Session 2011-020 with Central Academy

Application

The School

School Name	Central Academy
School Homepage	caviking.org
Location	Noxubee Mississippi, United States
Community	Rural
Type	Private

The Class

Subjects Taught	math and science
Grades Taught	8th Grade
Number of Students	30

The Project

Project Title	bugs
Insects To Study	all
Project Description	I will use this program to engage students by taking a closer look at bugs.

Miscellaneous

Where did you hear about Bugscope?

internet

Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2011-03-21 09:00:00 from Noxubee, Mississippi, United States

7:29am
Bugscope Team venting the 'scope and getting ready to put sample in
Bugscope Team and sample is now pumping down
7:45am

7:50am

7:56am

8:02am

8:13am
Bugscope Team now we are making presets for today's session, which starts at 9 our time -- Central Time
8:23am

8:29am

8:36am

8:42am

8:47am
Bugscope Team we are ready to roll...
8:54am

9:02am
Bugscope Team good morning, Debbie!
9:09am
Bugscope Team Debbie would you like to drive?
Bugscope Team Our teacher has not logged in yet, and we are not sure she will be on this morning. Her telephone no. does not accept messages.
Guest yes
Guest I wanted to practice for tomorrow
Bugscope Team cool!

Bugscope Team This is Scot, on the SEM.
Bugscope Team please let us know if you have any problems or questions
Bugscope Team this is a flying aphid

Bugscope Team you can choose, on the lefthand screen, from any of the thumbnailed images; if you click on one the 'scope will drive to that place on the stub
Bugscope Team here you can see the aphid's compound eyes, the bases of its forelegs, and its proboscis, which extends down its thorax
9:14am

Bugscope Team here you can see that this is 'live' imaging, because the claw moved between the time we made the preset and just now...

Bugscope Team this is actually a grasshopper, but it is so covered with fungus, some of which you can see now, that it was hard to tell what kind of critter it was
Bugscope Team you can see the claws, a lot of fungal hyphae, and the deflated arolium

Bugscope Team this is a super tiny fly, looks much like a mosquito, with comparable eyes and those pedicel antenna bases
9:20am
Bugscope Team have you worked with us before?
9:30am

Bugscope Team these are brochosomes, which are said to be produced exclusively by leafhoppers
Bugscope Team this is way up close
Bugscope Team and this is a leafhopper
Bugscope Team the brochosomes are about 525 nm in diameter
Bugscope Team nanoparticles
9:39am
Bugscope Team Debbie I think we're going to shut down, not having heard from today's teacher, and not being able to contact her.
Bugscope Team we look forward to seeing you tomorrow!