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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2010-01-11 12:30:00 from , PA, US

12:24pm
Bugscope Team hi ramdoot, welcome to bugscope
Bugscope Team where are you from ramdoot?
Guest Chennai india
Guest what are we seeing here
Bugscope Team wow! welcome, we are setting up presets for today's session in 30 minutes from now
Bugscope Team this is an insect scale on a compound eye
Guest cool!
Bugscope Team we've never done a session in india before, but we'd love to
Guest ok, how do we go about that??
12:29pm
Bugscope Team you can apply on our website: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/apply, you can also find LOTS of info on how sessions go, what you need to do, etc.
Bugscope Team Hi Mrs V!
Bugscope Team hio mrs. v! welcome to buscope
Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team i just unlocked the session mrs. v, you should now have control of the scope
Guest thank you alex...will see if my son's school wants to do this....thanks...You are probably busy, Thanks Alex
Bugscope Team Mrs V let us know when you have questions, of course.
Bugscope Team you are welcome ramdoot, we are busy with the session, but feel free to email us with any questions at all: bugscope@beckman.illinois.edu
Teacher Hi everyone! We are very excited to participate today. I will have two classes; one is just coming in now.
Bugscope Team ramdoot you can stay connected as long as you'd like -- to see how things work.
Bugscope Team This is the compound eye of a grashopper.
Guest thanks, was just thinking of doing that....
Bugscope Team Hello everybody!
Student Meow!
Bugscope Team Meow, Alexis.
Student scot i remember you from last time!
Bugscope Team Hope that is good, Hi Gabe!
Student meow
Teacher Mayzie to drive, ,please
Bugscope Team The thing that looks like a palm frond is a scale from another insect.
Student mah ha
Student M
Student :)
Student what is that
Student Hi everyone

Student it is thanks
Student what up my homies
Bugscope Team Mayzie is the supreme ruler.

12:34pm
Student cool
Student is that a leg
Student what is that
Student is tat a leg (:
Student fanks scot
Student thats disgusting :(

Student what is it
Bugscope Team this is the end of one of the fruit fly eggs, with little what look like chicken feet

Student max5?!?
Student It looks like a boot
Student is thAT A FOOT

Student sweet! its freakn' awesome
Student WHAT DA HECK IZ DAT???
Student thats freakin awsome

Student that's why asked if it's a leg
Student looks like a leg meow
Student dont no

Bugscope Team maybe Rob knows what it is.

Student look at that eye socket. gory

Student cool
Student thats swell
Student WAT DA HECK IZ DAT????
Student mazyie stop here

Student BILLSWORTH
Student What is this
Student LOL

Student that's an eye socket?
Student no keep drivn
Student WAT IS DAT
Bugscope Team we are somewhere on a fruit fly
Student how do u know?
Student SWELL
Student dont go further in
Bugscope Team I'd guess the "leg" is for attachment to surfaces, but I'm not sure.
Bugscope Team yeah like on a chrysalis.
Bugscope Team this is one of the fruit fly eggs
Student i hate swelling!
Student that must be its belly er somethin
Student is this the thread to make and protect the egg?

Student they look like pods
Student That's so cool

Student shut up people
Student COOL FRUIT FLY EGGS
Student IT MUST BE SMART
Student nooooo

Student LOOKS LIKE LETUCE
Student noooo

Bugscope Team this is the head of a stinkbug
Student it

Student EWW
Student nooooo

Student it's a head

Student eyeball
Student LOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKK AT ITTTTTTTTTTTTS EYEEEEEEEEE
Student is that an eye
Bugscope Team Yes, we're zooming in on the eye.
Bugscope Team yep, a compound eye, made up of hundreds of individual facets, called ommatidia
Bugscope Team and that's the compound eye
Student yucky
Student yuck
Bugscope Team which is a 'true bug' -- a hemipteran
Student wow a big pod
Student wats that
Student IT LOOOOOOOOKS LIKE ITTTTTS A STICH
Student whoa
Student from wat bug
Student Wat is this
Student what is coming out of the eye
Bugscope Team eye covered with juju

Student whats ju ju
Student Wow
Student juju?

Student WAT R THOSE THINGS ON ITS EYE?
Student Wats JuJu
Student he he
Student i already asked that wanyan
Teacher Patrick's turn to drive, please.
Bugscope Team ok, patrick, you've got control of the scope
Student does the bug see the juju
Student O FINE MAYZIE
Student is that a pimple
Student yes
Bugscope Team in this case the juju is likely hemolymph, which is insect 'blood'
Student EWW
Student its looks like that on the surface u can see circles
Bugscope Team RIght - each of those circles is an individual facet of the eye - actually, an individual eye itself.

Student DO U GET PAID???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Bugscope Team yes, we do, but we get paid for other work that we do here, not for bugscope
Student ik
Student Ok PaTrIcK hAvE fUn
12:39pm
Bugscope Team yeah, great job driving mayzie!
Student Wow this is so cool
Student oh no patrick has complete controll

Student ye

Student WhAt Is JuJu?
Bugscope Team ju ju is a term for dirt, grime, junk, stuff that's kinda just, well, you know.... ju ju...
Student oh how much
Student i want ur job
Student THIS IS COOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Student that is thou mouth
Student hello
Student wow that looks cool ;)
Student how old art thou

Student WAT IZ DAT?
Student is that a dessert
Bugscope Team a dessert for a bird, maybe

Student What is that

Guest this is great...thank you for letting me observe. this is fun.

Bugscope Team We're zooming in very close on the poison fang of a centipede.

Student i bet that is the hait

Student Y IS IT SO FLAKY
Student wow are those claws
Student Thats cool you can see so much detail
Bugscope Team yeah, it's an electron microscope, so it can magnify very high, up to 800,000x, although for bugs like this, we go from 40x-40,000x
Student could those talons kill us

Student oK tHaNkYoU fOr AnSwErInG
Student its a cenipese head

Student COOL
Student far out

Student that is thou compound eye
Bugscope Team totally

Student wait so how many leds do a centipede have again
Bugscope Team The name means "hundred-legs," but usually they have between 12 and 50.

Student ptewie
Student WOW WAT IZ DIS NOW?
Bugscope Team this is the compound eye of the centipede, which is not an insect
Student "nice"
Student is it smart
Bugscope Team Not particularly.
Student could a centipede kill us?
Bugscope Team Some centipedes are highly poisonous. I think there are a few deadly species, but I'm not familiar with them.

Student Cool

Student is that the eye

Student good
Student LOOOOKS LIKKKEEEE HILLLLLLLLLLLS
Student what bug is that
Student wow that is weird people says that they have hundreds of legs
Student i bet it has no brain he he
Student I thought centipedes had way more legs then that

Teacher Still the centipede, I think.

Student ya
Student O COOL
Student cool
Student I didnt know they were that dangerous

Student WAT IZ DIS?
Student thou claw

Student are those claws
Bugscope Team this is a claw
Student BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG CLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
Bugscope Team yep, claws
Student now are those spikes or claws?
Bugscope Team well, it's a claw with setae on it
Student O COOL GRASSHOPPER CLAW
Student cool
Student that r the spiky things
Student WhAt Is ThE sPiKeS
Student whoa
12:44pm
Student Are those spike things still hair
Bugscope Team well, not hair really, it's called setae (pronounced see-tee), they help insects to sense their enviornment
Student whats a setae
Bugscope Team It's another word for hair. In an insect, many of the hairs have nerves in them to help the insect feel, taste, and smell.
Student what a setae

Bugscope Team we do have a crustacean on the stub -- the rolypoly is one
Student what is a setae
Student Oh that explains alot
Student cool
Student can that claw hurt a person
Bugscope Team No, but on large insects you can definitely feel when they hold on to you!
Teacher Kids, why do you think the ends are like hooks?

Student ew
Student crazy
Student disgustor
Student PUT SOME LOTION ON
Student are those antenae
Student is that a head

Student sweet
Student wat do centipedes eat?
Bugscope Team Anything they can catch. They are voracious predators.
Student ya i think
Bugscope Team Here we've got a good look at a beetle mouth.
Student where is the jaw
Student How big is this bug
Student i can ee the head
Student we want to come back on fri
Teacher Alexis to drive, please.
Student yes we do
Student DO THOSE LEGS HELP IT EAT?
Teacher Good job driving, Patrick.
Student do they beat plants
Bugscope Team alexis, you now have control!
Student Ramdoot lets be freinds
Student patrick
Student the jaw looks like the leags. how related are they to the legs in body structure
Bugscope Team They are all from the same template. The mouthparts are very similar to legs, but used for eating instead of walking.
Student do beetles eat anything
Bugscope Team Definitely. Some eat plants, others eat insects.
Student *
Student ok
Student sweet
Student awsome

Student ?
Student what is palp
Student How big is thiis actuall bug?

Student WHAT IS A PALP
Bugscope Team A palp is a special part of an insect mouthpart that's full of taste hairs. It's how they can tell what they are eating.
Student (was)
Bugscope Team insects are invertebrates, meaning they do not have backbones, and actually they do not have bones at all. they have, instead, an exoskeleton, which is their shell, kind of like wearing armor all of the time. If you had armor, and wanted to feel things touching you, it might be helpful to have extensions of yourself sticking through the armor. Like one of those cars with the metal rods sticking out at the corners -- the curb feelers.

Student that's a wasp eye

Student whats that skipy thingy

Student LOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKSSSSS LIKE HONNNNNNEY COOOOOOOOOOMBBBBBBBBBBBS THE CEREAL
Student do all wasp compound eyes look like this
Student humph
Student wow thats cool
Student r those hairs at the top
Bugscope Team not hairs, they are called setae (see-tee), they help it to sense things, feel things, taste things, etc.
Student butt
Bugscope Team insects are a lot hairier than they seem
Teacher Mayzie, remember all of the mouth parts we saw in the grasshopper we dissected?\
Student COOL PALP

Student ITTTTTTS VIBRATINGH
Student spiracle
Bugscope Team so insects have setae compared to us. we have nerve endings in our skin that let us know when something is touching us, or is hot or cold, etc.
Student blow hol
Student disgustor
Student discusting
Bugscope Team this is how insects breathe air
Student that circle thingy looked like the mark on the jigsaz guys fcae
Student SO THEY BREATH WITH THAT?
Student its gone
Student is it a mouth
Student is that its mouth
Bugscope Team that is one of the spiracles insects use to control how much air comes into their tracheae.
12:49pm

Student hairy
Student HAIR EYES

Student ye
Student it is a spiracle

Student WHY DO THE SPIRACLES HAVE HAIR?

Student Why does it have so much hair inside
Bugscope Team Insects lose most of their water through the spiracles - my guess is that the hairs help keep water vapor inside.

Student what are those hairs around it
Student dont no

Student how big is it (the microscope)
Bugscope Team about the size of a desk

Student those look like antennae
Student up close

Student wow thats big
Student wow
Student gabe:)

Student why is it so bright, is it part of the microscope
Student do all spiracles look like that
Bugscope Team well, not just like that, but they are pretty easy to spot
Student gabe

Student legal head
Student WHAT R THOSE BUMPS FOR?

Student STOP SAYING GABE!!!!!
Bugscope Team Ah, another beetle. This one is very different, because the mouthparts are all the way at the end of the snout.
Bugscope Team insects can open and close their setae, or many of them can. some of us think the hairs within might function as a filter, as well

Student really?
Student WHERE ARE THE EYES?
Bugscope Team down a bit

Bugscope Team a weevil, or snout beetle
Student mouthparts
Student What is that
Student LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSS LIKKE A SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Student i wanna see what those bubbles
Student hat is cool how does it felp it adapt to its world around it
Bugscope Team Weevils often feed on seeds, and the long snout helps them dig around inside the seed.

Student yuck

Student what's the long thing?

Student the mouth I mean
Student what r those holes
Bugscope Team THe snout is loaded with sensory pits and hairs.

Student are those wholes the spiracles
Bugscope Team you can see pollen, or mold, now

Student i dont know

Student wow
Student What are those things sticking out
Student IT LOOKS LIKE BROCCOLI
Student whats is that big blob
Student is that mold
Student it looks like fungus
Student how long have you been here answering kids questions?
Bugscope Team we have been running Bugscope for nearly 11 years.
Bugscope Team looks like mold spores --- the little bumpy balls

Student WHAT IS THAT BROCOLLI SHAPED THIN?
Student ye that

Student O
Student back to the dessert
Student i am driving next 8)

Student cool
Student looks like scales
Teacher The weevils were sitting around for a while so they probably do have mold on them.
Student silverfish scales
Student is that a leaf or a wing
Bugscope Team These are scales that are on the body of a silverfish, which is a very primitive insect.

Student WHAT ARE SILVERFISH?
Student LOOOOOOOOOOOKS LIKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEE LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSS
Student are those scales

Student back it up
Student what is a silverfish and where is its habatat
Bugscope Team It's a very primitive insect - before they evolved wings. They are fast runners and they often live in moist places like bathrooms (or under rocks, in the wild)

Student cool!

Bugscope Team butterflies, moths, skippers, mosquitos, silverfish, and very few weevils/beetles have scales
Student wow that looks cool really close
12:54pm
Student looks like shrimp
Student IT LOOKS LIKE A SHRIMP
Student looks like shrimp
Student IT LOOKS LIKE SHRIMP
Teacher I have never seen a silverfish up close. Cool.
Student Is this bug really small or big
Student i have never seen one like this
Student whys it called a fish
Bugscope Team i'm not sure, but another name for them is: carpet sharks
Teacher I found this silverfish down in the science lab.
Student u have been answering questions sience wes was alive.......When did u persisonly start
Student how big are they
Bugscope Team No more than an inch.
Student how big are silverfish
Student wats cellulose
Student O SO THEY ARE BAD FOR BOOKWORMS
Student so they are not fishes in the water?
Bugscope Team No, I think the name comes because they wiggle like a fish out of water.
Student they are small
Teacher Yep; I found it near a pile of books.
Student it eats books
Student i do NOT want to meet a silver fish i love books.
Student so they're like moths
Bugscope Team i think they move kinda like a fish, so maybe that accounts for the name?

Student how fast can they swim
Bugscope Team they live in your walls, mostly. I don't think they swim at all.
Student what is in the backround
Student are they born in the water
Student really fast and tiny is how far my expansive knowledge goes
Student of where the big is
Student tee hee

Student EWW
Student yaa
Student disgustor
Student ARE THOSE BUMPS EYES?
Bugscope Team yep, simple eyes
Student are those eggs
Bugscope Team go ahead jordan, have fun controlling the scope

Bugscope Team Nice. This is the head of a spider, above the fangs.
Bugscope Team it is likely, when an insect eats books, that it is eating the glue that binds the pages to the spine
Student are those eggs
Bugscope Team nope, they are eyes
Student bubles
Student LOOK LIKE BALLS
Student THEY LOOK LIKE EGGS
Student YAH
Student are those hairs
Bugscope Team no, insects dont' haver hairs. they are setae (see-tee)
Student e tree branches?
Bugscope Team Yeah, Scot's right. Silverfish eat book binding, becayse they like glue. But they can also eat the pages themselves if they're very hungry.
Student pine
Student pine?
Student When you zoom in on it it looks weird because u never really thought you could see a bug this close up before
Student What are those little specks on the bug
Student blurry!
Student SO THOSE ARE SETAE?
Bugscope Team They are!
Student can spiders attach to fur and get in your bed when your cat speeps with you? becuase i get spider bits when my cats come to sleeep with me after being out side. and how do they cling to fur
Bugscope Team it is more likely you are getting flea bites. when I have been bitten by grass spiders I get a dome-like swelling that itches and does not have an obvious center
Student dont know
Student speeps?
Student wats setae
Bugscope Team setae are sensory receptors that stick through the exoskeleton
Bugscope Team despite having so many eyes, spiders often do not see very well. they depend more on their ability to sense vibration, and that is what many of those plumose setae do.
Student good job mA
Bugscope Team insects have an exoskeleton, which has no nerves in it, so they can't feel anything with their exoskeleton. but those setae stick through the exoskeleton, to nerves underneath, and that's how they feel their environment. setae can feel, taste, smell, etc.

12:59pm
Student dont know

Student dont know
Student wow wat we looking at

Student dont know
Student lets look at the jaws:)
Student ok
Student wacht out
Student HAIRRY
Bugscope Team well, not hairy, setae-y ... :)
Student dont know
Student that is cool
Student it looks like they are going to eat me!
Student DO EACH OF THEIR EYES ONLY SEE 1 PICTURE/
Bugscope Team yep, each eye has a single lens in it, so yeah, one picture
Student i like spiders...except they when they bight my back off in my sleep
Student ?
Student They have really big jaws
Bugscope Team Yes, those are actually the fangs.
Student look hind u
Student it has a mohawk
Student dont know
Student how big are the jaws?
Student it does not have a mowhawk
Student are you located in the universaty of chicago
Bugscope Team We are about 130 miles south of Chicago at the University of Illinois.

Student i think it does

Student How big would a bite from this spider be
Bugscope Team It's hard to say. The venom depends on the spider, and each person can have a different reaction.
Student me too

Student dont know
Student fanks scot the scientist
Student my grandparents live close to u

Student wat is that
Bugscope Team this is the head of the house centipede
Student what is that
Student oo

Student iped head

Student scot do you major in bugs?
Bugscope Team no, scott is an electron microscopist. rob is an entomologist, so he "majors in bugs".

Teacher Trese, it was a small house spider if I remember right. So the bite from that wouldn't be too bad.
Student HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE 2 HEAL FROM A BITE FROM THIS?
Student wats the difference between a house centipede and a regular one
Bugscope Team House centipeders have shorter bodies and longer legs than most centipedes. In fact, they pretty much look like they are nothing but legs!

Student Are we at a lower angle

Student whoa i think that that is a head of beetle

Student actually its a centipede
Bugscope Team some spiders, of course, like the brown recluse, can do a lot of damage. they can make your skin rot where the bite is.
Student os cate on
Teacher Again, this was a small centipede found here in the science room. Small centipede = small jaws. So probably not a bad bite.
1:04pm
Student that circle lookes like inside out tiger golf balls

Student jordan that is random
Bugscope Team that's what I was thinking but maybe I just didn't quite get it.
Student it looks like a churro
Student wats a palp
Student is that a mouth
Student Do centipedes move really fast because they have alot of legs
Bugscope Team I don't think so, because millipedes have even more legs and they are super slow.
Student rob tell scot to aswer my question
Bugscope Team will it may be that my answer went to the side, to the left of the chat box.
Student nice question
Student is cate on

Student i remeber u scot!
Student answer wills qeustion before he gets cranky
Bugscope Team did you see it?
Student SO DO I
Student what do u think is inisde
Student 8(
Student 8( = will
Student you dont want to see will when hes angry
Student 8)
Teacher Sorry, it is WESA to drive.
Student hi scot tell rob thats swell
Student who is wesa
Bugscope Team ok, i gave control to WESA, wes?
Student wills getting cranky
Student what is plap!
Bugscope Team a palp is like an accessory limb that is used as a mouthpart, to manipulate and/or taste food
Student scot, dont pay attencion to these freaks
Student dont crash or set the driveing thingy ion fire
Bugscope Team yep, WESA has control, put on yer seatbelt!
Student opPLAP?

Student opplap

Student hi rob
Student i am geting cranky rob tell scot!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team Dude was it the question about majoring in bugs? That is down the list now on the left side.

Student careful wesa

Student hi scott

Student o thats cool
Student high offense max not cool Man not c00lL
Student where is cate
Student scott will wants answers
Student JUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team good, you are getting the hang of it now :)
Bugscope Team I'm here
Student omg
Student STO
Bugscope Team Scott and I are in our lab where the microscope is
Student jklsdsjklddjkl;dsjkl;lsdjkl;fsdjkl;sdjkl;sdjklsdfjklsdfsdjklsdjklsdfjkllsdfjklsdfjklsdfdjklsdffjkl;will is jealous of rob
Student YEA CATE TALKED!!!!!!
Bugscope Team and Alex too
Student sorry we're insane
Student woo!
Student HHAAAA
Student Do you know the reason why they move fast
Bugscope Team Centipedes move very quickly, yeah. They have to catch their prey!
Bugscope Team More powerful leg muscles and better joints, I suppose.
Student i dont think will likes scot
Teacher OK, kids. Let's not get too silly here. Please ask appropriate questions!
Student CAN U PUT ME BACK IN CONTROL
Student is this the eye with jujuju?
Bugscope Team well, yes, some of it is juju, but there are some scales on the upper left too
1:09pm
Student good for you
Student yes we're insane including "will"
Student STOP SAYING DUMB STUFF AND TYPIN DUMB STUFF AND QUIT DOWN
Teacher WESA's controls have disappeared. Help.
Bugscope Team try refreshing
Student quite
Student welp!
Student IS THIS THE EYE OF A GRASSHOPPER
Bugscope Team yes it is. grasshopper eyes, like those of mantids and crickets, often look smooth at first
Student i was bout 2 crash i thing
Student is that an egg
Student wow
Student SETTEL DOWN GABE MAX
Student I've seen alot of huge grasshoppers.How big can they grow
Bugscope Team yes, if the live image goes black, or you lose control try hitting refresh, F5
Teacher Controls are back. Who knows what happened.
Student what r the specks
Student no jodan

Student is this a simple eye
Bugscope Team that was a compound eye but looked very smooth
Student wesa crasherd i had feeling of that

Student by rob it was nice meeting

Student okkkkkkk little to close
Student i see the mouth
Student sm ooth like satin
Student How big can a grasshopper grow to be
Bugscope Team they can be at least 3 or 4 inches long and have big wings
Bugscope Team We've got some grasshoppers here at the university called "lubbers" that can be as long as five inches.

Student like two inches
Bugscope Team oh cool, tenent setae

Bugscope Team these are the things that help insects to stick to things

Student what is tenent setea

Teacher What does it mean by "Tenent" setae?
Bugscope Team tenet means "to hold", so a tenent setae is a setae whos function is to hold onto things

Student bye will, this is rob
Bugscope Team Identity theft is a serious crime, max. ;)

Teacher Ooh, great minds think alike.

Bugscope Team d'oh Alex beat me
Student whats is this
Teacher Are we looking at the legs here?
Student R THOSE LEGS
Student fine
Student whos wea
Student hungery
Student Rob what did you go to college for
Bugscope Team I majored in biology and computer science, but I am getting my PhD in entomology.
Student Cool bugs are very interesting

Student ita a weasel!!!!!!!!
1:15pm
Student cdool
Student WHATS THAT
Student whats etomolegy
Bugscope Team the scientific study of insects
Student we ate bugs
Student How many bugs are edible
Bugscope Team Most edible insects are the ones that are colored like trees or dirt. If an insect is brightly colored, it's usually poisonous - the colors are a warning sign for predators.
Student hungery for bugs
Student cool
Student GUESS WHAT? WE ATE BUGS!!!
Teacher Good driving Wes. Driving back to me as these guys must go to their next class.
Bugscope Team ok mrs v. you are the master of the controls again
Student how do u get a phd in bugs
Bugscope Team etymology is the meaning of words, and the meaning of entomology is the study of insects

Bugscope Team good job students!

Student C'YA HOMIES
Bugscope Team See ya! Thank You!
Student ill miss u guys untill fri
Student now jion the darkside of the force!!

Student alex what do you major in
Bugscope Team Great questions, guys! Thanks!
Bugscope Team etymology is the study of words. entomology is the study of insects
Bugscope Team Ha, yes. Don't confuse the two. :)
Student peace out
Student PEACE OUT PEEPS
Student tehhee!! meow!! 8)
Student adios home slices

Student you must be really smart
Student Oh cool we ate different kinds of bugs in class
Student cate is awsome
Student Bez
Student C'YA homes
Student peace out thanks
Student seeya later thanks
Bugscope Team ByE MaYzIe!
Student bibibibibibibibi
Student THANKS FOR ANSWERIN OUR QUESTIONS!!!
Student were coming back on friday so dont fear and... FFFAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team you are totally welcome
Student Bye and thanks
Student thakyou rob and scot your smart
Bugscope Team you all are way cool
Student ill miss u guys
Teacher classes are changing. be right with you
Bugscope Team Thank You All.
Bugscope Team see you soon

Teacher Sorry. Overzealous clicking.
Bugscope Team We're good.
Bugscope Team That was fun.

1:20pm

Teacher Jada top drive, please
Bugscope Team ok, jada has control

Bugscope Team welcome jada, harry, all, welcome to bugscope!
Student hey people

Student jada is in control!!!
Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
Student hi alex! :)
Student YEAH!
Student and scott!
Student :)
Student hi alexa
Student hello alex and scott:)
Student hi!
Student hii alex
Bugscope Team hi kids, how is everyone today?
Student hello
Student scott i remmember u last year ahahaha
Student hii alexa and scott!!!
Student Hi Cate, Rob, Scot, and alex!
Student i am great how r u?
Student this is awesome man
Student Hi everybody!!!!!!!!!!
Student HEy Im great having fun being in control hbu?
Student alex scott?

Student HI alex and scott

Bugscope Team This is a spiracle, which is what insects use to control the air entering and leaving the body. Also, perhaps, called breathing.
Bugscope Team Hi all!
Student hey peeps
Student Thats soooooooo cool
Student wow thats cool!
Student that is so cool
Student hey v-ca
Student this is a cool website!!
Bugscope Team thanks!
Student hi amanda
Student I'm am so amazingly awesomerifical
Student yo
Student iik! :)

Student this picture is wierd
Student are those hairs?
Bugscope Team they are fine setae, or microsetae
Bugscope Team spiracles on most insects can be opened and closed
Student this is so cool
Student it looks like seaweed
Student it looks likt hair in a cave!
Student what is this
Student howd u guys start this?
Bugscope Team we started by making a transmission electron microscope remote controllable, but they are not that interesting in the same way
Student thank you scott
Student what are those
Bugscope Team but yes they are also called hairs
Student Very interesting
Student what are they
Student there is sandy stuff in there
Student what

Student are these real bugs
Bugscope Team yes, they are totally real, and these are live electron microscope images that you guys are controlling
Student oh i see that is awesome!
Student whats that
Student is that a wing
Student what is this?
Student is that a head?
Student is that an eye
Student jada u r doing a good job!
Student grasshopper head miiiiiiiinnnnneeee
Student what is this alex??
Student scott whats that
Bugscope Team this, now, is the open end of a grasshopper palp, which is used to help taste and manipulate food

Student that ethens
Student is that is an eyeball?
Student What is that?
Student ewwwww so cool!! :)
1:25pm
Student woah! that is awesome
Student What is this
Student is that its head
Student what is that?
Bugscope Team this is a palp of an insect. a palp helps it taste and move around food

Student WOAH!!

Student what is that?
Student it;s spiky
Bugscope Team this is a palp, on a grasshopper
Student how much magnification
Bugscope Team you can see the mag by clicking on the scale bar in the lower left of the image
Bugscope Team Harry if you click on the micron bar, at the lower left, you will open a set of data that show up on the screen and let you know exactly the mag.
Student what is that
Student thats cool
Student it is spickey
Student hello?
Student what does this do scott??
Student what is a grasshopper palp
Student no ones answering
Student scot what is this? whatever it is it is aweso,e
Student cooloi that is really cool scot is that a foot?
Student how does this microscope work?
Bugscope Team it uses electrons to gather the image, not light, that that's why it's black and white only, no color. color is a result of frequency of light, and since we aren't using light, no coloir

Student what is that?
Student haha thats really cool
Student beetle head
Student I have never seen anything like this
Bugscope Team coolness...
Student cate what is a grasshopper palp
Bugscope Team palps have little taste buds on them to help taste food, they also act like a tongue moving around food in the mouth
Student alex will u answer my question? what is this?
Bugscope Team well, we are moving around pretty fast, now it's a fruit fly egg
Student it looks like there are parasites on that
Student wat is that?

Student cool wut is that?
Student woah that is serioulsy awesome
Student what is this
Student how do you guys update this so fast
Bugscope Team we send updated images from the scope to your computers live over the internet. it uses very new web technology to do it. chas conway built the website, and he's a genius

Student what is tht? please answer
Student ohh thank you that is really cool
Student what is that with the legs
Student wut is that ANSWER
Bugscope Team Nico this is part of the fruit fly egg, used to help it attach to a surface if it needs to.
Student it looks like they have gloves on
Student what is that cate please answer
Bugscope Team we are on the fruit fly egg now
Student those look like chicken legs
Bugscope Team Yeah - I think it's used to attach the egg to where it's being laid.
Student thats soo cool but disgusting
Student it's godzilla
Student Cool
Student thnmx alex
Teacher Patience everyone. Remember that there are only four people there to answer your questions.
Student thanks that is so cooloi
Student I wonder what this is
Student hi
Student okey dokey :)
Student srry every one who works there
Bugscope Team we're cool np
Student ok what is this?
Bugscope Team this is the end of the fruit fly egg
Student here comes the next one!
Student i appreciate for u anwsering all r questions!!
Student is that a leg scott?
Bugscope Team it was just a projection from the surface of the egg but looked like a chicken claw to me

Student Alex is that the inside of an egg
Bugscope Team um, no, these are now simple eyes, on a spider
Student is taht a foot on the fruit fly
Student thats interesting
Student spider eye!! :)
Student are those eggs
Bugscope Team Those are spider eyes!
Student is that an egg sack ?????
Bugscope Team well, good guess, but no, these are simple eyes, on a spider
Student o awesome thanx scott:)
Student awesome
Student ewwwy!
Student wow how do u get the bugs for this?
Bugscope Team this time you sent them, Mrs V did
Student yucckkkky!
Student do u guys do this all day..if so thats cool
Bugscope Team well no, we do other kinda of work when we aren't doing bugscope
Student spider eyes??!!
Student cool!
Student thats cool ive never seen anything like this
Bugscope Team totally glad you dig it veronica
Student im scared of spiders :(
Bugscope Team me too, but Cate took all of the legs off of this one so no sweat here
Student i like this site
Bugscope Team sometimes we provide the samples
Student what are the eggs on?
Bugscope Team The fly egg we saw earlier - that would be laid in rotting fruit or veggies.
Teacher Oops. Bunped something and got logged out.
Student Cate How did you guys get the bugs did people just send them to you?
Student are those hairs on the spider eyes
Bugscope Team well, not hairs, they are called setae (pronounces see-tee), and they help it to sense their environment
Student they are hairy eyes

Student ohh thats cool i didnt know that
Teacher Great driving, Jada! Maddie to drive, please.
Student zoom in more
Student scott, r u guys in college?

Student oh thats cool...u guys r very knowledgable!! (sp.)
Student have fun MAddie!
Student simpel eyes right scot?
Bugscope Team yes those are simple eyes, similar to caterpillar stemmata or ocelli -- the simple eyes on the top of a wasp, for example, head
Student this is amazing
1:30pm
Bugscope Team ok, maddie, you now have control of the scope

Student it has little corn flakes on it
Student yeah maddie u rock! good job
Bugscope Team you all are controlling the scope like little geniuses, good work!

Student WOW this is awesome
Student thank you!

Student :)
Student is that a spider?
Student are those the fangs?
Bugscope Team Yeah, those are the fangs coming out below the eyes.
Student what animal is this?
Student wut kind of spider is it
Student good question amanda :) tee hee
Student ewww i hate spiderrs
Student Alex are those little buds in the simple eyes that we saw earlier
Bugscope Team hmm, sorry, i'm not sure to what you are referring?
Bugscope Team insects don't have hairs like humans do. they have a hard exoskeleton that can't feel. so those setae stick through the exoskeleton to nerves underneath. that is how they feel things
Student this is awesome how did you guys put this all togethor
Student alex what kind of spider is that
Bugscope Team hmm, i don't know, mrs. valenty caught it, right?
Student Do you guys use a net or some kind of cage to catch the bugs
Student eww is that a traingela?

Student o thats really cool! thanx scot and thanx sammy:)
Student really that is so coolooi
Student awesome

Student madde, jb? haha.
Student ewww that is really scarry
Student sammy u mean taruntula?

Student wut ut is that
Student What kind of bug is this

Student o ya sorry :(
Student SWEET
Bugscope Team We're looking at a beetle mouth right now.
Student cool
Student it has five a clock shadow
Student wow look at the compound eye!
Bugscope Team no doubt, cool huh?
Student is that the mandible/
Bugscope Team yes!
Student its like a vampire bug it looks like it has fangs to suck your blood
Student oh ok thank you i can see now!
Student scot what is that?
Bugscope Team this is the face of a beetle. you can see -- oops now it is a centipede
Bugscope Team setae (those hair looking things) are all sensory, they can sense all kinds of things: movement, taste, smell, wind, etc.
Student itsd bumby looking hehehe
Student it looks like a crab!! hahaaa
Student it looks so hairy
Bugscope Team well, not hairy, setae-y.. ;)
Teacher I don't think beetles have fangs.
Student ghave u touched one
Student it looks like a skelliten

Teacher Cool mouthparts, though.
Student oooooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Student wut is that ????
Bugscope Team This is a centipede head.
Student where do these bugs come from?
Bugscope Team this is a centipede
Student whats thsat? alex
Bugscope Team the head area of a centipede
Bugscope Team The poison fangs are curled underneath the head - those are what it uses to bite and capture prey.
Student do you guys ever get hurt from poisonus bugs
Bugscope Team not in the lab, usually
Bugscope Team I get bit all the time, but not by the bugscope bugs. They are quite dead.

Student Alex does it have a bone structure in its mouth parts
Bugscope Team good question, but no, no insect has any bones at all. insects are invertebrates, meaning they don't have bones. instead they have a hard outer shell, called an exoskeleton
Bugscope Team oh cool, now this is a spiracle

Student what type of bug is this? whatever it is i like it..r these poisness?
Student no not me
Student i did that one 2 maddie! :)
Student is that a mouth
Student ?
Student what is that

Student thats is so weird? but cool

Student what is that
Student no one's answering me! wah wah wah!
Teacher Do those of you majoring in entomology get to do much field work? If so where and looking for what?
Student how were all of you able to make this website and make it so well
Bugscope Team well, chas conway built it while working with ben grosser. they came up with the design, and based it off of bugscope 1.0, and used lots of new technology to build it. it's not too hard if you have time and energy.
Student do you have specialists get them
Bugscope Team my mom sends me bugs

Student it is ok Jada
Student Cate is this a very hard job to do scoping and helpinhg out with bugs
Bugscope Team no not at all. It's fun to talk to people who are as amazed as us by what these insects look like in the microscope. we all have fun
Student ohh
Student hello? anybody?
Bugscope Team Hi Sammy.
Student what is that it looks really strange oo now i no thanks:)

Teacher OMG--we spent 9 weeks studying bugs. No bones. :-)
Student What is this
Bugscope Team these are the tiny setae that help flies stick to the ceiling
1:35pm
Student WHAT IS THAT
Student interesting so do you guys have to like do a LOT of work
Student hiiii scott!!!!!!
Bugscope Team yay!
Student OMG!!!
Student Hello
Student helllo? anybody there?
Bugscope Team sure, what's up amanda?
Student omg omg what is that

Student that looks like an anamane which i spelled wrong
Bugscope Team anemone
Student hello?
Bugscope Team Hi Gali!
Student heylo?
Bugscope Team hi
Student what are those thing
Bugscope Team The previous picture - the ones that looked like anemone tentacles - those were "tenant setae," which are hairlike things that let insects hold onto surfaces.
Student hey cate, rob, scot, and alexx!!! ypu guys really know about bugs
Student hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii anybody there!
Student hey
Student scott ur nice :)
Student do you have pictures and just repaet or do you quickly change
Bugscope Team you are actually controlling the SEM from your classroom.
Bugscope Team no no no, these are LIVE images from an electron microscope. sure, it's still images for you, but when you are driving, you can go into live video mode, which is accessed via "click to drive" that is a live video feed from the scope to your computer
Student u guys r really good resources!
Student You guys are cool
Student hi alex
Bugscope Team hi amanda

Student what is that
Student omg scot!!!! u r awesome and smartt
Teacher Great driving, Maddie. Controls to Sammy, please.
Student anybody there i feel so lonely :'(
Bugscope Team Awww, Jada.
Student hi scot!) this looks like a lobster!
Student do you guys like looking at this
Student where do you guys use the bugscope?
Bugscope Team we are in the basement of the Beckman Institute at the University of Illinois.
Student ARe these claws
Bugscope Team They are! They are called 'tarsal claws,' and they are at the tip of the insect leg. It helps the insect hold onto rough surfaces.
Student hello hello
Student what is that that looks like a v
Student it is cool
Student WHAT IS THAT!!??
Student wow this is cool what exactly is this? and do u specifie in spiders?
Bugscope Team this is one of the claws of the grasshopper
Student it;s a lobster
Student sweet
Student WOW
Student cool
Student hello alex
Bugscope Team hi maddie
Student can i be driver next?
Bugscope Team we can't have live video to all computers at once, the internet isn't fast enough for that. so we only send still images to non-driving clients once every couple of seconds
Student what is that
Student hello hello\
Student where do you guys get those buggies!
Bugscope Team we have a stash of bugs, but mrs. valenty sent most of these to us
Student ohh thats cool scot
Student HEY ALEX WHAT IS THAT
Bugscope Team this is a claw
Bugscope Team You can feel the tarsal claws of large insects when they grab onto you. Most people don't like the sensation, but I think it's kinda cool. :)
Bugscope Team we are not good at identifying spiders, in part because they have soft bodies and often dry up quite a bit
Student hey scot!!:)
Student who else is here besides scot?
Student hey guys answer me
Bugscope Team Nico this is a grasshopper claw.
Student scot is thaa claw
Bugscope Team many insects have similar claws, but if you move down the limb you can figure out whether or not it might be able to climb on a wall, or on a ceiling.
Student hwy Alex what is that
Student HEYYY PEOPLES
Student a claw of what animal??
Bugscope Team A grasshopper.
Student alex... is this a really fun job for you guys
Teacher Can Sammy please drive when you get a chance to switch?
Student I have the best name ever
Student this website is awesome you guys rock
Bugscope Team thanks eric, i will pass that onto chas, it's nice to hear good feedback
Bugscope Team ok, sammy, you've got control now
Student bye you guys have fun!

Student sammy is leaving who is going
Student bye
Student can i drive
Student emac has to be driver now because sammy has to leave
Teacher Ooh, our girls basketball team has to leave. So driver should be Emac.
Bugscope Team you all did GREAT. we hope we've made you think more about the world you live in, well, the world we all live in together, with the insects too!
Student u guys rock this is one of the coolest websites ever
Student ethan change the pic ture
Bugscope Team Bye!
1:40pm

Student EMAC DO A DIFERENT PICTURE

Bugscope Team emac, you have control now
Teacher We still have a few students here. We will be here for a little while longer.
Student oo cooloi thanks scot what is it now
Bugscope Team I am not sure where we are now. Oh now it is the face of the spider.
Bugscope Team ok, no problemo

Student hi alex
Bugscope Team hi nico
Student who is ramboot
Bugscope Team this looks like a claw, but out of focus, and the brightness is too low

Student alex what is this

Bugscope Team cool, good work emac, this s a setae sticking out of the exoskeleton
Student thANXD EMAC
Student what now
Bugscope Team that's how the insect feels things
Student ethan do something else

Student WHAT IS THAT

Student umm who is ramboot

Bugscope Team this is a pillbug, pillbugs are cool, i really like pillbugs
Student HEY ARE YOU A GRAD STUDENT?????!!!
Teacher Pillbug head.
Student woah awesome what is this
Bugscope Team you know pillbugs, those are the things that curl up when you touch them
Student cool
Bugscope Team pillbugs are actually not insects, they are terrestrial crustaceans

Student i luv those :)
Bugscope Team We called them roly-polies where I grew up.
Student alex is a pillbug a potato bug
Bugscope Team i've never heard that term for a pillbug, i'm looking it up now

Bugscope Team this is a spiracle, this is how bugs breathe
Student are all of you guys grad students

Student i have the best nickname ever
Student U GUYS HAV COOL JOBS
Bugscope Team Yeah we think so.
Student Rob what is that it looks really cool
Bugscope Team Well, right now we're looking at the spiracle - the hole where air enters the insect.

Bugscope Team I think I'm the only grad student here.

Student oo ok thanks
Teacher Remember the holes on the sides of the grasshopper we looked at? These are the same thing, just closer.
Student I would love to do this it's awesome
Student is it awsome what you do
Bugscope Team yeah, i love my job

1:45pm
Student Rob whats that
Bugscope Team Now we've got a weevil head. It's a kind of beetle, with a long snout.

Student some of these things look like they are from under the sea :)
Student creeepy ewww
Student is that the head alex
Bugscope Team not sure, we moved already

Student what part of the body is that
Bugscope Team this is the tip of the snout of the weevil

Teacher This is a weevil I found in some unpooped popcorn.
Bugscope Team Really! I've never found one in my popcorn before.

Student whats that
Student oo
Bugscope Team i'm not sure what this is?
Teacher Not unpooped LOL----UNPOPPED!
Bugscope Team ha!
Bugscope Team got cha mrs. v! heh, we all make mistakes
Student ahahahahahahahhahaha that is so funny mrs. v
Bugscope Team We're looking at the tip of the weevil snout. The mandibles are right there at the end.
Teacher So embarrassing!
Bugscope Team heh
Student doz it sneeze
Bugscope Team well, i don't think so, bugs don't have noses like humans do
Bugscope Team I've never heard an insect sneeze. But they will move air very quickly out of their bodies, which can make squeaking noises.

Student what is that
Student what is that
Bugscope Team Dude this is a grasshopper, as Karolina said.
Bugscope Team often when insects die, depending on how they die, they throw up, and it obscures their mouthparts
Student looks like a grasshopper
Student thats emacs grasshopper
Bugscope Team this is a grasshopper, good eye
Student WOW IT IS COOL
Bugscope Team you can see the compound eye, which looks smooth until you get up close
Student I found that grasshopper in my yard he's mine!!!!!!!!!!!!! I brought it to class
Bugscope Team that's cool. It must be neat to see something you sent

Student YAAA RYAN
Bugscope Team check out the compound eye, it's made up of hundreds of facets, called ommatidia
Student is that the compound eye
Bugscope Team yes, even though it looks smooth from here

Student go closer!

Bugscope Team yeah, if you get close, you'll see the individual facets of the eye

Student Rob what are those hairs on the body
Bugscope Team I don't see any hairs right now, but in general they are sensory organs. Each hair (or setae, as we call them) is used to help smell, taste, or feel the world around the insect.
Student same it lookes really smotth
Bugscope Team try another bum up in zoom
Student are those dust specks of dust

Student this is amazing

Teacher Keep zooming, please.
Bugscope Team well, yeah, they are smooth compound eyes, but wait, now you can start to see the hexagons, right?
Student Rob what on and around the eye
Bugscope Team look for the hexagons
Student SA LEEF
Bugscope Team grasshoppers, praying mantises, and crickets all have compound eyes that are very smooth like this
Student it's a leaf
Bugscope Team those are scales from some other insect
Student whoa it looks like there is a honeycombtexture
Bugscope Team well, they are hexagonal in shape so the eye surface can be curved. you could have a curve eye if the facets were squares
Student i see them now!
Bugscope Team see the hexagon shapes? those are the individual facets, or ommatidia
1:50pm
Bugscope Team each one of those hexagons has a lens in it
Student AMQAZING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Student all of u guys r really nice
Bugscope Team it's because you all are so cool, it brings out the best in us
Bugscope Team female house fly

Student what is that it looks really cool
Student she isn't very pretty
Bugscope Team not to us, but maybe to Alex

Student A NICE BEARD\
Student what is taht
Bugscope Team I think we've zoomed in very close to the housefly's mouth - like Scott says, where it sucks up liquids.
Student aww thanx
Student thanks
Student ITS BEARD LOOKS LIKE THORNS FOR HAIR

Bugscope Team this is the part that sucks up liquids

Teacher Transfer drivers to Nico. please. Great driving, Emac!
Bugscope Team Nico is the supreme ruler
Student omg omg cooloi
Bugscope Team nothing is ugly in this world. it only takes a talented eye to see the beauty in everything...

Student ewww what is that s t uff
Student i can see down its throught
Student IT LOOKS A BIT LIKE A CORAL REEF A BIT
Bugscope Team yeah, does
Student Nico you logged out AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Student alex what is that
Student ewwww ugly
Student I SHALL BE THE CAMRAMAN
Bugscope Team got it
Bugscope Team is this a close up of the house fly?
Bugscope Team yes it is
Student nice
Teacher Nico 1 to drive. Sorry, he bumped something and got logged out.
Bugscope Team i think this is a housefly
Student BY THE WAY I AM THE SAME PERSON AS NICO
Bugscope Team we were reasonably sure that was the case
Bugscope Team nico1 has control
Student HHAHHAHHHHAHAHAHAAHA

Student GO NEEX GO!
Student Nico stop zoooooooooooooming
Student it lookes likea brian
Student scott, Alex what is that
1:55pm

Bugscope Team now this is a stinkbug head

Student did we just see the brain cate

Bugscope Team the facets are easier to see here
Student up close and personal

Teacher Anyone remember what a proboscis is?.
Bugscope Team I do!

Student what is the glowing thing

Bugscope Team heh, scoot
Bugscope Team scott, i mean

Student It looks like a super mutant from the Ufo that crashed in DC and destroyed the human race ha
Bugscope Team yeah that's what I was thinking, no more school

Student yes it is almost like a straw that bugs use to drink nectar with

Student TRUE BUT IT BEATS SCHOOL
Bugscope Team Here is a really good view of an ommatidium.
Student cool, alex do u guys do this at school or at home
Bugscope Team we are at our jobs, at the university of illinois

Bugscope Team check out the hexagons on this baby. they are killer hexagons

Student scott i would be forever gratefull for no school
Student FUN

Teacher OK emac---back to bugs, please.

Student wut iz that
Student It looks like a heart for lovvve
Student thats a lot of little hairs
Bugscope Team not hairs, those are called setae
Bugscope Team does anyone know what the biggest proboscis in the world is? which animals has it?
Student butterfly?
Teacher Veronica to drive, please.
Student its ok but umm r we looking at a leg
Student it has hairy stuff
Student no clue
Bugscope Team those little hairs are called microsetae, or microtrichae.
Bugscope Team ok, veronica has control now
Student cooloi really
Student NHICO SWICHING OWT
Bugscope Team this is a haltere, and it is a little deflated.
Teacher What does "haltere" mean?
Bugscope Team not sure what it means, exacty, but it is one of the modified wings that beats opposite the way the real wings beat
Student I MEAN NICO

Student r u guys in chacogo
Bugscope Team south of chicago, 130 miles south
Student A MONSTER tehehe

2:00pm
Student what doz that meen samantha
Student looks like mucus
Student oo all of my cuzins live in in chacogo
Student Do you guys go into the jungle armed only with your wits and take down the bugs and use them for scientific experiments with your hair all frizzy and playing the song Monster bash
Bugscope Team I don't like to go outside at all, but Alex does that.
Bugscope Team Yeah, that sounds like my research.
Student u r in trubel emac

Student It's so plain what is taht
Student why is only aleks answering

Student haha emac

Bugscope Team we, it was
Bugscope Team now you can see over the edge of the sample
Student teheheheh emac
Bugscope Team this is about the minimum zoom we can get 40x

Bugscope Team back to the compound eye
Student WOW COOL AMASING AWSIOME
Bugscope Team cool back to the ommatidia up close
Teacher Eric to drive, please.
Student scot how long hyave u been doing this
Bugscope Team um 11 years?
Bugscope Team eric you are the designated driver
Student I LOV YOU COments emac
Bugscope Team click again to stop eric
Bugscope Team there ya go
Student EEEEEK ERIC

Student WARE IS KATE
Bugscope Team she is probably doing something else
Student is cate still there?
Bugscope Team clickon a preset
Student do u like it scot
Bugscope Team yeah I really like this
Bugscope Team if you get lost, just click on a preset

Bugscope Team this is one of the most fun things we get to do during the week
Bugscope Team yeah I'm here. Miss me? :)

Student it would be fun talking to kids or audolts and answering questions
Bugscope Team yeah you can tell it is a riot sometimes, really
Student Hi CATE I MISSED YOU

Bugscope Team we schedule, during the time school is in session, three Bugscopes per week.
Student yup we miss u aton
2:06pm
Student ya kind of but we r fun
Student see ya guys
Student we are all lol
Student I LOV U CAKE BY
Bugscope Team you all did excellent, thank YOU!
Bugscope Team cake, ha!!!!
Bugscope Team Bye guys! Thanks for the questions!
Student see yeah
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Bugscope Team i'm going to call her cake from now on, thanks nico1!
Student BYE THANK YOU!
Student thank you sooo much it is awesome!
Student by guys see yah
Student bye
Bugscope Team later ryan
Student thank you guys you all rock bye
Bugscope Team chowzers
Bugscope Team by
Bugscope Team that was a lot of fun
Bugscope Team bye*
Bugscope Team mrs. v, before you go....
Student well i have to go thanks for answering our questions bye bye
Student later
Teacher Can I drive for a few minutes, please?
Bugscope Team sure!
Bugscope Team don't forget your member page, it has all the chat and images from today's session: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-135
Student bye bye
Bugscope Team Bye!

Bugscope Team that way you can review all the chat and images with your students anytime... http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-135

2:11pm

Bugscope Team Mrs V let us know if you need any help. Looks like you are doing fine.

Teacher Thanks. I am curious about the silverfish. I am tempted to click too fast, though.

Bugscope Team that's cool
Teacher Wow! The kids are much better at this than me. I want to look at the mouth; am I headed in the right direction? (oh, bad pun)

Bugscope Team well, a good technique is to zoom out, see where you are, and then zoom in

Bugscope Team try zooming out a bit

Bugscope Team hmm,one more?

2:17pm
Teacher Thanks. I am clicking too fast. No patience for the zooming out, I guess.
Bugscope Team ok, so just above the middle, see the two horizontal twig like things?
Bugscope Team those are palps, i think, and the mouth is behind it?
Bugscope Team i think
Bugscope Team well, sometimes there is lag in the internet, and you just have to wait
Bugscope Team or it could be lag in the browser, try clicking refresh (F5) and see if that helps
Teacher OK. I see what I am guessing are the palps. Would the stumps at the top be where antenna broke off?
Bugscope Team yep, totally, broken antennae

Bugscope Team wait, one of them is still there

Bugscope Team mrs. v i have to bail. but we can leave the session open for a bit longer, scott will come back in 10-15 minutes and close it down
Teacher So the one on the left is an antenna?
Bugscope Team but i have to leave now to go do other work. you can stay on, just logout when you are don't
Bugscope Team yes, the left one is one of the antenna
Bugscope Team left, from our perspective
Teacher OK thanks SO MUCH!
Bugscope Team great session by the way, your students were awesome
Bugscope Team chow

2:22pm

2:27pm
Teacher Thank you all so much!! It was a great learning experience as always! Looking forward to Friday!

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

Subjects Taught	Science
Grades Taught	6th Grade
Number of Students	43

Project Title	Insect Adaptations
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	IN 6th Grade science, students examine the role of insects in the ecosystem. This in-depth study includes: the physical characteristics of insects (including a comparison with arachnids and other arthropods), the various types of metatmorphosis, the roles insects play in an ecosystem and the adaptations that facilitate these roles. During several lab activities students exmaine insect specimens with dissecting microscopes. Bugscope would provide an excellent opportunity to see many of the structures we study (wings, mouth parts, etc) in amazing detail as well as give student an opportunity to ask questions. In addition, we do a microscope unit and study the atom later in the year; the Bugscope project ties in well with both units as we discuss different types of microscopes and how they work.

Session 2009-135 with Winchester Thurston School

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