Bugscope: Members Page

Live Session Transcript

7:43am
Bugscope Team Good morning! Pumping down...
Bugscope Team 1.5 x 10-4
Bugscope Team this stub has a few spiders on it, plus a full tick, so it is possible there will be some surprises
Bugscope Team 1.4...
Bugscope Team vac okay...
7:50am

Bugscope Team Good morning, Kristen!
8:33am
Bugscope Team You may drive -- you have control of the microscope -- as soon as you wish.
Bugscope Team Please let me know if you have any questions or problems.
Bugscope Team Good morning!

Bugscope Team Cool!
Bugscope Team Okay I gave you control as kristen g
Bugscope Team I also logged Kristen out so you could relog in if you wanted, but this is good.
8:44am
Student what are we looking at
Bugscope Team please feel free to ask questions, and also to drive -- select from among the presets and/or control the 'scope directly
Bugscope Team this is the shaft of a moth antenna

Bugscope Team click to center is easier than click to drive, to use
Bugscope Team also you can take the mag down to see where you are
Bugscope Team right now we see an out of focus image of the sample at 1465x.
Student we are having trouble focusing
Bugscope Team you can focus if you wish but I would also take the mag down to make that easier
Bugscope Team focus is basically up or down -- one way or the other
Bugscope Team if it gets better you keep going that way and if it gets worse go the other way

Bugscope Team now we see where we were, cool
Bugscope Team that was part of the antenna that wraps around
Bugscope Team this is a moth, to the right
Bugscope Team I would use click to center to reach the head of the moth
Bugscope Team Good morning abaker!
8:49am
Bugscope Team only one person can take control at a time, for perhaps obvious reasons
Bugscope Team let me know if I should confer control to you, abaker
Bugscope Team kristen can also click on any one of the presets, and the microscope will drive to that area
Student just working with kristen...so we're navigating together
Bugscope Team Cool.
Bugscope Team We set this up so that teachers can drive, and can also ask to let students drive when they are logged in.
Student yes..we're in a conference and all taking turns..but looking around the site on our laptops too
Bugscope Team and you are free to make all of the mistakes we can make, as well as discover things we have not found ourselves
Student is the site only for insects?
Student What is a stub?
Student Hi Scot!
Bugscope Team Kristen if you think about it there is little else to image with an SEM that is of sustaining interest
Bugscope Team the stub is the aluminum circular base the samples are mounted upon
Bugscope Team Christy I just gave you control.
Bugscope Team You should see controls on your screen where there were none previously.
Bugscope Team Good morning Andrea and Mike!
8:54am
Student Good morning!

Bugscope Team be sure, Christy, to click on one of the presets so that you can easily reach other areas on the stub.

Bugscope Team here we see scales, and we also see evidence of charging, when the electrons cannot go to ground but are stuck in the sample.
Student so everything under the presets is on this particular stub? Presets are just any easy way to navigate?

Bugscope Team yes presets are an easy way to navigate
Bugscope Team clicking on a preset drives you directly to that place on the stub
Bugscope Team yay

Bugscope Team the last several segments of a centipede's body have these cool poison ducts.
Student wowsa!
Bugscope Team I believe they are there to deter ants.
Bugscope Team Ants are a problem for many insects/arthropods.

Bugscope Team if you take the mag down here you can see more of the eyes
8:59am
Bugscope Team spiders often do not see very well, even with eight eyes
Bugscope Team all of the places you go -- all of the movements you make using the microscope -- are saved to your school's database and may be viewed later
Student are there any stipulations on specimens that are sent?
Bugscope Team it is best if they are small, dry, and not alive

Bugscope Team sometimes we put salt from Wendy's restaurant on the stub because it looks so cool.
Bugscope Team this is the biting part of the tick

9:04am
Bugscope Team opposite the part of the capitulum with the recurved spines is a rasper that cuts into your skin
Bugscope Team this now is the carbon tape on the stub
Bugscope Team we are headed off of the stub now

Student Can we set up sessions with you using your presets, or only with specimens that we send in?
Bugscope Team we have insects/arthropods in stock, usually
Bugscope Team we make new samples each time

Bugscope Team now you can see the inside of the 'scope
Student are we looking at the microscope now?
Student oh ok
9:10am
Student If we are interested in setting up a class chat with you using one of your insects, how much advanced notification do you need?
Bugscope Team you can apply to Bugscope online
Bugscope Team we take no more than three sessions per week because it takes time to set each one up.

Bugscope Team we make new stubs each time; the best sessions are when the students collect insects and send them, and then when the students log in to talk to us
Bugscope Team to ask questions about the insects, or the microscope, or about science
Bugscope Team this is the compound eye of a fruit fly
Bugscope Team it has lots of little spines that stick up between the facets of the eye -- the ommatidia
Bugscope Team the spines are sensory
Bugscope Team if you got dumped by the system please just log in again
9:15am
Student thank you for your help...we learned a great deal....
Bugscope Team I hope so. This was not a stellar session...
Student well we're impressed
Bugscope Team if you are done I will shut down, but if anyone would like to drive, please let me know
Bugscope Team you are driving a $600,000 microscope
9:25am
Student we're done....
Student we're already in another workshop..but thank you so much for your help this morning

Subjects Taught	all
Grades Taught	Kindergarten, 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, 6th Grade, 7th Grade, 8th Grade, 9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Number of Students	100

Project Title	Conference Program
Insects To Study	ALL
Project Description	As per a conversation with Scott, I would like to show this to many teachers during a Technology Conference. We particpated in a session this year and the chilldren loved it. If possible, could we have a 30-minute review of many types of insects, fish, isopods, butterflies. The teachers will range in grade from K-11. Please contact me for further details. We will have to coordinate a time during the morning or afternoon.