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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2011-01-24 09:30:00 from Pittsburgh, PA, US

7:59am
Bugscope Team sample is pumping down...
8:07am
Bugscope Team good morning, Mrs V
Bugscope Team I'll start setup in a few minutes
Teacher Hi Scot! I'm previewing Bugscope with my class that is going tomorrow! They say Hi!
Bugscope Team Hi!
Bugscope Team (this is also Scot)
Bugscope Team not much to see yet
8:12am
Bugscope Team you can make out the head of a katydid, to the left on the specimen stage
Bugscope Team you can see its eye
8:18am
Teacher Thanks, Scot. I know you are just prepping now. Our session is scheduled for an hour or so from now, correct?
Bugscope Team yes at 9:30
Bugscope Team it starts at 9:30 Central Time and runs 'til 11
Teacher Thanks, Scot. "See" you then!
8:24am

8:30am

8:37am

8:42am

8:48am
Guest Hello Scott & Mrs. V.
Bugscope Team Hello Jenks!
Bugscope Team I am doing the presets for today's session, which starts in about 45 minutes.
Bugscope Team this is the head of a cricket
Bugscope Team I'm logged into two confusers so am SJ and Scot
8:53am

8:58am

Bugscope Team this is the claw of a roach, and you can see the pulvillus, with the fine tenent setae on it, that help the roach cling to walls
9:04am

9:11am

9:18am

Bugscope Team we are ready to roll!
Bugscope Team these are the fangs, chelicerae, and retention ridges beneath the fangs, of one of the spiders on the stub today
Teacher Hi! We should have students logging in soon.
9:24am
Bugscope Team cool!
Bugscope Team I will be here for as long as I can; soon I will have reinforcements. I have to give a tour on another set of instruments a bit later this morning.
9:29am
Bugscope Team this is an odd view, with one of the spider's legs in the foreground, but you can see one of the eyes to its right, and one to its left in the back
Student Hello everyone!
Bugscope Team good morning!
Student hey
Student WASUP
Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
Student WASUUUUUP!
Student hello people!!!!
Student Thank you
Student Very hairy....
Bugscope Team we are looking right into the mouth of one of the spiders
Student cool
Student OMG
Student I have arachnaphobia
Student LOL
Student how are you able to make this
Student ???
Student paul is goofy
Student wat up JD
Bugscope Team spiders don't really have mouths -- they eat by injecting venom into their prey. the venom dissolves the insides of the prey, and the spider sucks it all up like a milkshake
Teacher This looks a bit different than last year. Can one of the kids (Noa) drive the scope?
Bugscope Team yes, just a sec
Student interestin
Student wat up paul
Student So this is a spider?
Bugscope Team Noa is now able to drive
Student stop malik
Student wat up jd
Student wow that is scary cool!
Student yaeh malik
Student malik quit it

Student Hi
Student OOOOooooooo

Student hehe
Bugscope Team the presets are viewable to the left, and the person controlling the 'scope can click on them, one at a time, to get the 'scope to drive to that area
Student kwl
Student hi mack
Student what is this new picture of?
Student Noa has control of tha microscope!

Student this cool and nasty at the same time

Bugscope Team you can see one of the spider's eyes to the right
Student i agree cole
Student what is that
Student yeah
Student It looks like the spider has fangs
Bugscope Team yes it has serious fangs
Student That looks so cool!
Student this dust mite should shave
Bugscope Team it's really big for a dustmite

Student realley alex
Student hi scot
Student hi scot
Student hey paul

Student this is a spider
Student it has thorns like roses??!!??
Student Should I be looking for anything??
Student yeah mack
Student do you like potatos
Student arana

Student no cole
Student what?
Student looks like a dust mite

Student cole you are random
Student oh thanks!!
Student what is that
Student is this a spider? i am so confused!
Bugscope Team we are so close up it is hard to tell just where we are

Student this is totally awesome
9:34am
Student the beatle hed looks like a D-I-N-S-O-U-R!!!
Student does he have a french mustache???
Student yes adero it is a spider
Student what is that
Student Woah! (I hope I spelled that right)
Student whoops i spelled it wrong
Student Hi
Student sorry!!!!!

Student hehe
Student tina no offense but you spelled dinosaur wrong
Bugscope Team these are another form of 'hair' called tenent setae
Student hi scott
Student mike the slug is the man

Student yeah mike
Student Hey Scot what's up!

Student oh okay i know who scot uis sorry scot
Student yea mike
Student I'm almost there!
Student what do spiders use the tenent setae for
Student awesome!

Student I'm almost there!
Student I'm almost there!
Student I'm almost there!
Student I'm almost there!
Student I'm almost there!
Student I'm almost there!
Student I'm almost there!
Student hmmmm
Guest Hello students - I am a science teacher in California interested in what you see today!

Bugscope Team these tenent setae allow insects (they are 'sticky hairs') to climb on ceilings, etc.
Student scot....does the grass hopper eyes actually look like that picture??
Student what are we looking at
Bugscope Team this is the face of a katydid you sent
Student Nice to meet you Michele
Student This is the Katydid head now
Student ok
Student AH nostrils
Student it looks so cool!
Bugscope Team it is so big we cannot see the whole thing at once
Student im from california
Guest Nice to see you

Student what is that?!
Student what are those circle things scott?
Bugscope Team the ones we see now are the eyes
Student i thought halloween wuz over!!!!!!
Student or parts of bugs
Student are the two lumps on the side the eyes

Student Looks like a tounge!
Student ya
Student Wow it is huge\

Student Tis Disgusting

Student Scot i have a question y is it all hairy???
Bugscope Team many insects are super hairy -- the hairs are called setae, and they are sensory
Student whatever that is it is sure scary!!!

Student those eyes are huge:O
Student Tis' Disgusting
Student ?
Student ahh i see thenaks scot!!!
Bugscope Team Hello All!
Bugscope Team the antennae are busted off, here

Student Ah
Student oh okay!
Student hi
Bugscope Team mandibles
Student do you love bugs?
Student scot
Student ?

Student bak in
Guest Good imagery Julia - melted rock!
Student welcome, Umesh Thakkar!
Student wuz logged out for a sec
Student Down at the workshop, where the elves were making toys...

Student cool
Student wow scott you know a lot about bugs!
Student wow

Student where do u live michelle
Student (:
Bugscope Team I am sorry I cannot keep up with everyone's questions
Student why thank you michele
Student AWESOMEE!!
Student Let's look at something else now..
Student omg
Student that a lot of money$$$$$
Guest I live in Oakland, near San Francisco
Student that is okay[:
Bugscope Team now you can see one of the eyes
Student i lived in orinda

Student omg!!!!!!!
Guest LOTS of spiders here.
Student I wannna control the microscope
Student wow
Student yes we have a lot of questions scot!! we love to learn
Student hahaha! the katydid got what it deserved
Student what is the head on top of?
Student His antennae are missing
Student i know right
Student wow what is that?!
9:39am
Student yeah it is!!
Bugscope Team setae can be chemosensory, mechanosensory, thermosensory, and sticky as well
Student that is interresting
Student ooooooo
Bugscope Team this is the head of an earwig
Student OHHH!! what happend to that bug!! it head looks discombobulated
Student those are big words scopt
Student I like this picture. I can see all the details.
Student cool
Student is that string on the back of his neck
Student BLACK AND YELLOW ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team mechanosensory means that they seta can sense touch, or wind
Student Tina, make a hypothisis
Student what is that little string coming out of the mouth is?
Student that is interresting the body that kadydid bit me setae can be chemosensory, mechanosensory, thermosensory, and sticky as wellyeah it is!! wow what is that?!li know right # MikeHis antennae are missing # Jacob Dwhat is the head on top of? # Alexhahaha! the katydid got what it deserved
Student really?
Student haha i do julia
Student um...english mike?
Teacher Good job driving, Noa! Adero to drive, please.
Student scott
Student cool
Student i caught that kadydid from the north hills
Bugscope Team and thermosensory means the setae can sense hot/cold
Student awesome....bugs are very interesting
Student it bit me!
Student i think they are dead
Student Thanks Mrs.V
Student alex it lasted a long time right????
Student did you know we disected a GRASS HOPPER!!?
Student is that string?
Student yeah
Student the earwig bug looks cool
Student Are the bugs dead or alive
Bugscope Team they are dead; otherwise they would move around too much as well as being too juicy to work with the vacuum in the 'scope
Student I'm sorry Alex
Student Sj
Bugscope Team that is me too

Student oh okay!
Student Tis thee earwig mouth
Student wow what is that?!

Student Esem
Student scot do you love bugs?

Guest Ooh...nice image!
Student can we go to another bug

Student on the mouth
Student what is that in its (I think) mout
Student h?
Student we almost got a dragon fly
Student Help! Harry mouth!
Student Mike the Slug AOE
Student scott
Student ew!
Teacher Beautiful image!
Student can we have the bugs back with the gold
Student but it got away
Student Meow
Student that is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Student i remember my hard 30 minutes trying to decide if i should put the gloves on or not!
Bugscope Team the stuff around the mouth is fungus
Student wow fungus?? that is super interesting
Student what are the hairs on it's mandibles am I correct mandibles
Student cool
Student i was thinkihg about that
Student Look at all the eye lenses!
Student Are slugs insects?
Bugscope Team no but they are invertebrates, as are insects
Student why does it have fungus around its mouth?
Student in its mouth
Student iwas thinking it was fungus

Student when using a bugscope, do we look at a bunch of different microsopes all at different angles? Or is there one microscope that moves by remote control?
Student nope
Student WOWZERS!!!(:

Student why is fungus there????
Bugscope Team it shows up soon after most things die, and it helps break them down
Student why is the bug gray?
Student slugs r not insects
Bugscope Team right
Student oh ok

Student what are the holes next to the bug
Student What is that stuff in the background?
Student whats an ear wig?
Student what is it layingon

Guest Great question, Jacob D.
9:44am

Student totally tina
Bugscope Team ha fungus, sorry about spelling
Student thanks
Student i really like this bug it is awesome but can we look at a different bug instead of this one
Student they looked like the bugs vains!

Student jd
Student is that a thigh
Bugscope Team yes it is!

Student wow that is so clear
Student are those veins Mrs.V?

Student yes!
Student can we look at a different bug now?

Student scot how long have you been involved in bug stuff?

Student He is clutching his heart...but I don't think his heart is there.
Student that is so awesome

Student it looks like a bunch of diffrent insects
Bugscope Team insects have their skeletons on the outside, and they don't have veins -- they have an open circulatory system on the inside of the body
Student i think i caught that moth
Student whoa that is cool
Student that is so amazing
Student that looks soooooo cool
Student wow it looks like a corn field when your up in a plane!!!
Student i know it does julia!!
Student it looks so cool!
Teacher I think that all of the string-looking things are dust and dirt; as I recall, the Bugscope team calls it "juju" (right?)
Student oh!
Student awesome!
Student it looks like a road with a bunch of blocks

Student what color were they?

Student once i found a big grasshopper on my street.

Student I love the pattern on the wing. I can see all the little details.
Bugscope Team the tiny round things are pigment granules
Student are the wings connected to the exosceleton or do they go through the sceleton to the insides of the insect
Student ya i agree with paul
Student Scot
Student WAIT A SEC!
Student the grass hopper antenna looks awesome far away and close up!! looks like sea weed or something

Student what type of pigments
Bugscope Team they are called pteridines, and they are chemicals that are colored
Student this is a bit blurry...I like the other focus better...

Student that grasshopper head was the grasshopper i caught on my street!!!!
Student wow

Student Umesh Thakkar
Student Scot, is pigment like the stuff that makes us dark skinned or light skinned
Student and what is a pigment
Bugscope Team a pigment is something that gives color to whatever it is in, like pigment in paint
Student i've caught so many of these insects!
Student yuppp
Student oh
Guest Good job catching insects, Alex.
Student this is really cool
Student High Tension: 5000 Volts Magnification: 58x Stage Position X: -10.544mm Stage Position Y: 17.239mm Brightness: 47% Contrast: 8% Forward Working Distance: 27.704mm Beam Spotsize: 3 Detector: Secondary Electron Det. #1
Student thanx
Student mosquito eyes are really cool!
Teacher She is trying to focus but it isn't happening; be patient! :-)
Bugscope Team we are up so close it is hard to get much better
Student ya a
Student it is already magnified 20919 times
Student What are the dots in the rectangles?
Student mike korb phd
Student Pigments
Teacher Adero, you did a great job! Jacob C. to drive, please.
Student Thanks, Mrs. V!
Student i agree with scott
Student The ball things
Student so the closer you are the harder is the image
Student .....:P
Student The wings look like lace
Student like to get the image focused

Student winky face, tina? really?

Student :D

Student Are You able to know how many eggs are here Scot?
Student can we go to another bug...
Student that looks like a blanket i own...

Student hola!
Student there are so many scales
9:49am

Student What are the ball things in the rectangles?
Bugscope Team those are the pigment granules
Student yo puedo ablar en espanol
Student bonjour\
Student pigments mike
Guest Great analogy, Taylor!
Student Are You able to know how many eggs are here Scot?
Bugscope Team those look like eggs, don't they?
Student i like insects
Student that looks very cool!

Student no spanish alex!

Student it doesn't look like wing
Student thanks Michele Korb, PH.D
Student these bugs are so cool

Student Mrs.V is that a moth?
Student looks like a quilt
Guest :)
Student in nonblack and white form, do you know what colors the wings actually are?
Bugscope Team if we looked at various wings and knew the colors we would be able to guess. white wings have big open spaces in the scales, for example
Student no cole not eggs
Student i know... everyone hates spanish....
Bugscope Team Ms. Valenty, your students are doing great!
Student it does

Student :)
Student how much do the moth heads weigh?
Student ..
Student It's a beehive!
Student very interesting thanks
Student is that fungus?

Student not every one alex

Student that is diguisting

Student is that mold

Student it looks like a tile floor
Student honey comb?
Student what are those tile like thingies

Student yeah
Student Called

Bugscope Team now we see how the exoskeleton is formed -- it looks scaley
Student Scott what is that?

Guest Wow - great image! Another good analogy, Maggie!

Bugscope Team those things are mold spores

Student What are the things that look like pickles?
Student im bislingual
Student nice image

Student that is a really great zoom

Student High Tension: 5000 Volts Magnification: 58x Stage Position X: -10.544mm Stage Position Y: 17.239mm Brightness: 47% Contrast: 8% Forward Working Distance: 27.704mm Beam Spotsize: 3 Detector: Secondary Electron Det. #1

Student noooo my screen went black
Student yeah paul
Bugscope Team they look much like pollen
Student that looks like melted tar
Student what are those tile like thingies Called
Student mine too

Student yeah malik
Student ???
Student wow what is that!!!!!
Student what is that?
Student it looks like cabbage
Student it looks like cabage
Student it looks like cabage
Student what is the "mystery sample"?
Student what is that called inside
Student oh really cool!
Student what is that

Student its a fungus
Student that looks like iceberg lettuce
Student Radish in Cabbage?
Student i think
Student true
Student what is this????????
Bugscope Team I don't know -- it looks like a chrysalis
Student what is that called inside
Student now its a big cabbage
Student what is your favorite insect scot?
Bugscope Team usually it is the earwig
Student Actually I think it's a mystery
Bugscope Team yeah it is to us as well
Student mine is a bee...for the honey
Student awesome!
Student it looks like cabbage
Student it looks like a half peeled radish
Student mine is a ladybug

Student chrysalis? that is awesome[:
Student how big is this
Student : )
Student oh
Student is this cabbage scot
Bugscope Team I think it is a tiny chrysalis
Bugscope Team Science is all about mystery!

Student yes a ree
9:54am
Student a katydid pulp
Student cabbage is not an insect, mckanna!
Student i know right
Student yes the thing looks like a pig or a cabbage
Bugscope Team ha yeah, like Alice in Wonderland
Student What is this????
Guest NICE!
Student what does palp mean
Student it looks so sharp
Student it looks like a leg that needs shaving

Student Is that a mouth?
Student its like elphant nose
Student what's a palp?
Bugscope Team it's a feeding mouthpart that helps taste and manipulate food
Student an elephant nose?

Student it looks sharpp
Student i know!!!!!
Student is this a catipilliar
Student it looks like a jellyfish

Bugscope Team Hello Cole: I am part of the Bugscope team, but I am logged in from our nation's capital today.
Student (:
Student :P
Student what are those pointy things?
Bugscope Team those are setae -- some are chemosensory and some for touch
Student Is that hair
Student cole ask your question
Student looks like a puffer fish
Bugscope Team yes it does!

Student lol
Student i agree with Maggie

Student are those the hairs on it?
Student interesting observation maggie
Student it looks like tentacles
Student what are those spikes callesd
Bugscope Team they're called 'setae,' pronounced see-tee
Student i think so Adero
Student ummmm
Student no
Student yes i do i think
Student sensitivity to chemicals maybe???

Student no Mrs.V sorry i dont remember
Student this is a roach claw
Student eeeeeeewwwwww
Student it that a claw?
Student SWEET
Student that looks so weird
Bugscope Team you can see that the setae pass through the chitin -- through the cuticle -- and connect to nerves beneath
Student it kind of looks like a bird
Student it looks like a finger
Student its all curled up!

Student that looks like a claw
Student la garra de una cucaracha
Student mrs.valenty.....did you send any grass hoppers to illinois
Student awesome
Student ?
Student what is that in the inside of the claw?

Student is a tounge coming out of his arm?
Student Woow
Student yess it is a great image!!!
Bugscope Team so here you can see one claw -- there are two, and you can see the pulvillus, which has all of those tenent setae on it.
Student Are those taste buds?

Student OOOoooo
Student interesting
Student hairy

Student yuk

Bugscope Team Tener in Spanish is to hold, or to have, and the tenent setae help the insect stick to things

Student wow the width of a human hair? Look at the bottom of the picture.

Student zoom back pleas
Guest See - Spanish is a helpful language in Bugscope land!
Student are the roach's claws strong enough to hurt anybody?
Bugscope Team no they are so tiny they would only tickle
Student I don't thin they are
Student i love spanish
Student oh thanks
Student ya i bet
Student really I would like to feel that
Teacher I guess owe Alex an apology....:-)
Student mrs. valenty did you send any grass hoppers to illinois??
Bugscope Team there is a grasshopper on the stub as well
Student il fait frais

Student I still dont want roaches in my house
Bugscope Team naw me neither
Guest Californians love Spanish too. Most kids in school speak it as well as English!
Teacher Katydids, yes but I can't remember if I sent grasshoppers.
Student too bad ua killed our moth chrysallis...i would really like to see that
Student bonjour
Bugscope Team ha bonjour Alex
Student who does Noa?
Student oh okay! thanks mrs. valenty
Student Are the blobs food? roaches are unappetizing.
Student and the katydid heads are so cool
9:59am
Student mucho gusto
Student je amie les insects
Student they eat roaches in africa
Teacher Oooh. Madagascar hissing roaches are cool. My husband won't let me bring them into the house, though.

Student Is that food?
Student wow
Student Blech.'
Student interesting
Student what the...
Student thats awesome
Student Wow!

Student i like the black and white it makes it look dramatic
Bugscope Team we see black and white because the images come from the 2ndary electrons as signal
Student in a really scary way
Guest Mrs. V - gotta love being a teacher :)
Student so what is the feathers or scales right there
Student what big eyes you have...
Student what bug is that? and what is in the middle of its eyes????
Bugscope Team those are palps, and this is a moth
Student That looks like it's made of grass and bark
Student looks like a housefly with stuff on it
Student she does

Student Scot, whats on his right eye???
Bugscope Team probably scales, I missed it I'm sorry
Student that is very amusing

Student yea you do mrs. valenty
Student the moths mouth looks strange

Student what are those wood cjips all over his face
Student chips
Teacher Fantastic view! Good job Mack!
Student the sides look like a fish
Student he looks so rough when magnified 293 times.
Student its ok
Student so what is the thing underneath the left eye
Student chips?
Student do the cattapillar head
Student they are scales

Student what view
Student i think i see a caterpiller
Teacher Yes, I do love it! :-)
Student woa
Student what is that
Student OOoooo
Student what is this???????????
Student Oh My God !!!!!
Student WOW!

Bugscope Team there you can see a flattened mold spore
Student for outloud there are no wood chips
Student too blurry
Teacher Huh. I guess I did send in a grasshoppper. Noa, look at the top left for the label.
Student are these the bugs we sent in?
Bugscope Team yes they are!
Student that grasshopper needed glasses the whole time
Student wow

Student How long have you been doing this for scott?
Bugscope Team 12 years
Student if our crystalis didnt die we would have had a moth too
Student wow what a very cool i mage
Student those pointy things look like antenne
Student is that hair?
Bugscope Team not hair really, it's called setae (see-tee), they are kind of like cat whiskers
Student 12 years wow awesome
Student 12 years OMG
Student cool I didn't think we could find bugs this awesome in places near us
Student wow...12 years...you must have a lot of experience!

Student can you change the contrast or zoom out
Student scot..i am comfused about what is on the spiders claw do you think you could help me out?
Bugscope Team um there are a lot of hairs around it -- sensory hairs -- and it has sort of like fingers as well that help it walk on the web
Student what OMG?
Student so what is it

Student hey my names alex too!!
Bugscope Team me too!
Student it looks like an alien smiling
Student hah sooo cool hes smiling at us!!!!
Student oh okay thankyou scot!!!!

Student it has eyes
Student bonjour!
Student He looks like he is smiling in a sinister way!!!!
Student it looks like it is smiling, its really cool!
Student im almost that age well im eleven
Student that looks like a smiling alien
Student He looks like he is smiling in a sinister way!!!!
Student march 1999 i was born in march 1999 awesome!!

Student funny Noa!
Student heheh
Bugscope Team Way to go, Tina!
Bugscope Team all those hair looking things are the setae
Bugscope Team some of the tiny setae we see here are not sensory -- they form a pattern that is recognizable by other insects
Guest GREAT IMAGE!! Make T-Shirts with this one!
Student OMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGH
Student don't worry we're only 11 and 12 year olds
Student cool!
Student >\/
Student aha, its so cool!
Student GRINCH SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
10:04am

Student >\/
Student scot what was the exact date of march you started??\
Student thanks for clearing that up Chreky
Student wow is that fungus
Student its snowing??
Student thats an eye??????

Student OMh
Student were those nostrils i saw?
Bugscope Team probably not really nostrils -- insects usually breathe through their spiracles
Student It looks like snow
Student looks like white honey comb
Bugscope Team it's a compound eye
Student That's a crack?
Student How is that a crack?
Student scot when did your buisness actually start in march what date?
Student whats on that?
Bugscope Team compound eye's are made up of hundred of individual facets, called ommatidia
Student whoa
Student Wow just wow wow
Student what is all that black stuff
Teacher Remember how we talked about the facets on a compound eye? Now you are seeing them up close!
Student scary
Student kwl

Student it looks like a matress
Student or spore
Student Awesome[:
Student is that fungus???!!!
Bugscope Team yes it is a mold spore
Student no matter what you say it looks like
Student but its still an eye
Bugscope Team yes it is, from the side
Student aw man, we only have ten more minutes
Student I don't think it is
Guest students - you are asking some very good questions. I can tell you have studied before the session today! Well done!
Student woa
Student alex or scot can yoy tell me what was the date of march when you started
Bugscope Team March 19

Student And were back\
Student Cabbage!!!!
Student why cabbage again
Student poor guy...cracked his eye - hey that rhymes!

Student ca va?
Bugscope Team March 19. The session was from TN state.
Student This is cabbage wrap!
Student yeah we did this for last trimester

Student what is that?!?!?!?!
Student oh

Student This guy looks evil!
Student really my birthday is 7 days away from that 7 more days till little christina was born haha
Bugscope Team awww...
Student ca va bien
Student i know
Student why is it so dark
Student is that dirt
Student what is it covered in
Bugscope Team well, often there is dirt or grim or junk like that, we call it juju
Student Eww! what is that??!
Bugscope Team this is the face of a cricket
Student why is it so dark

Student SCARY!!
Student hahahahazz
Teacher English, please!! :-)
Bugscope Team we're trying!
Student that thing should take a shower!

Teacher "Juju"= dirt, dust, etc
Student he's got ACNEA
Student im going to use that word...juju...someday
Student what does it mean JuJu
Bugscope Team juju = dirt, junk, stuff that we don't care too much about
Student why is it so dark?
Bugscope Team it's the way I saved the settings, so now I made it brighter, Cole.
Student 162 crickets look better than a 162 times magnified cricket head
Teacher Sorry, I meant Alex!

Student is that a vein
Student awesome dirt coool
Guest LOL :)

Student stop moving the picture!
Student juju, i like that word[:
Student lolol
Student who?

Bugscope Team this is the surface of the head of the cricket
Student it looks like a foam ball like a nerf football or something

Student Is that a spore on the bug

Student is that fungus?
Bugscope Team some of it is
Student Is that a frog?
10:09am
Bugscope Team this is a cricket

Student all hail cole
Bugscope Team haha

Student ????

Student lol
Student no
Student yeah right
Student what if i speak in a strange english accent
Bugscope Team you have to type that way, that's the trick
Bugscope Team yes, very close up to a cricket

Student is that sand?

Student its so dark
Bugscope Team now, this is a spider!

Bugscope Team here you can see how the spider's fangs cut into its prey
Guest That would be Frogscope then.

Student Journey into the Center of the Cricket Mouth

Student or i am known as the: Zerbinator
Student Those are crossed spider fangs[: cool[:
Student I have arachnophobia i am now scared
Student I mean spider.
Guest This is beautiful!
Bugscope Team ribitscope
Student science is so cool as bill nye would sayy!!
Student Frogscope! LOL

Student coolio
Bugscope Team frogs are vertebrates -- they have backbones, and an internal skeleton
Student weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Student So is this spider poisonous!!!???

Student we should have frogzscope
Student Bill Nye is awesome!

Bugscope Team now you can see where we were

Student Bill Nye is a science guy
Guest Tina - science IS so cool!
Student it looks like its goin 2 hurt me

Student can you just stop the frog stuff

Student Wow! it looks all twisted up! O.O
Guest We are all science "guys"

Bugscope Team spiders are softbodied and shrivel when they die, so it is hard to know if they're going to look good
Student greek mythology iz cul too!
Student so what is ib the fangs
Student ok

Student never jacob c! frogz 4ever!
Student whata
Student Is that a worm he was eating?
Student totally michelle
Student and girls

Student Like bill Ny

Bugscope Team America needs more young scientists - YOU!
Bugscope Team spiders can sense if there is venom entering their own legs, and if they do sense that, they can just let that leg fall off.
Student julia...*bill nye*]
Student HAHHAH
Student be brave noa!
Student can we not look at spiders?
Bugscope Team this is a spider right now
Student *bill nye*
Student hmm... if we're looking at spiders, wouldn't this be arachniscope?
Student i plan on being a singer but thanks

Student What is wrong with it? if it has something wrong... it looks twisted!
Student hmmm
Student im lost

Student very true jacob d
Teacher Wow! This is cool. What's wrong with spiders, Noa? :-) That was a spider we caught at North.

Student Too many legs
Student noa spiders are awesome

Student i dont know?
Student we know that
Student Yup!
Student Mrs.V Noa hates spiders

Student did u see ma name on any of the insects.
Student when they came in

Student I don't like spiders.
Student oh really im afraid of them like not to bad but minor

Student so scott you ave arachniphobia as well eh

Student im right with u michael

Student stop it spiders are awesome

Student for me anything with more than 4 legs pretty much i dont like
Student what is this
Student ok but no thanks i like science has a hobby but not has a career

Bugscope Team spiders are pretty cool
Bugscope Team Do you like Spiderman?
10:14am
Student is it like a firefly

Student what does the caption mean when it says, "collapsed
Student hahah
Student he is ok
Student i dont want spiders crawling all over me! But i don't mind them...i hate bees though...except for the honey!
Student i fed a praying mantis a cricket!

Student that looks like corn.

Student nope scary movie unesh thakkar
Student thats wierd
Student hello how are you
Student just dont like the sting...hurts a lot

Student ive caught 2 praying mantisis my whhole life!
Student I agree
Student they look like grapes

Student that is corn

Student itchy!!
Student ya random bugs are cool
Student That looks like corn!

Student nokiddding
Teacher I found that mosquito between the pages of a library book. No surprise that its eyes are collapsed.
Student noa
Student O.O - those are my eyes right now!
Student yupperz

Student nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Student what noa??
Student why are all the bugs legs curled up?
Student it looks like a dead spider
Student oh so mosquitos have larger lenses thanflys
Student lol Adero
Guest That is a GREAT story - I am telling my future teacher-students about the bug hunt and the mosquito in the book!
Student dont stop me from driving
Teacher Good job, Cole! Taylor to drive, please.
Bugscope Team Taylor has control!
Student if the eye doctor says so
Bugscope Team Hello all...sorry that I am late!
Student jacob
Student your a kid Michele
Student Hello Annie[:
Bugscope Team welcome annie!
Student Hi Annie
Student hey
Student oh you're a professor
Guest HI Annie - she is an insect expert!

Student nice to meet you!
Teacher Hi Annie!
Bugscope Team Sorry to distract, what are we talking about?
Student oh hi annie
Student HI annie
Student hi annie
Student how are you
Student grasshopper antennae
Student hi annie
Student who is annie
Bugscope Team annie is an entomologist
Student annie i have a question
Student HELLOOOO...
Guest Michele is a professor in California who teaches people to become science teachers :) We do Bugscope LOTS!
Student uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Student interesting

Student mmhhmm
Student that looks so cool

Student oh never mind
Bugscope Team I am an entomologist who studied at the University of Illinois. I am a biology professor at a school in Ohio
Student really

Student entomb?
Bugscope Team An entomologist is a scientist who studies insects
Student :)
Student cool

Student Do you like bugscope?
Bugscope Team Annie is joining from Ohio.

Student bye bye
Student ba BYE!
Student bye everyone
Student Thanks for your time!
Student thanks so much!!
Student THANX!!
Student bye
Teacher A new class is coming in!
Student how many years how many years have you been doing this
Bugscope Team I have been working with Bugscope since 2004/2005
Student they're loud
Bugscope Team All the best!
Student bye
Student we gotta go to our next class so bye. Thanx for everything guys!
10:20am
Guest Well done!

Teacher New class logging in.
Student SOOO COOL!
Student hence the name longhorn
Bugscope Team great!
Student no an antennae
Student I LIKE TEH LEGS!
Student OH ITS AN ANTENNAE! IM SRRY
Student I LIKE TEH ANTENNAES!
Bugscope Team 1=antenna; 2=antennae
Student OMG WE CAN LOOK AT A HEAD!
Student DO U GO 2 WT!
Student okay
Bugscope Team Taylor has control, shall I give control to someone else?

Student WHO IS ANNIE!
Bugscope Team I am an entomologist and a professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH
Bugscope Team this is the head of a beetle
Student oh srry
Student not yet
Student ZOMG ITS A BEETLE HEAD
Student thats actually really cool though
Teacher Taylor, thanks so much for driving, especially during class change! Great work! Lucy to drive, please.
Bugscope Team done, lucy is the driver of the scope!
Student bye everyone! To Foundations!
Bugscope Team notice the 2 compound eyes on either side of the head
Student What does that mean
Student cya taylor
Bugscope Team and the two antennae inbetween
Guest Looks like its senior picture pose
Bugscope Team Yeah!
Guest hi Chas!
Student SPAM
Student SPAM
Student SPAM
Student SPAM
Student FREAKY!!!!
Student srry i had 2 do it
Bugscope Team welcome chas!
Bugscope Team All: Chas is the creator of this wonderful interface!
Student Grant stop
Bugscope Team Hi Michele :)
Student What type of Beetle is it?
Guest This is a Bugscope reunion!
Student SPAM
Student jk
Student o yay!
Student hi
10:25am
Student cool
Student bugscope reunion!
Student death
Student howdy
Student hi to all the scientists
Student hey
Student hola
Student really cherisse howdy??
Student it looks so cool
Student this bug looks cool
Student wat r we doin here?

Bugscope Team the setae are much smaller than the antennae
Student ooking
Student what happened

Student the eyes have dots
Bugscope Team yes! those dots are the individual facets of the compound eye
Student its a beetle head lilah!
Student it looked like wood
Bugscope Team cannot run on IE8
Student there

Student its all hairy

Student so
Student what r the little hairs on at the head for?
Bugscope Team insects have tons of hairs all over, they are called setae (see-tee), and that's how bugs feel by using those setae, kinda like how a cat uses its whiskers
Bugscope Team I am here in the CT room, cannot get admin access to work, cannot see my name

Student eye contact
Student soooooooooooooooooooooooooo argh

Student hahaha lolz
Student woah that looks really cool!

Student hello
Bugscope Team duh using IE8, sort of
Student it looks like a tooth on the end of the antena
Student ?

Student what is thiss???
Bugscope Team what's up saif?
Student katydid head
Student idk
Student what is this, I don't even...
Student That was the bug that i brought in
Bugscope Team this is a katydid, the head of a katydid
Student What is IE8
Bugscope Team it's a browser that doesn't work for me right now
Student wat is that
Student cool
Student ??
Student Very Interesting
Student wazzup homes
Bugscope Team Those are some huge mandibles near the bottom there
Student ???
Student it looks old
Student Can anyone tell me what it feels like?
Student ????
Student A katydid'
Bugscope Team this is near the mouth, you can see the mandibles on either side of the mouth
Student ?????
Student Cause right now theres a steel knife in my windpipe
Student Can anyone tell me what this really is?
Student ???????

Student ???????
Student ?????????
Student ??????????
Student whoa! is that it's mouth?!
Bugscope Team Yes. Towards the bottom of the picture were the mandibles that act like a giant pair of cutting shears
Student ?
Student why does it look all rinkly
Bugscope Team That is just the way that the exoskeleton is formed there.
Student zoom
Student what r those little sections around the shape/
Student whay is that
Student as long as the right feels right its like im in flight
Student gross idk
Bugscope Team earwig head
Student ok
Student heart?
Teacher Look up on the upper left corner; there are labels.\
Bugscope Team Now you can see the antennae to the top and you can start to see the legs in the bottom of the image here
Student Lucy can you show the eyes again
Student Lucy zoom in a little bit around the mouth
Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is an katydid
Student hello
Student strange
Student i bet they r disgusting
10:30am
Student yet cooloz
Bugscope Team this is an earwig -- a male earwig
Student noah I agree
Student it is wierd
Bugscope Team You can also see the other palps, sort of like little arms, to the sides of the mouth. They help manipulate the food and shovel it in
Student what is an earwig?
Bugscope Team It is a kind of insect that lives in rotting leaves and feeds on decaying matter and plant parts. They have big pinchers at the end of their abdomens.
Student what is this in general?
Student oh
Bugscope Team you can tell males from females by the shape of their cercopods -- their pincer tails
Student who is excited for the SS test
Student not me
Student what is wrong with its exoskeloton
Bugscope Team the background is just the stage, with double sided tape so the bugs stay still
Student what is in the background?
Bugscope Team It is a kind of black tape.

Student what are the stings
Bugscope Team Those are pieces of lint.
Student Is the right antennae broken?
Bugscope Team actually both are broken...
Student are those little hairs?
Student thanks
Student hair!!!
Student Cool
Student why is it curved looking?
Student why do the hairs look like they're spiraled?
Student How long are the antennae for the earwig moth usually then?
Student like a narwhal horn.
Student What is that
Guest Wouldn't it be great to have a jacket that looked like this?
Student what is this?
Student narwhals
Student ya it must have fell off
Student the one in the midle is broken
Bugscope Team Yep, that one probably got knocked out at some point
Student narwhals!!!
Student are those the hairs
Student ya very cool
Student it looks like hairs very big!!
Bugscope Team remember we are magnified 2477x

Student who!
Bugscope Team Most insects are absolutely covered in hairs
Student it looks like the predator
Student Are those hairs because if they are they look really cool'
Student its so crazy how theres a world right underneeth our noses that is so interesting
Student this is so cool
Student what is this?
Student ok
Student woops. what are the holes?
Student ?
Student are cricket hairs different than other bug hairs
Student ?
Student what insect]
Student oh. Thanks
Student Can I drive
Student are the stripes there for a reason?
Bugscope Team Yes, the almost certainly serve a purpose although I'm not sure we know what. Those features are so small they may have interesting physical properties like repelling water
Bugscope Team Sometimes the ridges make the hair stiff--in which case the hair can protect the insects
Bugscope Team this is the cricket's leg very near a joint that looks like a knee
Student why are some missing
Bugscope Team well, the world isn't a perfect place, things fall off as you get older... :(
Student Y R U ALL ASKING ME!!
Teacher Good driving, Lucy! Garrett to drive, please.
Bugscope Team done deal. garrett is the supreme driver
10:35am
Student we arnt
Teacher Good question, Noah J!
Student If the hairs fall out how long does it take for them to grow back, does it affect the insect if it looses one of its setae?
Bugscope Team they probably will not live long enough to molt and have hairs grow back, and there are so many they can do without a few
Student what are microns
Bugscope Team Think of a meter stick. Now think of one millionth of that length
Student cool
Student why is the surface rough looking? beneath the hairs? It looks like little dots
Bugscope Team That is a great question--so great there is no answer. Sometimes the little dots play a role in helping the insect blend in to its environment; sometimes they are features that help to protect the insect from water or from being scratched. There is a lot that we don't know about why insect cuticle looks the way it does.

Student ok. thank you chas

Student Thank you Scot
Student wow!

Student What is that
Student cool!
Student Do all bud hairs look the same?
Bugscope Team no there is a variety of shapes

Student idk
Student the hairs look sharp
Student that look so cool!

Student who
Student wat is that thing beneath the stinger?
Student what is the thing magnified in the middle

Student whoa, what is that?
Bugscope Team a "foot"

Student why is it kind of curved and dark?
Student what is that part for?

Student it looks like a hair brush'
Bugscope Team it sure does!
Student it looks like a open kaktis

Student All of these pictures are so cool. What are all of them?
Bugscope Team These are all coming to you live from a computer-controlled microscope at the University of Illinois
Bugscope Team you can see one of the claws now

Teacher One of the Madagascar hissing roaches I keep as pets in my room died; so now it is immortalized through Bugscope.
Student so cool!!
Bugscope Team spider fangs!
Bugscope Team Wow, neat image
Bugscope Team Mrs. V, you are a hero.
Guest rest in peace
Student is that a pic of a tarantula?
Student that a cool spider

Guest great image!
Student So this would be near its mouth
Teacher I just like bugs! :-)

Student what r those in english please
Bugscope Team Fangs

Student this thing is very HARRY looking!?
Student they're different hairs than on the cricket

Student i see teeth\
Bugscope Team the teeth are the retention plan -- they help the spider grip its prey
Student Michele what part of California do u work in
Student What is that they look like hairs
Student wow!
Student wat is between its jaws

Student what is thaat in the middle
Student it seems smooth from farther away but close up it looks reall rough

Bugscope Team but they are not really teeth -- they are tooth-like raised ridges
Student that thing is crazy
Student what is a spider chelicerae, and rentention plan
Bugscope Team Not sure about the "retention plan", that might have been a joke? The chelicerae are the mouthparts that the fangs are attached to

Student why is the leg the texture that it is?
Student hairybrain

Student thanks
10:40am
Student thats cool it lookes like hair and jaws
Student what is that?
Bugscope Team yeah retention plan is a joke -- it means we can see the ridges that help the spider hold its prey as it bites its
Student what is the thing between its jaws
Student what is the thing in the middle?
Student cool my cousins live in san francisco
Student What does "Crossed Spider Fangs" mean are they literally just crossed?
Bugscope Team it is just the way the fangs are laying in the image
Guest I teach future science teachers and I love to know how students, like you, think about science :)
Bugscope Team oh also we don't know what that is in the middle -- just a piece of debris

Student how old is it
Student why do the fangs have those little notches on the sides?
Bugscope Team The notches keep the fangs stuck in the prey of the spider
Bugscope Team now we see a few moth scales

Student GREAT SCOTT! thats really cool!
Student what is that object in the middle?
Bugscope Team Between the two fangs is the "mouth", but you can't really see into the mouth.
Student who is jw

Student cool
Student So they aren't naturally crossed
Bugscope Team Usually the spider keeps the fangs tucked in
Student it looks like fabrick
Student what r the balck things in each section?

Student or coral

Bugscope Team If you look at the scale bar under the image you'll see "20 microns". That's about 1/3rd the width of a human hair
Guest Noah - it does look like fabric!
Bugscope Team scales are the things that feel like powder when you rub a butterfly's wings

Teacher Great driving, Garrett! Lilah to drive, please.
Student it looks like choral
Student it looks like a wing
Bugscope Team It was part of the wing!
Student it looks like a plant
Bugscope Team this is one of the katydid's palps
Student thats so cool!
Student pulp?
Student it looks like a barnacle from HL2!
Student that looks like a suction cup
Bugscope Team it can smell its prospective food with the setae inside
Student what is this
Student palp
Student not pulp
Student *facepalms at Grant's comments*
Student what is a palp?
Student what is the hole covered in hair used for?
Bugscope Team it is filled with tiny hairs--the tiny hairs are taste receptors!
Student worn with teeth
Student what is a palp
Bugscope Team A palp is like a simple tiny arm
Guest This looks fantastic - wouldn't want to wake up to a life-size version of this in the middle of the night!
Student nevermind
Bugscope Team sometimes they are called pedipalps, and they are accessory mouthparts

Student *facepalms back at JW*

Student neither would i
Student ah

Student what is that object on the hairs to the right?

Student are we going iinside

Student it looks like a little JELLY FISH!!!!!
Bugscope Team many insects have two sets of palps, near the mouth
Student it looks like a hairy strawberry

Student or it did
Student awesome

Student the hairs are striped
Student time to go on an adventure! into the katydids palp!

Student they look so weird

10:45am

Student are those sensory hairs?
Bugscope Team yes they are chemosensory setae, or hairs

Student what is palp

Student 34031x! thats crazy close!
Student we are so close
Teacher Can Lilah please drive?
Bugscope Team Lilah is now the driver of this vehicular scope-transport
Student What is the length of a single bacterium?
Bugscope Team about 2 microns, or micrometers
Bugscope Team Generally ~2 microns, or millionths of a meter

Student how close!?
Student wow
Student how long is a micrometer'
Student eggs
Student pie!
Student it looks like little eggs!
Student Go to the grasshopper antenne
Student they look like little fortune cookies or pies they r so cute
Student Would that be the compound eye?
Bugscope Team It would be!
Student these are eyes? wow
Student they look like chinese egg custards
Student thats crazy
Teacher Good job, Noah J!
Student how are they cute
Student ikr
Student death by ....however you killed it

Bugscope Team a micrometer is a micron, and it is also a thousandth of a millimeter. a millimeter is a thousandth of a meter, so a micron, or micrometer, is a millionth of a meter

Student What is that? it is awesome

Student that is not so CUTE
Student lets see those pinchers
Bugscope Team insect mouths are often very complicated, to us
Student it looks like it is gonna move
Student Why would it be
Guest Mrs. V - your students are well-prepared for Bugscope today! I commend all of you on your great thoughts, analogies and questions. Well done!
Student are those little dots that were at the top of the picture spiricles?

Student cool!
Student thx michi
Student are those dots on its heads its eyes?
Bugscope Team yes, those are the individual facets of the compound eye
Student that is a big mouth
Student is this looking inside the mouth?
Bugscope Team it was as close as we could get to that
Student pinchers!!!!!!!\
Student What is that
Student what is that spoted thing?
Student half log
Student pinchers pleaz
Student Zoom in to the pinchers lilah
Student i want to see the pinchers!\
Bugscope Team dude there is only one -- the other broke off!

Student ppllleaaazz
Student cool
Student what is the pattern on it's skin used for?
Bugscope Team well, it's not skin, it's an exoskeleton, and there are all sorts of patterns on the exoskeleton. these are actually eyes, facets of the compound eye
Student oh
Student neat
Bugscope Team mold spore on the crack
Teacher Thanks, Michele!
Student zoom in to the spotted oviod
Student sory

Student Was that crack like that when it came to Bugscope, or was that done to show the inside of the compund eye?
Bugscope Team it was broken like that when we got it
Student what is the white background under it?
Bugscope Team The background is an insect eye, charging up with electrons. It is glowing white.
Bugscope Team tenent setae!
Student wow!
Student golf clubs
Student why is it curved?
Student what are pulvillus?
Student GOLF CLUBS AHOY
10:50am
Student what?
Student They look like fins, grass, and golf clubs
Student golf clubs
Student what is thta bigger chunk in the middle hanging there?
Student FORE!
Bugscope Team tenent setae are cool, they use a force called the van der valls force to help them stick to walls and ceilings and stuff like that

Student how many are there?
Bugscope Team These are little specialized hairs that help insects stick to things like walls. The tenet setae help the insect to hold on.

Student ewhy are they all bent to the same side?\
Guest I think you could all write a really great book on Bugscope images and what it looks like in real life - golf clubs, fabric, cupcakes...
Student yep definatly golf clubs
Student what are pulvillus?
Bugscope Team They are a part of an insect foot
Student NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! NOT A DRILL!
Student how long does it take for the insect to
Student fire drill we will be right back :(
Guest Oh no....
Teacher AAAAHHHHH! The fire alarm is going off! Hope to be back soon!
Bugscope Team wait, is it FORE! or is it FOUR! ???
Guest Fore
Bugscope Team okay, we'll be here
Guest The life of a teacher :)
Bugscope Team walk in a straight line people, don't panic, arms at your sides
Guest How many fire drills over the years in Bugscope?
Bugscope Team wow, i always thought it was four. heh. thanks, now i know a little more about golf
Guest I think "fore" means "I am coming through - watch out!"
Bugscope Team yeah, that makes sense, i'm not sure why i thought it was four. my brain is weird.
10:55am
Guest That's OK :) I think pop culture and beer commercials made it sound like "four" and confused people :)
Bugscope Team OK--Over and out. Gotta go learn how to teach Genetics lab.
Guest Take care, Annie!
Bugscope Team heh, well, i also dislike golf very much, that might have had something to do with it :)
Guest cricket.....cricket....
11:05am
Bugscope Team long fire drill...
Guest darn....
Guest Can I get anyone some coffee?
Bugscope Team heh, no problemo
Bugscope Team haha
Teacher Hi! We have evacuated to the high school building across the street. I tiptoed out to the Upper SChool library to send this. I don't know what happened but it looks like we might be here for a while. Ugh!
Guest Oh no!!
Teacher Since they evacuated us during Lower School lunch and I think that I heard that fire trucks are on the way..... At least everyone is safe.
Bugscope Team Mrs. V, do you want to re-schedule in future? I hope all are okay.
Guest Mrs. V - risking your life for Bugscope....
11:11am
Bugscope Team This is great, Scott, I have in the past voted for these people. And send them checks, too.
Bugscope Team Thank You and See You Tomorrow!
Bugscope Team Mrs. V, have a great rest of the day. Thanks for letting Michele join in.
Bugscope Team mrs v, it was a pleasure working with you today
Teacher I would do just about anything for Bugscope....but I'm across the street, too. I don't remember how much time we have left but based on the way things are looking here, we should probably end the session. No sense in everyone waiting around for who knows how long. We have another session scheduled for tomorrow afternoon with my other sections. See you then! Thanks!
Guest Take care!~ Be safe!
Student hello
Student we r back
Student hi
Student WE'RE BACK!
Student did you guys leave?

Student we're back and we don't know what happened just that it wasn't a drill
Student hello

Bugscope Team umm, we just vented the scope! ack!
Student cool
Student aww
Student hello again
Student HI!!!!!
Student we had a fire thing problem 2 deal with\
Student The fire alarm went off, i doesn't appear to be a drill but we are back
Student What is that
Bugscope Team this is a picture of the inside of the scope
Bugscope Team that was scott
Student Cool
Student we are all safe and back in
Student we r fine
Student cool scope
Student See You tomorrow
Student we will be back tomrw!
Student Goodbye
Student bibi thank you!
Student Bye
Bugscope Team we have to end the session now, bye bye!
Student see you tomorrow!
Student wave
Student we're all safe but Mrs v said to log out so we'll see ya tomorrow!\
Student wave
Bugscope Team chow
Student pleez?
Bugscope Team hasta la vista
Student somebody wave!!
Student i see you
Bugscope Team sorry g-man, but we have to bail
Student bye
11:16am
Student hi
Student ok thanks!
Bugscope Team bye bye
Student bye
Teacher Wasn't a drill. There was some smoke /chemical fumes in the photo lab downstairs. Aargh. See you tomorrow. THanks!
Bugscope Team oh wow, glad you are okay then, see you tomorrow
Student bye
Student GAMES\
Student bibi cya
Bugscope Team bye, signing out now

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

Subjects Taught	science
Grades Taught	6th Grade, 8th Grade
Number of Students	41

Project Title	Insect Adaptations
Insects To Study	misc--collected by students
Project Description	Students have learned about insects in class and collected them in the field. We talk about various adaptations of insects and their respective roles in the environment in our unit "Insects & Ecology". Bugscope would allow students to see small scale adaptations, such as setae, etc., close-up. In addition, they can explore insect anatomy in greater depth. I have had the privilege of participating in BugScope with prior classes; BugScope increased my students’ enthusiasm for both bugs and the technology used. Even students who are not comfortable with the live bugs we look at in class suddenly become enthusiastic when participating in the live chats with the BugScope scientists (always their favorite part of the experience). In addition to being part of our insect unit, we talk about the experience in our microscopy unit "Wee Beasties" and compare the magnification with our microscopes. Finally, we study the atom in a later unit and I make sure to reference our BugScope experience with the SEM. We discuss how it works---and they are even more amazed.

Session 2010-106 with Winchester Thurston

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Connected on 2011-01-24 09:30:00 from Pittsburgh, PA, US