
Student yeh
Student gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student it's ian
Student thtat looks weird...ewwwwwb
Teacher thanks... sorry for the delay
Student why dose it look so real
Student is THAT A ANT
Bugscope Team no this is the damselfly!
Student lol
Student It looks like a Dragonfly.
Bugscope Team damselflies do look like dragonflies
Student damselfly
Bugscope Team check out the compound eyes on either side of the head, very cool huh? those are compound eyes, with hundreds of facets, each with a lens in it
Student WHAT IS WAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Student what is that?
Student areint you grost out.
Student is it ant
Bugscope Team see the eyes and the mouth in the center?
Student scot wat is this
Bugscope Team Pablo this is a damselfly, on its back.
Student alex do you no wat that
Student NO NO REALLY ARE YOU/
Student yeh
Student is that a bees baby
Student its a bee.
Student what is it doing?
Student it looks like a grasshopper.

Student how do u get theese pics???? :)

Student what is that cate

Student look its a fle!!!!!!!1

Student is that a flea?
Bugscope Team yes as scott said, it is a little mite

Bugscope Team oops I moved it sorry
Student (\____/)
Student thxs for telling me
Bugscope Team this is a mite, sideways
Student flea
Student no it"s not
Student what is it alex.
Student hi
Student is this a crab
Student what is this
Student it does
Student yes it is a flea Karen
Student SHOW A VIDDEO
Student IS THAT A NESTOF A SPIDER
Student is this a flea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Student no
Student is it hairy
Bugscope Team yes it's very hairy!
Student no
Student we can't
Student NO ITS A MITE
Student yes
Student mather what is that
Student is this a bug
Student yes
Student it's a leafhopper head
Student srry bout the noncins
Bugscope Team no problem Kristopher and Penelope
Student iss that a dog.
Student like ians
Student how are you changing these pictuers
Student noncense
Student scot is tht ture
Student hey jessica
10:26am
Student this is weird but cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team that's the coolest attitude, you are so right
Student why is it so pocky
Student no its not a dog
Student how far can a flea jump
Student Looks like a Venus Fly trap
Student kkk
Student hairy,hairy,hairy
Student its a flea alex
Student this is awsome
Bugscope Team if you take the magnification down now you can see where we are
Student is that iegs??????????
Student its in the dog's fur
Student sooooooooooooooo cool
Student hairy
Bugscope Team on the body of the bee
Student Do fleas jump?
Bugscope Team yes fleas jump, and it seems like they can jump at least 2 feet
Student IT LOOKS COOOOOOOOOOL
Student chane the pictuer kate
Bugscope Team those are its limbs
Student go to the next picture.
Student wat
Student cassidi is it a flea
Student is this picture ever going to change?
Student i didnt know a bee had hair i thought it had scales... thats weird
Bugscope Team it is a mite on its side, where we can see mostly the underside of the mite
Student that is whack
Bugscope Team Nathaniel it seems you are not in agreement.
Bugscope Team but this is not a flea; it's a mite
Student st like that
Bugscope Team you can see another mite if you go to preset 15
Bugscope Team the presets are places we have pre-located on the sample stub.
Student oh
Bugscope Team do you want to see what the inside of the microscope looks like?
Student yeah
Student do they jump?
Student were does this bug live dude
Bugscope Team we don't know too much about mites. We notice them on insects that can't clean themselves very well, like big beetles. We've also noticed that they tend to die with their host.
Student i do too
Student yes
Student no
Student it loks like a cocoon
Student woah what the heak is this?
Student wat dose this bug eat
Student what is that
Student what is this picture showing scot?
Student cate what is that?
Bugscope Team This is the inside of the microscope where we keep the samples
Student it looks like a room of some sort
Bugscope Team this is the inside of the scanning electron microscope we are using today
Student what is that
Bugscope Team it's where the samples are
Student wat is that?
Student COOL
Student ty
Student what is that
Student WHAT IS THIS RIHGT HERE
Bugscope Team in the middle are the insects
Bugscope Team they sit in the microscope in a vacuum and the cone shaped object near the top is where the electrons come out
Student wow
Student wow what is over their ?
10:31am
Student CCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Bugscope Team the cone to the top is where the electrons come down the column and hit the samples
Student the inside of a microscope
Student coooooooooooollllllll
Student is scot there
Student I WONDER how it moves
Bugscope Team there are little motors that move the stage around, which is what the aluminum disk with the insects are located
Student scot is this a microscope
Student what are the samples?
Student are those things on the table?worms!
Bugscope Team those were the samples -- the bee, the stinkbug, the fruit fly, spider, damselfly, mantis fly
Student what is on that plate thing
Student were are them thing found
Student we saw this pic
Student hey scot got a quick question
Student scot,show us another cool thing
Student me to and why is it going over
Student what is this?
Student what are those spickes on this mite
Student what does this bug eat?
Student what is tht scot?
Student yeah this is awesome

Student what does this insect eat? scot
Bugscope Team we are not sure what the mites eat. they may be related to spiders, I am not sure.
Student alex wat dose it eat

Student we saw this one right?
Student what is that a gut
Bugscope Team this is another mite
Student ?
Student what type of flea is this
Student germs,i belive
Student oh were dose this creatre lives
Student is this a spider
Bugscope Team this is another mite, which are arachnids though
Student cool/
Student what is this Scot.
Student how much blood can a flea consum
Student or a tick/dust mite
Student are these bug are posin
Student can we look at the cube thing?
Student cate how do people get samples
Bugscope Team sometimes school will send in insects to us. They are easily collected by looking under rocks or in rotting wood. The best way to kill them is to freeze them because they just go to sleep. Other ways to get samples is to use specific insect traps, but I don;t know too much about those
Student is this a flea egg
Teacher I am here... having technical issues. You guys are running the scope, right?
Bugscope Team yes but can we help youj?
Student is that a beetle
Bugscope Team this is a actual flee
Student thxs
Student is this a butterfly or wat?
Student what is this bug and what dose it eat?
Student look at the bottom right corner
Bugscope Team oh, yes, i'm wrong, it's a mite, not a flee
Student does it bite?
Bugscope Team you should be able to drive Mrs B
Teacher you're doing a great job...
Student what is this insect
Student must of been hard to get
Student these bugs are not LIVE
Bugscope Team they're not alive but the images we see are live
Student is this pic a beetle?
Student thxs
Student what is that thing rihgt there
Bugscope Team it is a mite
Student how small is it
Student what do mites do scot
Bugscope Team it depends. some of them eat scraps of food that stick to the insect they're on. some will eat the insect when it dies
Student is this a spider
Student what is that bug on Alex
Bugscope Team it's a mite on a bumblebee, with setae hairs around it
Student what do these things do!!/?
Student no it's too small to be a spider
Student I am still wondering what the bug eats
Student what is a mite
Student alex what do mites do?
Bugscope Team mites are bugs that live off of other bugs, they are parasites
Student hey scot do can you tell what that is
Student that so cool alex
Student where are the eyes?
Bugscope Team not all mites have eyes. I dont think this one has them either
Student can it move and jump
Student does it bite Scot.
Bugscope Team it would be way too small to bite you or me, and it might not have the right kind of mouthparts
Student what are mites atracted to ?
Student what does this bug eat alex
10:36am
Student is that littllething on the front the head?

Student a stink bug head
Student wow tht is cool
Student cool u are the best h
Student this is a stinck bug head
Student it looks like a froggy!!!!
Student ight
Student how are samples used geys
Student right
Student wats dose this ceather eat alex
Bugscope Team stink bugs eat plants and stuff like that, they are often considered an agricultural pest
Student what does this bug eat
Bugscope Team it eats plant juices, like sap
Student what is this
Student is that a stinkbug cate
Bugscope Team yes it is. The 2 round things on either side are the compound eyes. And the thing going down is the proboscis
Student what are the little things on the sides Cate.
Student how do they get so close to it and take a pic
Student do stinkbugs rilly stink?
Student i bet it probaly really does stink
Bugscope Team yes they really stink, and they are said not to like the way they smell either
Student why is the mouth so long and white?
Bugscope Team we are seeing the top part of the mouth. the tip of the proboscis -- the piercing mouthparts -- is to the south
Student is it born from a egg???/
Student what is that bug called anyways?
Student does it stink when you kill it
Bugscope Team if you touch it, it will emit some ooze that stinks
Student cate how often do you use buig samples
Bugscope Team we only use them once and then throw them out usually. After a while, the insects start to rot or get dusty/dirty
Bugscope Team although in Vietnam, they eat stink bugs as a delicacy!
Student are those eyes on the side of it's head
Bugscope Team yes the round golf-ball shaped things are the eyes
Bugscope Team totally, compound eyes
Student wow it looks so coool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!\
Student im not tlking BOUT THE EYES
Student how does it realese it's smell
Bugscope Team it can smell using some of the tiny setae that look like hairs to us
Student or do tythey have to realease some gas or venum top smell bad>?
Student what kind of stinkbug is it Cate
Student what is a mite
Bugscope Team some, but not all, of mites are parasites that live on other insects, feeding on them, kinda like mosquitos do to humans
Student cool
Student !!!!
Student how long will it live for
Student I know these things are small. How small?
Student look at the thing on its neck what is that???/?/
Student are those eyes on the side of it's head
Bugscope Team totally, compound eyes
Student what are does two big things on the side of it ears scot
Student cate wat dose this bug eat?
Bugscope Team stink bugs are omnivorous. They eat plants and other insects
Student HOW MANY EYE DOES IT HAVE?\
Student what do they eat Scot.

Student whats that
Student will it die if it realese the smell
Bugscope Team no it can live to stink again
Bugscope Team oh sorry you said 'how does it release its smell?' it squeezes a droplet of liquid from its abdomen, and that smells
Student is that a monkey
Student ?
Student what is that bug?
Student cate how long can bug see
Bugscope Team not sure how far it can see. It has to have some good sight though because it flies around.
Student holy guackomoly!!!! thats a claw? or a face??? woah
Bugscope Team Ha! it is a claw
Student is tht posin
10:41am
Student what is this scot
Bugscope Team this is one of the claws on a strangelooking fly we have in the 'scope today
Student what all those things pointing out????
Bugscope Team well, insects have lots of those hair looking things, they are called setae (see-tee), and they help the insect feel its enviornment
Student cool man
Student were can you find these's fly claw kate
Student is that thing real?????????/!!!!!!!!!
Student what kind of bug is this??
Bugscope Team it's a fly with a long head -- sort of a weevil-like head
Student does this fly claw carry diseas
Student cate why dose this bug look like a person
Student It seems to have hair. why do flies have hair?
Student do flis have teeth
Bugscope Team no they don't have teeth: some have sucking mouthparts, some piercing, and some cutting or slashing
Student what does that bug eat?
Student what is that bug doing
Bugscope Team well, it's dead, inside the scope now
Student what animals claw is it?
Bugscope Team this is from a fly
Student Were do you get the bugs samples Mrs.B?
Student dude what is it what type of claw is it
Student why do flys have hair
Bugscope Team they are needed to help it feel what is around it. They have hard exoskeletons, which is like wearing a suit of armor, and in order to feel stuff, it needs those hairs, which are connected to nerves underneath. So it can feel, sense heat, taste/smell
Student lol
Student is that thing getting eaten? ?
Student it's a weird looking fly claw i'm sure----
Bugscope Team all of the parts of the claw make it look like a spider claw
Student what would this bug do
Student lol no
Student no its already dead chris... lol
Student are the claws sharp and if they are could they draw blood?
Bugscope Team well, not from a human, but from other small insects, yes, the claw can be an offensive weapon
Student WHERE DO YOU GET THE BUGS SAMPLES FROM SCOT!
Bugscope Team they come from collections, and people send them to us, and we find them outside or in our own houses
Student lol
Student is it possible for the claw to fall off
Bugscope Team the claw could fall off but it is pretty well attached
Student cate is this a worm
Student problt
Student ... probly i mean
Student yep
Student no
Student is that mouth looking part where the fly drops eggs?
Student no it's not a snake
Student is it hanging off of somthing?
Student what is that dot on his forhead
Bugscope Team this is a claw, not a head
Student are these bugs dead
Bugscope Team yes they are all dead
Student lol yep i think
Student how long can a bog stay alive for after the bug sampel is taken
Bugscope Team well, we've seen some bugs survive being inside the scope, but that is very rare. usually we freeze the insects well before they go into the scope, that kills them in the most humane way possible
Student but i think it is getting eaten is it?
Student why is this bug so tiny?
Bugscope Team let'

Student lol well it looks like a mole if u look upclose
Student let'?
Student no its not chris
Student CATE DO BUGS HAVE TEETH
Bugscope Team no but sometimes when they bite us they feel like they do! They usually have a pair of jaws that open side-to-side, instead of how ours open- up and down, which they use to bite things
Student tht is a lot of salt
Student what does this bug eat Scot.
Bugscope Team Marlesha we were not sure what that bug was. It looked like a weevil-headed fly.
Student wow were dose that salt come from
Student ?
Bugscope Team this is a grain of salt from a Wendy's restaurant
Student yessssssss!
Student does it tste like?
Student lol
Bugscope Team when you eat at wendy's (not too often i hope!) this is the salt you are eating
Student wow that
10:46am
Student cool
Student IS ITGOOD SALT TO EAT
Bugscope Team yes you could have put it on your cheeseburger
Student why dose this bug look like a square and is it a bug cate?

Student what type of salt is this cate
Bugscope Team this is salt from wendy's restaurant
Student lol xochitl
Student where did you get this picture?????Scot
Bugscope Team these are images in live time, in real time, from the scanning electron microscope
Bugscope Team salt is VERY VERY important for the human body. thing is humans totally overload on it, and like anything else, it's bad whe you use too much
Student IS THAT REALY SALT
Student are thows a lot of money?
Student alexs wat kind of foods R they on
Bugscope Team salt is used on most foods, and a way to enhance the flavor of that food
Student were do u put it in
Student woah i see the one we were just looking at! it looks like some video game or other foosd
Student do u break it up
Student it looks like a lot of salt
Student is this salt bad for you alex
Bugscope Team no, only in large amounts is it bad for you. but it is true that most fast food has WAY TOO MUCH SALT
Student dose it eat things

Student are there foot prints in there?cate
Bugscope Team footprints?
Student is this a mite to and were can they be found
Student i mean food
Student wwwwwwooooooowwwwww
Bugscope Team do you recognize this?
Student what bug is it
Student oh i see it~!
Bugscope Team this is a...
Student can u eat that i would not
Student !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student ?
Student .how does it make music
Bugscope Team cricket.
Bugscope Team salt is also a preservative, it can make the meat last longer
Teacher could you explain how the microscope works to our group?
Bugscope Team the microscope is an electron microscope. so the image is gathered by electrons, not light
Bugscope Team We have the insects stuck to an aluminum disk that has some carbon tape on it. We then coat the insects with gold-palladium to make the sample conductive, or else we wouldn't get a very good image. We stick them in the microscope and pump it to vacuum and shoot the electron beam at them. The electrons will hit the insects and secondary electrons bounce off and are collected by the secondary electron detector, where it reads the signal and gives us a 3-d image.
Student how high can it jump
Bugscope Team the samples we see are inside the vacuum chamber of the scanning electron microscope.
Bugscope Team the electrons are shot at the bugs inside the vacuum chamber, and they hit the bugs and make the metal coating bounce off, and those electrons that bounce off are collected by the... oh cate, just described it fine... cool!
Student cool
Bugscope Team the images we see come from the secondary electrons that bounce out of the samples when the electron beam hits them
Bugscope Team the images are black and white because color is a function of light, and since we are using electrons, not light, to get the image, we don't have color
Student awesome that is a good description cate thanks!!!
Student how many body parts does it have
Bugscope Team oh, lots, a head, abdomen, tarse (legs, arms), antenna, eyes, etc.
10:52am
Student did you cut the cricket head off or is it still on the body and you are not showing it Scot????
Bugscope Team the rest of the body is to the south if you want to drive down to see it
Bugscope Team it has a head, a thorax, an abdomen, six legs, two antennae, two eyes
Student how big are they?
Student Did ants get to the cricet by the time you find it?
Student is this a robot or a crict or a crocadiel head cate?
Bugscope Team this is a cricket head
Student ian is kristopher and penelope and ian forgot penelope (ellie
Student 0s name
Student how much dose that mierscope cost??????????????????????
Bugscope Team we bought this microscope 10 years ago, and it cost around $600,000 then
Student no
Student many$$$$$
Student what happened?
Student holy cow!
Student dang
Student moolaah
Student !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student nice ian

Student like a lot
Bugscope Team look at the scalebar on the bottom left of the image, and from that you can tell how big the cricket is
Student what type of cricket is this scot
Bugscope Team I'm sorry I don't know what kind it is.
Student how much can a cricket eat in day
Bugscope Team this is pretty far south

Bugscope Team uhoh
Student it's more like holy hobbabllu
Bugscope Team yay!
Student whats that????????????

Bugscope Team good job mrs. B, we almost went off the edge, but you caught it in time

Student what is that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student what is tht
Student yay!
Student what are yall trin to do
Student ALEX HOW LONG CAN A CRIKETJUMPALEX
Bugscope Team oh a few feet, maybe the bigs ones more
Student what is it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student a mantis
Student ????????
Teacher lol, sorry alex... we are on laptops now and they are super annoying! :)
Student mantis
Student oh
Student are those legs or hand cate?
Bugscope Team they are legs. All insect legs have claws at the end of them
Student how do mantis use their claws
Bugscope Team they use their forelimbs to grasp their prey, which is held tight in the spines as the forelimbs close
Student lol mrs.b
Student IS the microscope able to detect germs
Student how long can it live?????????????????????????????????????????????????????/
Bugscope Team laptops are kinda funky, true
Student how big can a cricket grow to be
Student lol lol
Student wat
Student are those bumpy things eggs?
Bugscope Team the bumpy things are carbon tape covered with silver paint that we used to hold the sample down and complete the conductive pathway.
Student what kind of guts dose it have is it slimy hard or pretcted by skin
Bugscope Team insects do have guts, yes, the guts are inside the exoskeleton, which is a very hard shell. insects don't have bones like humans, so they need the hard exoskeleton to keep their shape and guts inside their bodies
Student how long can they live?????????? how long?
Student do they live for a long time???????/
Student do crickets have fingers and toes?
Bugscope Team no they dont, they just have claws which are used to grab onto things like food
Student do they bit? if so does it hurt?
10:57am
Student bite i meant...
Student is the mantis able to hold things with it's hands/claws
Student IS IT A MALE OR A FEMALE! ALEX.
Bugscope Team sorry, i don't know, ack!
Student how much can a criket eat in a day caet
Student yes lunch
Student bye ppl
Student HOW MANY TYPSE OF CRIKETS ARE THERE
Student BYE
Student 59519.
Bugscope Team good bye, you all rocked and or rolled!
Student yes lunch!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team Ha nice Chris.
Teacher We are going to go ahead and log out... it's time for lunch. We had an amazing time! Thank you sooo much! Is there an address that the kids can send a card to?
Bugscope Team 405 North Mathews Avenue, Urbana IL 61801
Bugscope Team thanks for doing bugscope with us, we enjoy it too
Bugscope Team mrs. B, all the chat and images are saved to....
Bugscope Team http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-067
Bugscope Team you can send it to Scott Robinson, or Alex Lazarevich, or Cate Wallace
Bugscope Team that was fun for us. thank you
Bugscope Team make sure to visit your member page, you can review all the chat and images anytime: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/2009-067
Bugscope Team this is the Beckman Institute
Bugscope Team Bye you all!
Teacher Thank you all again! Have a great day! :)
Bugscope Team thanks, see you!
Bugscope Team chow!

School Name	Summerfield Crossings Elementary
School Homepage	< LEFT BLANK >
Location
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Math and Science
Grades Taught	4th Grade
Number of Students	42

Project Title	A Bug's Life
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	I feel that this is a great way to incorporate technology in the classroom. Also, this gives students another "perspective" (through the microscope) of everyday life (insects) all around them.

Session 2009-067 with Summerfield Crossings Elementary

Application

The School

The Class

The Project

Miscellaneous

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