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Connected on 2010-09-27 09:00:00 from Peterborough, ON, CA

7:52am
Bugscope Team chamber is pumping down
Teacher Hello, Cate
Teacher Hello, Chaos
Bugscope Team Hello Beaver
7:57am
Bugscope Team we should not be connecting 'til sometime after 9 here; is that correct?
Teacher Hi
Bugscope Team anyway, still pumping, very close
Bugscope Team I am going to run upstairs for food, be right back down
Teacher Yes, that is fine
Teacher Sorry for the delay -- I am teaching/talking as I type
8:08am
Bugscope Team okay I am back downstairs need to mash down some food, make a few 'scope adjustments, and then start finding presets for your session
Bugscope Team Cate will be in in a little while
Student hello
Bugscope Team Hi gabe!
Bugscope Team Hello Danielle
Bugscope Team !
Student Hello
Bugscope Team Hi serena!
Student hello
Student hello!
Student hello
Student hello tyler supp?
Student bugaloogla
Student cole
Student sup
Student GABE
Student Hi Scott! is that round thing the crysalis?
Bugscope Team Yes it is!
Student nmu
Bugscope Team in a few minutes I will start the electron gun and begin setting up
Student okay!
Student ok
Student ok scot
Student what up
Student ok scot
Student nmu
Student that is awesome!
Student this fun
Bugscope Team what does nmu mean?
Student hi
Student i know rite
Student is it black yet?
Student nothing much u(nmu)
Student hey boys & girls!!
Bugscope Team got it, thanks, Ginny*
Student hi
Student tyler lol
Student hi all
Student yeah man
Student micheal adams is next 2 me
Student kool
Student hello
8:13am
Student Scott, is the cyraslis black yet?
Bugscope Team it's an empty chrysalis, so it is actually clear
Student heey justice
Bugscope Team the data bar says 560 um, but the u is a Greek mu; so it reads 560 microns, or micrometers
Student huh
Student heey gabe wats up
Student This is really cool is it a fun job?
Bugscope Team yes is it a lot of fun, especially doing this
Student oh cool!
Student oh!
Student cool
Student oh
Student niceee
Student coooool
Student niceeeeeeee
Student not really
Student heey connon heey ashley
Student awesomne
Student niceeee
Student ada bee
Student Will it only take a few minutes for the microscope to power up?
Student is that the butterfly left of the chrysalis?
Student niceeeeeeee boys
Student yeah
Student sup every1
Student heey im mj
Student woho
Student hey beaver
Student who is y
Student this is so asome
Student hey soupy
Student heey beaver
Student spelling fail
Student i wish i could put my nickname as my name
Student heeeeey scot :)
Student yeah
Student niceeeeeeeeeee
Student connor
Student my nickname is awesome
Student yes
Student AWESOME!
Student cool
Student whos y
Student gabe
Student yeah sarena is right it is awesome
Student y?
Student oh alright
Student this is fun
Student i should be gabe but its y
Student this is sorta like face book but funner but the bad thing is u cant play games but you get to see bugs
Student what is that in the picture
Student this is the awsome
Student hey scot what university are you at?
Student hi mandy
Student crysalis and a butterfly
Student who names yourself y
Student idk
Student is it a butterfly
Student hi
Student crestwood
Student What's your favourite part of the job?
Student what is the circle thing ?
Student dk
Student lol
Student hi
Student Yeah what is it?
Student itss 2 white
Student cole this is nothing like facebook
Student what is it doing? what are we looking at it's cool!
Student what is this we are looking at?
Student what is it?
Student whats happening
Student nice
Student cool
Student WOW
Student cool!
Student cool
Student thats awesome.
Student is it a pray mantis
Student COOL!
Student What is that
Student niceeeeee!! :)
Student wow that is amazing :)
Student thats ugly
Student What are we looking at?
Student what is that?
8:18am
Student what is the little spikes on it?
Student ???
Student no its not its ugly
Student wow uh what is that?
Student wow brad
Student is that hair
Student or a zit
Teacher What are the specimins on stage?
Student wow!!!!
Student dno
Student y9a a zit
Student idk
Student a wasp
Student diido
Student what is this
Student can we see the eyes
Student idk
Student i cant tell what this is
Student buzzzzzz
Student what are we looking at?
Student scot what are the pictures you are showing
Student nathen your going to get kicked off
Student what is this
Student hey scot what are we looking at right now
Student i dont know
Student it sorta looks like a face
Teacher What are you guys loking at?
Student scott,what are we looking at?
Student cool what is that?
Student looks like a but
Student that cool\
Student cool
Student weird
Student is that the head?
Student Where are we looking?
Student scott can we see the tastbuds on the butterflys feet
Student what type of bug is it?
Bugscope Team this is Scot on the machine Chaos
Student looks like a wasp
Student ya s that the head of the butterfly
Student scot wat are we looking at ?
Student is
Student looks like a preying mantis to me
Student Hi Scoot!
Student or a crab
Student is that a fly
Bugscope Team this is a centipede, and I am starting to make the presets for you
Student *Scott
Student dk
Student niceeee chaos
Student awesome

Student hi
Student ok
Student what is the spikes on his head?
Student cool
Student coooooooooooooool
Student thats hair
Student What are the pictures of that you are showing us?
Student is looks like a miscouto on the eye
Student dono
Student sentipead
Student Scot,what is this?
Student wow
Student is that the legs?
Student what is above it
Student what is that?
Student oh i thout we were looking at a catopiller
Student nasty
Student what does the um after the numbers mean
Student weird
Student are those scals
Student are those the legs?
Student scaly
Student shingles?
Student cool
Student are those scals
Teacher who is y
Student very weird
Student Scott, is that his skin
Student oui
Student gabe is y
Student wow tyler french
Student jejeje
Student oui
Student riley micheal jackson thats a funny name
8:23am
Student yuupp
Student ccccccccccccoooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllllll
Student lol
Student radical
Student haha
Student what part of the centipedde body?
Student IS THIS

Student dk
Student cool! But looks like fabric.
Student thorax?
Student /
Student ??
Student justice is that like the first word u said
Student why
Student is that the feet
Student lol
Student you arnt allowed to
Student they look like mitens
Student loll
Student chaos,do cantipedes have taste buds on there feet like a caterpillar?
Student so
Bugscope Team this, now, is the outer face of the Monarch's wing
Student ARE THESE SCALES?
Bugscope Team yes! for sure
Student hardharhar
Student no shortforms
Student heey emma the world is not completely round
Student AWESOME!
Student lol
Student awsome
Student centipede**
Student are those the tastebuds?
Student what part of its body is this?
Student spider?
Student what is this?
Student hariy
Student WHAT IS THIS?
Student spider??
Student its still hairy
Student Scott, it's Serena and Lauren (she's sharing a computer with me) she says hi!
Bugscope Team Hi!
Student cool
Student is that an eye
Student is this the body

Student whos sj
Student chaos,do centipede have taste buds on there feet like a caterpillar?
Student this is really kewl
Student what part of the body is this?
Student what is that?
Bugscope Team this is a spider, top of the head
Student hello sj
Student that is soo cool\
Teacher what are the bumps on the spider?
Bugscope Team dude those are the simple eyes
Student can we see be eyes
Student hbvhbv
Student why does the butterfly have all white dots on his body?
Bugscope Team some of them are meant to mimic eyes and thus shock, briefly, a predator
Student really cool yet creepy
Student they have a loot fo eyes
Student lol
Student why are there hairs on the legs?
Student it lookes weird
Student i aggree
Student Is that hair and what's it for?
Student because thherre hairy
Student hairy
Student lol
Student lol
Student your not alloweed to say dude
Student teehee
Student hi
Student what type of spider is it?
Student awesome what predators eat butterflys?
Student What are those creveses in the body?
Student who says this is so cool say i
Student Is this a spider?
Student tarantula
Student no
Student What is this?

Student why do spiders have so many hair focules?
8:28am
Teacher what are all the lines on it?
Student Is this the top or the bottom?
Student hair
Student why do u ask
Student why do spiders have so many hair focules?
Bugscope Team they have a lot of sensory hairs (setae); sometimes they also have 'urticating' hairs, which they release when you get too close and bother them
Bugscope Team this is a caterpillar, and the little dots on its head there are stemmata -- its simple eyes
Student how do u ask questions and them answer them
Student Why are the butterfly's tast buds on its feet
Bugscope Team so it can land on a flower, for example, scrape it with one of the bristles on the foot, and then smell the scent that comes from scraping it, right there
Student thanks sj
Student do not know
Student why do u ask
Student show us there feet
Student this is really cool!
Student ginny how do u ask questions
Student can we see a monarch please?
Student awesome I never knew that!
Student why do u ask
Student what is the most deadly caterpillar
Teacher Can you make a preset of the spiracles for us
Bugscope Team sure!
Student what ae the bump on the caterpiller?
Student is you put blood on thet could see ur blood cells scot
Bugscope Team yes you can
Student sareana how do u ask questions
Student oh
Student how do u ask questions
Student why do u ask
Student How does a microscope zoom in this close?
Bugscope Team we choose the size of the area that the electrons scan, and if it is a small area we get an enlarged image of that area
Student do it
Student some how it's kind of creepy
Student swewet
Student why is there so much hair
Teacher Are those the spericals?
Bugscope Team no, I haven't found any good ones yet
Student cool
Student What type of caterpillar is this??
Student Why is the caterpillar yellow and black but the butterfly is orange?
Bugscope Team both colors are warning colors -- telling potential predators that "I taste bad, and you will not be happy if you bite me.!"
Student never heard that word in my life
Student monarch?
Student is this still a sentipead?
Student i did and it doesnt work
Student why do u ask
Student fun
Student can we see the taste bud on the butterflys feet sj
Student area any caterpillars posioneus to humans?
Student what insect is it now?
Student *are
Student no its a catopillar
Student cat...
Student brody's computer is a uber lagg
Bugscope Team hit refresh
Student are any caterpillars posioneus to humans?
Student what is that?
Student so they turn orange
Teacher heey it's joey
8:33am
Student do the butterflys eyes move?
Student i still dont know how to ask questions
Bugscope Team you are doing fine, Tyler
Student heey joey
Student i cant see anything on here
Bugscope Team hit refresh on your computer
Student heey
Student joey go away
Student what?????????????
Student thanks sj
Student no'
Student are any caterpillars posioneus to humans?
Student That looks like a butterfly wing
Student can wee se the butter flys taste buds
Student k
Student what are we looking at
Bugscope Team this is the chrysalis
Student cool
Student ok his lag is over thanks sj
Student i havent asked a question yet
Student look like an ear
Student so its that easy to type guestion
Student coool
Student whats the black spec?
Student awesome
Student looks like an eye
Student What is that oval like thing?
Student whats that
Student what part of the chrysaliste is it?
Student what is that
Student eye????
Bugscope Team this is one of the spiracles on the chryalis itself

Student is that and eye
Student egg??????
Student maybe
Student 4
Student crysalis
Student i thout it was an eye
Student Is this one of the golden dots?????????????????
Student #19 is the best
Student cool
Student cool but somewhat creepy at the same time
Student Is that an eye?
Student hi
Student oh its a spiracle
Student niceeeeeeee
Student whats that
Student wow this truly amazing do you know what the chrysalis feel like?
Student is that the top of the crysilis?
Bugscope Team got it DaddyO
Student that is that?
Student what is a spiracle?
Bugscope Team a spiracle is a breathing pore; usually there are two per body segment, on either side of an insect's exoskeleton
Student i think so
Student ghjf
Student is this a crysalis?
Student wow this truly amazing do you know what the chrysalis feel like?
Student are those the crochets?
Student is that glue
Student How thin is the very top of the crysalis?
Student lol
Student Is that thing that is hanging a chrisylis?
Student Scott I accidently logged out...Igloo is the teacher is there any way to change this?
Student yeah
Student what is that
Student yoyo
Student whats the chrysalis attached to?
Student a leg
Student i think thats the crochets attaching to the cremaster and the silk pad
Student hi
Student hi
Student Ware are the crochets?
Student no its the crochetthat are little hooks that attach to the silk pad
Student What time is it there?
Bugscope Team 8:38 or so
Student cool
Student cool! thanks!
Student what is that
Student wow
Student awesome what next

Student Is the top attached to a leaf
8:38am
Student ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Student here
Student looks like hair
Student brb
Student oh
Student whos igloo
Student lol
Student it's 9:40 here!
Student teacher
Student is this still the chrisalyis?
Student That's really cool!!!
Student is that the button?
Student you must love this
Student has it done the pupa dance
Student nat whare did u go
Student is that a mouth
Student how r u getting so close the crysalis?

Student What is that hole in the .... silk pad?
Student WHAT IS THAT?
Student what is that
Student why does the butterfly have fliud to fill up his wings?
Bugscope Team it keeps thwe wings from becoming brittle
Student whoa whoa whoa what is that
Student beaver is now igloo
Student weaird
Student weird**
Student cool
Bugscope Team okay Cate is here, and she's driving the 'scope
Student niceeeeeeee
Student What are the holes
Bugscope Team the bumps are from the carbon tape that we use to stick the insects to
Student definetly weird
Student hey, cate
Student what a face
Student sup catee
Student If we closed up on our skin would it look weird like that?
Bugscope Team not quite like that
Bugscope Team so now Chaos is Scot, and sj is Cate, for the time being
Student whos mike
Student Cate, can you show us the tastebuds on his feet?
Bugscope Team I will try to see if there are any visible
Student What is the fluid that the butterfly uses to pump up the wings?????????????????????????????
Bugscope Team hemolymph
Student is the fluid in the butterflys wings like blood?
Bugscope Team it is clear, but it is like blood to the insects
Student kk thanks!
Student can u show us some butterfly pictures?
Student can u get any closer
Student hii its nate
Student cool
Student that is awesome!
Student idk what to type in
Student Is that the taste buds
Bugscope Team these are tenent setae (little sticky hairs) on a fly paw. It helps the fly walk on walls

Student what is this now sj
Student Can we see the probiscuis?
Bugscope Team Cate is working her way over to it
8:43am
Student how long do butterflys usally live?
Bugscope Team and right now sj is cate :)
Student can this get any weirder?
Bugscope Team Sure!
Student hi cate
Student So its a fly
Bugscope Team that's right!
Student until they are half way back from mexico

Student WOW what is that?
Bugscope Team Serena it's the compound eye of the fly.
Student that looks like foam
Student they look like mini cars
Student Is that the eye???????
Student are the little bumps bacteria living on the species?
Student what part of a fly is it?
Student is that a bat
Student or a lady bug

Student still fly?
Student is this an aphid
Student why does it look like a crab?
Bugscope Team Tyler good job, Dude, because it is a crustacean
Student what a beast
Teacher What is a Roly Poly?
Student oh! he has alot of eyes!
Student a roly poly
Student this is Summer and Rachel
Teacher is that a ant
Bugscope Team this one is a baby roach
Student IT IS A FFFFLLLLYYYYY!!!!!!11!1!!!!
Student how meney legs dos it have
Student eeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww

Student What is a Roly Poly?
Student whats a crustacean?
Bugscope Team like a shrimp or crab or lobster
Student This is a roach?
Bugscope Team ants are distinguished by their elbowed antennae
Student no way
Student awesome for science
Teacher W hat is that.
Student whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whats is that!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team this is a roach
Student o cool
Student so i was right?
Bugscope Team correctamundo
Student wow I've never seen any insect close up like this! how did you invent the bugscope?
Student this is amazing
Student are those legs?
Student What kind of insect is this larva??????
Student hahah cool
Student What are the little spike like things all over its body?
Teacher chaso is nice to tyler
Student how big is a baby roch not magnafied?
Student what is the um mean
Student can we see a moth
Student Is that still the roach
Student this is getting weirder every minute
Student wwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwww ugly
Student who's beaver2?
Student whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa is that breathing

Student is that a bum
8:48am
Student what is that ???
Teacher Beaver 2 is the teacher
Student is this a mouth
Bugscope Team yes it is, Ashley

Student is that a breathing mushroom
Student no its not
Student a kid is typing
Student fine is that is " tail end"
Student I that the head of the baby roach?
Student what is that a mouth
Student do flys have like, miny pinchers because it looks like it close up!
Student why is there hair on almost every insect we have seen?

Teacher Is that its hand?
Bugscope Team yeah that's its little paw
Student what's a palp?
Bugscope Team a palp is an accessory mouthpart that helps the insect manipulate and taste its food
Student it is a claw
Student claw
Student what are some of the characteristics of the baby roach that you find interesting?
Student put the contrast to 40%
Student Were those talens????
Student how far can the microphone zoom in
Student hair
Student eww
Teacher what is that?
Bugscope Team this is milkweed fluff. monarchs love this plant and it is poisonous to a lot of creatures
Student whyy would i do that gabe?
Student cool!

Student gabbbee how far can you go in ??
Student i mean microscope
Student why does it have holes
Bugscope Team that's where it was broken
Bugscope Team Dude it's milkweed.
Teacher cool
Student i dont like fluf
Student What kind of insect is a Roly Poly?
Bugscope Team it's not really an insect -- it's a
Student chaos, can we see some butterfly's?
Student eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwww-cool
Student is that a eye
Student WOW!!!!!
Teacher is that an eye?
Student is the milkweed fluff poisonous????
Bugscope Team yes it is, but not to Monarchs
Student thats preet
Bugscope Team pillbug
Student pretty sick
Student or is it the milk
Student Choas, how long have you had this job? it seems really cool!
Bugscope Team um almost 12 years
Student are the big circles eyes????
Student what is a pillbug-
Student can we see another bug
Student ?
Student can we see blood
Bugscope Team you could if we had some in there
Student what insect is it?
Bugscope Team we are on the monarch proboscis
Student wow that is a long time!
Student It looks like a fish????
Student you guys talk way to fast :)

Teacher what is thatrre??
Bugscope Team that is a closeup of the coiled proboscis
Student oh..
Bugscope Team it kind of looks like snake skin I think
Student what is a proboscis
Student sj do you think this is fun
Student byyyyyeeee :) login out (peace)
Student what is a proboscis?
Bugscope Team it's the 'tongue'
Teacher is that it's face??tgr
8:54am
Student that looks like a honey comb
Student what is that
Student is that bacteria???
Student can you show us there legs
Student spikey
Bugscope Team that is a pollen grain on the monarch eye
Student ?

Student what is this picture
Student is tthnat pollen
Student is that pollen
Student is that pollen
Bugscope Team yes!
Student is that polen
Student Are those scales and is that a piece of bacteria??????????
Bugscope Team those are ommatidia, the individual components of the eye -- the facets -- plus a pollen grain
Student that is very interesting! is that pollen?
Student is that pollen
Student is that pollen
Student why does a lot of stuff look like eggs
Teacher i looks like a spike ball on a honey combpatch
Student what are the circles around the pollen?
Student is it the eye?
Student what is that bug
Student is that a flys body?
Teacher cool
Teacher !!!!
Student is that probaoscis
Student is that a fly
Student What is the fuzzy stuff all over its body?
Student how big is the pollen grain?
Bugscope Team we'll have to go back and measure it
Student its hair
Student What is the polen on the surface of ?
Student how long is the hairs on that bug
Student whould pollen hurt on the eye
Bugscope Team not really
Student how big is the pollen grain sj?\
Student is that the probiscius
Student how long does the probiscis grow,on average?
Student is that a claw
Teacher is that the antenie43?
Student ok tell me asap
Student thanks
Student how long does the probiscis grow,on average?
Student how did u guys get the money to pay for the microscope
Bugscope Team wrote a grant proposal to NSF
Student How many legs do centipes have?
Bugscope Team I think 17 sets
Student That was werid I just got logged of then it looged me back on
Student is that a leg?
Student dose a bug have muceles
Student why do a lot of insects have hair??
Teacher is that a spider`
Bugscope Team still looking for a good view of the tip of the tarsus -- the leg
Student who invented this microscope?
Student How big is the Microscope?
Student How many legs are in a set?
Student whats NSF?
Bugscope Team National Science Foundation
Student
Student how many legs to they have sj?
Student ohhh cool but what is NSF
Student natinal science foundation
Student thats interesting
Student where did you get the insects for this??
Student Are you able to see the hairs just by human eyes
Student so do u guys get donations?
Student these pictures are hard to tell what it is
Teacher what is that???????
Bugscope Team this is the wing again, but a different place
Student ??????????
8:59am
Student that looks like duck feet
Student what is this SJ?
Student where is the Microscope located?
Bugscope Team here in Illinois, at the Beckman Institute, and 23 feet underground
Student why is there 3 beavers we only got 2 teachers
Student lik a bed
Student howmuch bugs can we see
Teacher cooILnt
Teacher resting
Student hwo long is the wing?
Teacher what is that??
Student cool

Student nice
Student how long is the wing?
Student What university are you at?????
Student its in mexico
Student WHY IS THE MICROSCOPE UNDERGROUND?
Student what is that?
Student SJ how long is the wing?
Bugscope Team about 2 inches top to bottom
Student oh now its beaver 3
Student UNDERGROUND! I never knew that!
Student how manny beavers are their
Student are thous scales
Teacher Scott why is then micro scope under ground?
Bugscope Team there is less vibration that can affect image quality
Student what type of animal is this
Student That looks like a fishes side!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team yeah it really does
Student thanks sj
Student ewwwwwwww
Student On the cenapide how many legs are in a set?
Student wow only 2 inches!!!!!
Bugscope Team but it is wider than that
Teacher vwhat is an lattice
Student How long has this site been availble?
Student how much monny is the microscope worth
Bugscope Team it cost about $600,000 in 1998
Student chaos what is your favourite insect
Student how many scales do one of the wings have?
Bugscope Team it cost about $600,000 in 1998
Student What does lattice on scale mean?
Student how wide is it?
Student what species are we looking at?

Student what do the scales feel like?
Teacher when does the seesion staet?
Student That looks like a screen door!!!!!!
Student how wide are the wings?
Student what is that ?
Student what
Student Are all the different scale pictures of the same Monarch? and if they are are they of the same place just magnified differently?
Student When does the session start?
Student 1998 is when i was born
Student tyler
Bugscope Team i think they look like potato chips
Student Are those scales the same as fish scales?
Student 1998 was when i was born
Student me hungry
Student is this a buuterfly?????
Bugscope Team yes it is
Bugscope Team Danaus plexippus
Student me 2 thoman
Student thomas
9:04am
Teacher why are some scales missing
Bugscope Team they come off very easily; many entomologists believe that their primary purpose may be in aiding their escape from spider webs
Student if the scales get wrecked how does that effect its flying skills?
Student is it its wing????
Student
Student are thw wings fuzzy?
Student this is the best thing i have ever done at school online before
Student can we see a butterfly from farr away?
Student
Student why do butterflys have scales
Student ?
Student How do you find some of these bugs?
Student
Student are the wings fuzy?
Student -chaos can u feel the splits between the scales
Student Why are some of the scales missing?
Bugscope Team they come off just by touching the wing
Student how big is a scale
Bugscope Team you can see that they are about 100 microns long, or about a tenth of a millimeter
Student doea bacteria stickto the scales
Bugscope Team it can
Student are there any scales on butterflies bodies?
Bugscope Team yes
Student Are all of the scale pictures of the same place, just magnified differently?
Bugscope Team they are taken from different areas and parts of the wing
Student what happens if a monarch caterpillar eats something other then milkweed??????
Teacher do the shingles grow back?
Bugscope Team I don't think so. Stuff doesn't grow back on insects unless they can molt again. Butterflies don't molt anymore when they are adults
Student why is beaver keep logging out and getting a new name?
Student whow meney bugs are ther
Teacher by acciden
Teacher t
Student can we look at something else
Student do the scales on the butterflies wings eventually grow back onto the butterflies wings?
Student chaos can we go to the next picture
Bugscope Team Beaver can drive the 'scope now
Student How big are the scales compared to bacteria?
Bugscope Team the scales look to be about 100-150 micrometers. The bacteria that is most commonly found is about 2 micrometers
Student like my anem?
Student name**?
Bugscope Team yes Hockey Rules
Student can bacteria stick to the scales
Bugscope Team yes but we don't often find them
Bugscope Team the teacher has control right now. He can ask us to confer control to another student if they would like to
Student oh alright
Student your anem is the best
Teacher Choas, how long before our actual session starts?
Bugscope Team you are now good to go
Student adam im on my own computer :)
Bugscope Team you can start anytime now
Student ok
Student What happens when a caterpillar eats something other then milkweed
Bugscope Team I think they just don't
Bugscope Team the session is now officially started
Student thanks
Teacher Thanks
Bugscope Team You should see controls that were unlocked in the upper right and in the lower right are presets
9:09am
Student why are some of the scales straight and some are crooked?
Bugscope Team they are weakly attached, and some are close to coming loose
Student is milkweed poisnes to humins
Student Will it hurt them???
Student what do we do know that it has started?
Bugscope Team now your teacher can drive the microscope, or if she/he lets you, you can drive

Student idk ???
Student

Student oh i understand
Student Can they loose any scales if the bump into someting?
Bugscope Team yes most likely. When we just touch the wings the powder stuff- which are scales- is all over our fingers.
Student bye bye i got to go byyyyyyeeeeeeee
Bugscope Team Bye!
Student byee people
Student Bye

Student i am staying
Bugscope Team ha cool
Student So they can lose the scales like we lose teath?
Bugscope Team yes but they do not grow back
Student bye!!!!!!!
Student lunch time bye!
Student good bye scott and chaos thank you for your time

Student heey
Bugscope Team Hey Maddy
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Student BYE BYE everyone in the bugscope!!!!!!
Bugscope Team Bye! Thank You!

Student cool and bye

Student who has control
Bugscope Team Beaver4, the sequel
Student ohh thats cool!

Student Thanks you bye!

Student lunch time
Student he he

Student who is left
Bugscope Team you and maddy

Bugscope Team look at the loose scales here

Bugscope Team where is your school?

9:14am
Bugscope Team this is one of the line of spiracles on the chrysalis
Teacher James Strath Public School Canada Ontario
Bugscope Team so it's lunchtime there?

Teacher Yes, we oopsed on the time thing
Teacher Some students are eating and watching
Bugscope Team anyway, let us know if you have any trouble driving, or when you have questions about anything at all

Bugscope Team when things get very bright like this it is because the sample is charging up with electrons -- the electrons cannot go to ground

Bugscope Team we coated the sample with several nm of gold palladium but still it charges up because there are not always good pathways for the electrons to go to ground
Bugscope Team there I cut the brightness down a bit
Teacher thanks
Bugscope Team insects breathe through their spiracles
Bugscope Team so when we looked at the leaf we made a preset of the stomates, which are like spiracles for plants

9:19am
Teacher The spiracles are amazing

Bugscope Team this is the caterpillar of a Monarch

Teacher We have between 50 and 75 live monarchs in our room right now
Bugscope Team wow
Bugscope Team wow!

Bugscope Team one year, in March, we had a live chrysalis in the microscope
Bugscope Team I went to the butterfly exhibit at the indianapolis zoo once, and I thought that was pretty cool. They had cases of chrysalis in different stages and the coolest butterflies everywhere
Teacher yes, and it is hard to find milkweed that is healthy at this time of year
Bugscope Team there's a whole preserve near where I live with a whole field of them in the summer
Bugscope Team it hatched out late in March, and it was so sad because we couldn't really let it go outside
Student ?
Bugscope Team maddy!
Bugscope Team I think these guys produce silk much closer to their mouths
9:24am

Student what is that right there/
Bugscope Team this is a Monarch caterpillar; one of the claws is in the foreground, and the body is in the back, in focus
Student yeah i wonder
Student can I control the microscope?
Bugscope Team I just gave you control...

Student ohh now i see it

Bugscope Team Adam 1 you can click on a preset, also, if you would like to have the 'scope go to that place
Student heey tyler

Teacher r u in the lab riley?
Bugscope Team and you can take the mag down to see where you are if things look kind of funky or confusing where you are

Teacher i dont get what u just said
Student yea

Student hello

Teacher why is all white?
Bugscope Team the image has too much contrast

Student aha ask adam
Student no adam
Teacher adam why is all white
Student well peace boys imma go back to my class
9:29am
Student ya
Teacher whats that?
Bugscope Team you are up close on the caterpillar
Bugscope Team it's a little hard to adjust. you could try the auto button

Teacher oo

Bugscope Team try another preset!
Teacher adam do to a different preets

Student scot,may i have control of the microscope ?
Bugscope Team maddy you have it

Student Can i please have control after maddy please
Bugscope Team Sure!
Bugscope Team the presets are in the lower right so you can jump to another insect by doing that
Student Thank you!!!!!!:)

Bugscope Team be sure to let us know when you have questions
Student When Tiki and Maddy are done can i please have comtrol of the microscope?
Bugscope Team these are scales on the Monarch wing
Student can i have microscope control
9:35am
Student thats the powder right??
Bugscope Team yes it feels like powder to us
Bugscope Team maddy, Tiki 123, then thomas
Student what kind of scales are these?
Bugscope Team they're wing scales, and some are orange, some are black, hard to tell this close up
Bugscope Team these belong to the monarch
Student ohhh

Student back in a min

Bugscope Team now you can see the lattice pattern of the scales
Bugscope Team in those little holes you can sometimes see pigment granules
Bugscope Team the color that you see when you look at monarchs comes from the spacing in the scales and also from pigment granules
Student that is better
Student after thomas is dopne with the microscope can i please have control of it.
Bugscope Team scales can have colors from pigment and colors due to their structure or shape
Student Tiki 123 change to tiki
Student whoever has scope control look at something else pls
Bugscope Team ha nice thomas the cool, and tiki
Student Thnaks
Student Thanks***
Bugscope Team let's give Tiki control now
Student ok
Bugscope Team thank you for driving, maddy!
Student yeah
Bugscope Team so Tiki you should now see controls to the upper right, and you also have the ability to click on a preset and have the 'scope drive to that place
Student My screen is cut off from of the controls so you can pass it on to thomas la cool
Student ok this is staying is my name
Student its cut off
9:40am

Student Thanks Scot and Cate this was fun . :b

Bugscope Team Tiki I am sorry -- can you refresh your browser?

Bugscope Team hit F5...

Student Now i can control
Bugscope Team We'll let tlk go for a little longer and then give it back to you, Tiki

Student Whats that?
Bugscope Team that is a palp, which helps the insect move and taste food

Student Who is lady bug and who is cattipler

Student ohh cool!

Bugscope Team the finger like thing is a palp anyway

Student coolio
Bugscope Team the one in the left is a palp too

Bugscope Team beetles have 2 sets of palps
Student kk thanks

Student what is that
Student what is that
Bugscope Team there are little taste buds at the inside tip of this palp
Bugscope Team there are mandibular and maxillary palps, named like human jaws: the mandible is your lower jaw and the maxilla is your upper jaw. but on the insects the jaws go from side to side, not up and down
Student this is kool dont you think :b
Bugscope Team yes it is!
Bugscope Team this is one of the beetle
Bugscope Team 's palps
Bugscope Team you can see that one part with little tastebuds in it
Student cool\
Bugscope Team they look like little nubs

9:45am

Bugscope Team nice driving thomas la cool

Bugscope Team I mean kool

Bugscope Team sorry

Bugscope Team these are chemoreceptors

Bugscope Team they help taste prospective food items

Bugscope Team take the mag down a bit if you get too close to see
Student cool

Student can we please see the monarch taste buds on its feet please?
Bugscope Team Tiki we tried but did not get a good view.

Student so this is a beetle?
Bugscope Team yes we are look at the mouthparts of a beetle
Student cool but somewhat creepy

Student ohh.
Student why is it all black in the middle
Bugscope Team that is the opening of the mouth, which we do not see, usually
Bugscope Team let's let Tiki drive
Student ant hariy
Student k
Bugscope Team Tiki you are the supreme ruler now.
Student so this is a mouth of a beetle?
Bugscope Team yes the beetle is mounted on its back, so we are looking at the head from underneath, from the ventral side

Student why is it hariy
Bugscope Team the hairs, also called 'setae,' help with touch, taste, hot/cold, and in this case some of them likely filter the food a little

Student please

Student are the tenticale things its eyes?
Bugscope Team no those were antennae I believe

Student what are thoughs bumps
Bugscope Team those are kind of like tastebuds on your tongue

Student this is the best thing ever
Student cool
Student cool but weird
9:50am

Student oh so they taste with them?
Bugscope Team yes they sense chemical smells, which is what tasting is, in a way

Bugscope Team this is the centipede
Student how many eyes do they have
Bugscope Team they have two compound eyes that have many facets called ommatidia
Bugscope Team its antennae broke off and there are only little stubs of them left in front of the eyes

Teacher Thank you ever so much for this experience!

Student what the heck

Student ohh so they can see in lots of diffrent directions?

Teacher We have an assembly in a few minutes.
Bugscope Team you can skip it
Student mathwiz is hugh
Student awwwww
Student oh.
Teacher Our timing was off, but the kids 'ate it up'!
Student have to go sory
Student love this so much
Student thank you !!! bye!!!
Bugscope Team or you can run Bugscope at the assembly
Bugscope Team I hope everyone still had fun
Student mabye
Student oh then never mind ill stay on!
Student THANKS
Bugscope Team We had fun, and we look forward to seeing you next year.
Student thomas la kool logged out
Teacher We would love to, but it is the kick off to a big Cancer fundraiser
Student ok byebye!!
Student thanks!
Bugscope Team Bye!
Teacher We will love to look at the session tapes.
Bugscope Team Thank You.
Student Ok Gtg thx for the experience bey
Bugscope Team Thanks, Tiki!
Bugscope Team Mr M you are the sole survivor.
9:56am
Bugscope Team Mr M let us know if you would like to drive.
Bugscope Team otherwise we can go ahead and shut down
11:36am
Student -

School Name	James Strath PS
School Homepage	< LEFT BLANK >
Location	Peterborough ON, CA
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Homeroom/ all
Grades Taught	7th Grade
Number of Students	27

Project Title	Ecosystem Interaction
Insects To Study	Monarch Butterfly
Project Description	We raise and release butterflies throughout the month of September. We look at ecosytems and the challenges that migrating insects face in the world today. The students are able to examine many aspects close up, but things like the silk button that look much like our "invention" of velcro are invisible to our magnifiers. Things like this, the multiple eyes, or viewing the proboscis would be very powerful for the students. The close up look at the Monarch would take this to a new level for my class. We actually have two classes that we teach this with/to. We could either buddy up and share lab time, or I could have my colleague fill out a second request. We also teach microscopy to the students over this term.

Session 2010-089 with James Strath PS

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Connected on 2010-09-27 09:00:00 from Peterborough, ON, CA