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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2012-01-31 11:15:00 from Santa Clara, California, United States

10:14am
Bugscope Team going to set up presets in a minute
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11:01am
Bugscope Team we are ready to go!
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11:24am
Teacher Hi, we're ready to start.
Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team hi! let us know when you have any questions
Bugscope Team you have the ability to drive the microscope -- change mag, focus, control the contrast and brightness; and also, to choose from among the presets on the lefthand screen -- the screen you access by clicking on the lefthand arrow
Bugscope Team in addition, you can click on the image itself, and the 'scope will center the image where you clicked
Bugscope Team like this...

Bugscope Team Hello Rich! Welcome to Bugscope!

Bugscope Team so as Cate said, please let us know when you have questions about anything at all.
Teacher I just showed the kids how to log on. They're typing in the URL and putting in their names.

Student What is that giant stick
Student HI
Student hi

Bugscope Team we are looking at a leafhopper right now
Student hi
11:29am
Student So now what?
Bugscope Team really, all you need to do is ask us questions about what might interest you
Bugscope Team the round bumps are the individual ommatidia on the compound eye
Student What's a leafhopper?
Student it looks like a leaf
Student sorry people of my nickname
Bugscope Team the white things all over are brochosomes, which are nanoparticles only leafhoppers produce
Student HUH?
Student cool
Student Is it green
Student Is that a leaf?
Student how is it a leafhopper?
Bugscope Team they are very small, just a few mm long, usually, and they are found on plants, where they suck juices out of the leaves
Student What leaf?

Student I guess?
Student what's the real color?
Bugscope Team sometimes they are green, and sometimes brown
Student Brochosomes? Nanoparticles?
Bugscope Team yes they are!
Student is that a statue?
Student leafhopper?
Student what's this?
Bugscope Team this is the head of the leafhopper. It is a bit conical in shape
Student Is that a turtle?
Bugscope Team nanoparticles are particles smaller than a micrometer, thus in the nano range
Student how small are they supposed to be?
Student what?\
Student this looks like a dead jellyfish
Student this also looks like a crumpled leaf
Bugscope Team in a way it is supposed to
Student It looks like one
Student I agree with Amanda
Student What's the actual size?
Bugscope Team look at the micron bar -- 500 microns, or micrometers, is half a millimeter
Student It looks like a sting ray.
Student Is this stone or is it real?
Bugscope Team it's real
Student what are those
Student how are you doing?
Student why does it look like a monster?
Bugscope Team that is the cool part, but I think they are cute
Student Where do you find these?
Bugscope Team they are often found in long grasses or plants. If you swipe your hand over the plants you might see little green things jump out
Student It's not amonster
Student where is the eyes?
Bugscope Team they're on either side, beneath the antennae and streamlined into the shape of the head
Student Is that the body on the body
Student this looks really strange what is it
Student got it
Student does it even have any eyes?
Bugscope Team it has compound eyes
Student okay, that's just weird
Student It kind of looks like a crab

Student duh

Student What's with the background?
Bugscope Team the weird background is actually carbon tape. We use it to stick the insects on
Student Cool
Student wah?
Bugscope Team Amanda this is one of the compound eyes with all of the tiny facets
Student what's that?
Student hi guys
Student leafhopper head? gross
Student Is that the tail?
Student Hi. This thing is really disgusting. I would never want to touch it.
Student hi
Student Looks like it
Student I don't get it
Bugscope Team you are controlling a $600,000 scanning electron microscope from your classroom and using it to collect images of insects
Student mabey
Student Were are the eyes?
Bugscope Team the bumpy part you see behind the antenna (which knd of looks like a stick right now) is the eye
11:34am
Student If you see it you might want to touch it
Student why is it a black picture scot?
Bugscope Team Dude hit reset on your browser and see if that helps.
Student Where are the eyes?
Student Look at his skien
Student What kind of shape is that?
Student When can we change to something less digusting?
Student where are the feet?
Student what is that?
Student hi cate
Student How did you make it so big scot?
Student does it have feet?
Bugscope Team yes it does!
Student What is it
Student hi guys
Student This is close up, really close up
Student where can you find them
Bugscope Team all over, mostly on bushes and plants that are outdoors
Student It looks like a rhino.
Student what is that again
Student can i change my name
Student I said, is it really 608x magnified?
Bugscope Team yes it is
Student i don't know
Student hi scot and cate
Bugscope Team Hi Vishma!
Student it looks scary...
Student Does this thing have a nose?
Bugscope Team no they dont have noses like us. They do have special chemoreceptors (special hairs) that are for tasting/smelling
Student the skin is like dragon skin

Student hi scot and cate
Bugscope Team I just clicked on the fruitfly, and here it is
Student THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!!!
Student what is this?
Student and big
Student Now what's this?
Student Is that a cactus?
Student scary...
Student it look gross
Student thats cool
Student AHHH! This thing is creepy and gross
Student I am Jonathan
Student that's a very cool fly
Student Is this a fly?
Student eww what in the world is this? I hope it's not poisonous
Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly and no it's not poisonouse
Student Is this a fish
Bugscope Team it kind of looks like it is wearing a gas mask
Student where are the eyes?
Bugscope Team they are the dotted, bumpy things on the sides of the head
Student It kind of looks like a turantula
Student it looks wried
Student Its like a giant spider
Student What is the hair on its face and body for?
Student fruit fly head
Student where's the mouth?
Student GROSS!!
Student what are those gray spots
Student bad
Student why does it look like it's dead?
Bugscope Team It is dead, and dry, and it's been coated with gold-palladium
Student EKKKKKKKKKKKK! This picture is disgusting!
Student Is that a squid?
Student any wings?
Bugscope Team yes but they are on the other side of the body and tucked in\
Student .
Student GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student Looks like a fly up close!
Student What does it eat?
Student looks like a dead grasshopper
Bugscope Team we have one of those today as well
Student .
Student does it eat anything?
Bugscope Team it eats enzymes from rotting/overripe fruit
Student I hate insects
Bugscope Team Dude you don't have to touch them this way.
Student he is on bubble
Student what is it laying on?
Student ithink
Student I saw fruit flies at Pet Smart before
Student He's on bubbles!?!?
Student this thing is halfly creepy and disgusting.
Student what is this
Student Is it really 151x smaller?
Student that is TINY
Student Is it dead?
Student WHEN ARE WE GOING DO THE LADY BUG
Student creepy
Student why is it ugly
Student I hate this creature.
Student leg is broken I THINK
Student where are the eyes?
11:39am
Student where's the mouth?
Bugscope Team you can see that it is open, with that dark open slot
Student Were can you find them?
Bugscope Team you can find them in your house if you have overripe fruit laying around
Student It has a leg like a spider!!!
Student i dunno

Student What is that
Student yeah
Student it looks like a fly
Student microns!?!?!?
Bugscope Team micrometers are the same thing -- one thousandth of a millimeter
Student What's the thing that the insect is on top of?
Student What the heck?
Student IN YOUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!

Student WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?!?!
Student WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU FIND THIS????????
Student can we move on
Student where does it live?
Student Does it lay egg?
Student eeeweww

Student how long is the life span?
Bugscope Team they can live for around a month

Student ewwwwwwwwwwww

Student GROSS
Student I used to have a beehive and a wasp hive in my garden.
Student is this the eye or something?
Bugscope Team yes it is!
Student gross
Student wow. only that long?
Student i
Student it looks like a fly. Do you like the eyes?Look at it.
Student WOW~!
Student Cool, really?
Student What does ommatidia mean?
Bugscope Team those are the individual facets of the compound eye
Student the eye is SO gross
Student are these the eyes
Student I found fish!
Student I found scale things
Student looks like a bee
Student it is still GROSS!!!
Student creepy
Student It's like there is honey in there
Student who is man?
Student a bug
Student Is that the but??????????????
Student EKKKKKKK!!! What is this? Is it a eye???
Student bunch of screens or something!
Student they look like scales
Student How much longer with the fly?
Bugscope Team Audrey do you want to try driving? We can give you control...
Student is this a centipede that is a blew up by a TNT
Student Does he can see we?
Student Are grasshoppers rare?
Bugscope Team no, at least not around in the midwest

Student What's the scientific name?
Bugscope Team I think the family is Cicadellidae
Student whats this
Student that looks like a fish!
Student how small is this compared to us?
Student what's this
Student What are these?]
Student EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
Student antenna?
Student what is this Picture
Student ewwwwie
Student freaky
Student Cicadellidae? Oh.
Student IS THIS STRAWBERRY?
Bugscope Team this is close up on a wasp's antenna
Student gross!
Student Is it a strawberry
Student wait... what is this?
Student whats that
Student Its eye looks like a beehive.
Bugscope Team yes ommatidia can sometimes have a hexagonal shape to them like a beehive, because that is the best shape to fit the curvature of the head so there can be as many ommatidia as possible
Student there is also a ... What's this?!!!!!!!!! It looks sooooooooooooooo grosssssssss!
Bugscope Team this is one segment of the antenna of a wasp, showing lots of receptors for scents in the air, for example
Student it's an eye!?!
Student it looks like there are shells
Student It look strowberry
Student 50m!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student no
Student what is this!?
Bugscope Team these are special setae (hairs) on the wasp antenna that are responsible for reading the chemicals in the air
Student when is the ladybug
Student Why is there some holes?
Student what dot hey all mean?
Student i like strawberries but this looks creepy
Student 1669x magnified? Incredible!
Student Looks like artillery gun popping out of nowhere
Student too many scientific words
Bugscope Team they can be helpful; you don'
Bugscope Team t want to stop learning..
Student how long is it?
Student IT LOOKS LIKE GIANT CLAMS ARE ATACKING A BEEHIVE
Student AHHH!!! It looks scary!!!
Student What are those things with holes and shell like thing? i
Student can we go on
Student is this still the fruit wasp thingy?
Student cool
Student Can I see a fruit fly?
Student can we move on,It's creeping me out
Student eww

Student looks like a strawberry.
Student how is this near the wasp anteena? I thought it was a body of something
11:44am
Student that's short

Student EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!
Student how come it looks so much like a strawberry?

Student what the

Student ETK...
Student Is this a leg?
Student ewww
Student EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Student IS THIS A TAIL?
Bugscope Team it was the antenna
Student that's the wasp head
Student wasp head!
Student AHHH! CREEPY
Student It's a wasp????
Bugscope Team yes it is!
Student This looks really gross???????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????!!!!!?!!!?!!?!?!?!?
Student Is this the mouth?
Student AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student that looks weird
Student IT'S THE HEAD
Student The face looks like a grasshopper head!
Student creeepppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Student THAT IS THE BUT RIGHT??????????
Bugscope Team that's at the other end
Student GROSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!
Student THAT'S A CREEPY HEAD
Student that is AMAZING!!!
Student mouth????
Bugscope Team the mouth is the hinged haw below the eyes
Student Big
Student it's mouth is open?
Student oh sorry
Student Where does this bug live
Bugscope Team it's a wasp, and they are everywhere except maybe Antarctica
Student sharp
Student THIS INSECT LOOKS BLIND
Student Is it a bug's head.
Student Where can you find these?
Student youch
Student IS the mouth below the eyes?
Student where's the mouth?
Bugscope Team you can see those two mandibles, which open side to side, like a gate
Student is that white thing the eye?
Student creepy......
Student what is it
Student i agree with jonathan
Student Look at the jaw.
Student is this alive?
Student it looks like a metal door
Student it does not show body parts...
Student GGANGANTIC!!!!!!SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!HUGE JAWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student is this a vertebrae?
Student It's eat something?
Bugscope Team the tiny things we see below the jaws are palps, which are accessory mouthparts
Student the wasp looks like a tarantula.
Student is this insect alive?
Student I see its mouth!
Student I THINK I SEE TINY HAIRS.
Student hik
Student Man, THIS IS SO COOL
Bugscope Team Awesome, Thanks, Rich
Student are thoose theeth
Bugscope Team they dont have teeth, just a set of mandibles
Student it's creepy too
Student how long are the hairs?
Student I see hairs
Student are there more people
Bugscope Team Rich I just gave you control of the microscope
Student how do you not be crreeped out of these insects?
Student it doesn't have teeth?
Student Is it eating something?
Student i want to see body parts...
Student Thanks
Student HOW DO YOU FIND THESE CREATURES ?
Student How long is the longest life span of the wasp?
Bugscope Team queens can live for around a year
Student Wow!
Student what does it eat?

Student Can we see other thing?
Student WOAH
Student what does amandable do
Bugscope Team they chew and bite into the food. They are like our teeth
Student CREEPY
Student HUH?
Student Why are the pictures only black and White?
Bugscope Team these are live images from an electron microscope, and we aren't using light to image. Instead, we are using electrons, and the images come to us as signal, not in color
Student eeewww
Student are those legs
Student Look at the eyes.
Student Are those the legs?
Student OOHHHHHHH
Student head?
Student is this a wasp head?
Student wow
Student Magnifyed?
Student what are those stringlike things?
Student Is there more people on Bugscope ?
Student How big is it?
Student cool
Student THIS IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student interesting
Student does it only eat fruit?
Student looks like ghost...
Student why are there legs in the mouth
Bugscope Team they are accessory mouthparts and actually quite like legs
11:49am
Student Cool!
Student ya
Student What's the most flexible part?
Bugscope Team their legs are pretty flexible
Student what are the strings
Bugscope Team Rich try clicking on one of the presets, on the lefthand screen -- something that looks interesting to you.
Student what are those stringlike things?
Bugscope Team that looks like some lint hanging around on the wasp
Student who is man?
Student YO OU GUYS ARE SOCOOL
Student I can see tung. Is tung or other?
Student I think it would look better if it was colored.
Bugscope Team haha yeah some people think so for sure and add color to their images
Student kind of weird
Student humph
Student is thios eating something?
Student cooooooooooooooool
Student 2mm, 500mm??
Bugscope Team 2 millimeters, 500 um, which are micrometers
Student DO THESE CREATURES HAVE LOTS OF HAIR?????
Student why does Rich get to control the microscope
Student Why is it gray?
Student is that fur on the Grasshopper?
Student probably
Student How long is the length for this when it grows up as an adult?
Bugscope Team this is an adult right now. it is an inch or so long
Student what are those strings?
Student what is the backround?
Bugscope Team it's carbon tape that is sticky; and we also put silver paint on it
Student What are the spiky things on the fruit fly's claw?
Bugscope Team the spikey parts are the claw
Student How is this thing eat
Student that is pretty short
Student Can I control the micro?
Bugscope Team Rich you have control now.
Student How long are the legs?
Student yeah

Student wha?

Student can we see another picture?
Bugscope Team Yeah I just clicked on the mosquito preset.
Student that is pretty short
Student what is THIS?
Student cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

Student What color is the tung?
Student what is this ?
Student can I try controling?
Student CAN I CONTROL THE MICRO????????????

Student can I control the micro?
Student CAN I HAVE CONTROLL OF THE MICRO
Student it looks like a...
Student I WANNA CONTROL IT!
Student CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLL
Student does it fur?
Student what is this?
Student can i controal now cate
Student that looks like a snake
Student Can I control?
Student MOSQUITO!?!?!?
Student W

Student EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Student eeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwww
Student Is this the head ?
Student this looks like a rotten potato puppet
Student AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Student this guy should take a bath
Bugscope Team no kidding

Student Can I control?
Student can I control next
Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwe
Student GROSS
Student Can I have control?
Student GROSS!!!!!

Student CAN I HAVE CONTROL OF THE MICRO
Student Can I have control?
Student I wanna control the micro
Student what?
Student mosquito!!!!
Student can i have control

Student Can I TRY TO CONTROL IT?
Student can i PLEASE control
Student the mosquitos head looks freaky.
Bugscope Team yes it does!
Student no wonder

Student What is that?????
Student Please

Student hi scot
Bugscope Team Hi Vishma!
11:54am
Student can I have control
Student who has control?
Bugscope Team Sanjana.
Student this looks like a tube.
Student now I get why it's so creepy. IT"S DEAD
Student HI SCOT
Student hi
Student hi
Student Hi scot.
Student HI
Student Cool
Student CAN I HAVE CONTROL PLEASE????????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student Please can I try to control it?
Student It's dead?
Student YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEAH
Student can I have control
Student Its dirty.I think this bug need a bath
Bugscope Team when they die, they can't clean themselves so they tend to pick up a lot of stuff along the way before we put them in the microscope
Student IT'S DEAD!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Student why do you kill the insects to just microscope it? its mean
Bugscope Team a lot of them come to us already dead, or they are in the house.
Student hi
Student me corroal
Student EW
Bugscope Team Erica has control now...
Student this is the FACE

Student i
Student DON'T KILL IT
Student I want control

Student Man, you guys are SO SMART
Student gross

Student can i have controal now eearica
Student do they lay Eggs?
Student this bug looks really dirty. it needs a bath.
Bugscope Team it's not entirely the insect's fault
Student poor bugs.
Student Is the insect dead????????????

Student no

Student SO CREEPY
Student CAN I HAVE CONTROL PLEASE????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Student We saw this already!!
Student How come the same part looks so diferent?

Student is this edible?
Bugscope Team they have protein in them and could be eaten, yes
Student whats this
Student where do you get backgrounds?

Student WHAT IS THIS?
Student it looks like a dummy

Student EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Student DON'T KILL THE INSECTS!
Bugscope Team when using electron microscopes we have to most of the time. We like to kill them in a more humane way by putting them in the freezer. That way they don't really suffer. Sometimes that doesn't always work and they wake up still

Student EWWWIE

Student PLEASE?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Student Does the bug taste good?

Student I caught grasshoppers before, but my dad made me set them free.
Student looks like ghost again...

Student EW
Student What's the junebug?
Student what is this?
Bugscope Team this is a june bug. They are those beetles that are kind of brown and slightly bigger than ladybugs
Student ew
Student can i have control
Student can i have controal
Student THIS LOOKS LIKE A AILEAN
Bugscope Team They are an alien way of life to us, but they have been around for a long time.
Student gross...
Student PLEASE?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Student it's covered in chocolate!?! MMMMM

Student HUH
Student me controal
Student YOU LIKE TO KILL BUGS?
Bugscope Team i would personally rather have them dead than crawling around my house :)
Student How do you control. Please give me the controls.

Student freaky

Student Boy, so creepy.
Student END OF PAGE!!!!!!!!!!!
Student eeeeeeewwwwwww
Student Wow!!!
Student CAN WE SEE GOOD PICTURES
Student can I have control?

Student Can i have control
Student ant stingers dont look as creepy as they do from reagular days
Student CREEPY
Student ants have stingers?
Student Ew!!
Student I WILL DO ANYTHING??????????????? PLEASE???????????????????????????
Student stinger...
Student ants have stingers?
Bugscope Team some do
Student are you the only twoo
Student eekkk>...

Student Were is the stinger
11:59am

Student What is that ?????
Bugscope Team okay I gave Anthony control...
Student what kinds have them?
Student can i have control
Student uh, kwhat's this?
Student these are ant stingers
Student Is this a red ant?
Bugscope Team it was black
Student I am never going to see ants in my life again?

Student whew...
Student Can i PLEEEAAAASE have control?
Student where is the stinger?
Bugscope Team the stinger is the longpokey thing

Student another ant stinger?

Student What is he holding?
Student seriously. where do you get these weird backgrounds
Bugscope Team that is carbon tape, when you can see it

Student Is this the stinger?
Student Mabey
Student is this a painting?
Student can I please have control?
Student looks as if it's corved in plastic
Student whoa, it's supposed to be so small right
Student DO THEY HAVE FRECKLES
Bugscope Team ESEM and Chaos are names we used to log into the other computers we needed to get this going today
Student scot can i have control

Student I this a different kind of ant stinger from the other one?
Bugscope Team no, we just happened to find another stinger
Student Wow
Student what's this?
Bugscope Team now, Jennifer, we're looking at salt from a Wendy's restaurant
Student sponges
Student CAN I HAVE CONTROL

Bugscope Team this is salt from the fast food restaurant Wendys
Student WENDY'S
Student What do salt crystals have to do with bugs?
Student can i have control pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaassssseeeeee
Student salt crystals are bugs?
Bugscope Team no but they are small and cool-looking and easy to put on the stub with everything else
Student huh
Student You took stuff from Wendy's
Student what do salt crystals have to do with insects?
Bugscope Team nothing but they are fun to look at

Student What? Is this inside the body?

Student AHHHHH
Student that is a salt cube????
Bugscope Team that's right
Student I WANT CONTOL

Bugscope Team the fangs are the parts you are zooming in onnow

Student looks like...
Bugscope Team sadly we cant see the poison pores

Student I don't want to touch?
Student looks like strings of plastic and metal poles
Student Is that saliva?
Bugscope Team no but there is fungus all over
Student Spider? Fangs? where's the poison?
Student whats this
Student Spider fangs are about the width of human hair?!?!!?!?
Student Change child who is controlling!!!!!!!
Student ew
Student looks like a pit of mold
Student ick. spider fangs

Student THIS IS COOL SCOT
Bugscope Team yo Thanks, Anthony!
Student can I have control
Student looks like spider webs!!!
Student can i have control?
Student do hey eat the fungus?
Student Is this the stinger?
12:04pm
Student What does aphid mean?

Student I want control
Student this is cool.
Student Can someone respond to me !!!
Student this is really cool in a gross way
Bugscope Team that is kind of the plan...
Student this stuff is cool
Student Ommatidia?
Student now this again look like scales

Bugscope Team remember that you can change the mag, click one place in the image to get it to center, etc.
Student What is that?????
Student Is there a tooth?
Student okay WHY SO MANY ANT STINGERS?
Bugscope Team just 3 today in the microscope that we found, 2 belonging to ants
Student That is scaly.
Student ITS PRETTY COOL HAVING CONTROL
Student what's an ommatidia
Student What is the wasp ommatida?
Bugscope Team they are the bumps on the left half of the screen

Student cool
Student is that a fish scales?
Bugscope Team those are the facets of the wasp's compound eye
Student It looks like eyes

Student eeeeeewwwww
Student are these scales?

Student how many kids had control so far, because I really want control

Student or the eyes?

Student How much more!
Student How much more!

Bugscope Team Kevin good job driving, DaddyO

Student now I can see it

Student woah

Student is like a bed
Student This looks like the wasp hive thingy.
Bugscope Team it is interesting that it does, for sure

Student I'm going to have a hed ake if I don't have the controls.

Student can you eat flys\
Student this looks like the cloth Jon uses toopen his container thingy

Student TOO CLOSE.
Student haha
Student is this like one screen of the eye or something?

Student fluffy pillow!
Student it's not fair!
Bugscope Team you are up now, Kid

Student how much people are answering our questions?
Bugscope Team just Scot and me
Bugscope Team there are only two of us to answer
Student its not fair

Student what's that?
Student Looks like bull horns

Student looks like a dangerous weapon\
Student it is not fair!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Student Are these the fangs?
Bugscope Team those were the claws from a fruit fly
Student EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Student It is leg?
Student what?
Student haha

12:09pm
Student are thoose fangs
Student looks like asparagus
Student THIS LOOKS LIKE A TRANSFORMER
Bugscope Team yes they often do
Student gross
Student er eeka
Student I do not want to control...
Bugscope Team okay. Thanks, Sally.

Student cool
Student what's a seed beetle
Bugscope Team a little beetle that eats seeds
Student see you.
Student seed beetle?
Student this is interesting.
Student what's the hole for?
Bugscope Team it was once in someone's collection, and it had a pin through its thorax
Student Make sure this thing doesn't get near me
Student thanks it was reall fun
Student what in the world is a seed beetle?
Student THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
Student thanks

Student bye
Student bye scot and cate
Student Thanks

Student what we are not going !
Student we're going.

Student bye, scot
Student bye guys!
Student Thanks!!!
Student thank you
Bugscope Team Thank You, Everyone!
Student scot It is time for use to play I will talk to you at 9:00
Student THESE ARE REALLY DUSTY
Bugscope Team now they should look better.
Student goodbye......

Student biofilm?
Bugscope Team yes some bacteria exude a liquid film that they live in -- it protects them
Bugscope Team thanks for all your great questions
Student this is gross
Student It was very intresting learning about creatures
Student Where did you fid this bug?
Student What are these bugs?
Bugscope Team this is grasshopper, but we are up close looking at mold spores near its mouth
Student BYE BYE THANK YOU SCOT AND CATE
Teacher Scott and Cate, thank you so much! The kids had a lot fun. They asked some good questions. I definitely will recommend other teachers try this. Have a great day! Ms. C.
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Student what's a biofilm?
Bugscope Team it's often like slime around the bacteria
Student Bye !
Student THATNKS SO MUCH SCOT AND CATE!!!!!!!
Student WOAH
Bugscope Team Sorry we did not get to let everyone drive.
Student It was very fun to ask you questions. It is almost time for recess. I've gotta get going.
Student What are those balls for.
Student can you pop them

Student THESE ARE NOT BUGS
Bugscope Team they're on a bug, on a grasshopper
Student NICE TIME CHATTING WITH YOU
Student goodbye
Student BBBBBBBBBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Student byebyebyebyebyebyebyebyebyebyebyeybyebyebyebyebyebyebyebye
Student GOODBYE, WE'LL COME BACK SOON.
Student Thank you. I got a lot of information. Bye.
Student grasshoppers?
Bugscope Team we are up so close you cannot see it -- we're on one of its legs
Student than
Student Thank you very much.
Student bye! Thanks so much! I like to talk with you
Student Well, thanks, that was really intresting!
Student thank you very much.
Bugscope Team thank you
Student Thanks guys
Bugscope Team Thank you, Andrew!
Bugscope Team the little round things near the bottom of the screen are the pollen grains
Student looks like fish on the right...
Student THANK YOU
Bugscope Team Thank you, Sanjana!
Student Thankew
Student Thank you for answering my questions. Bye.
Bugscope Team Thank you for connecting with us today!
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Student thank you scot
Bugscope Team hey no problem, Jon. Thank you!
Student Bye bye Thank you!!!!!!
Bugscope Team Bye Man!
Student thank you and bye!
Bugscope Team Bye Sally!
Student THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Bugscope Team Thank you, Shion!
Student thank you.I learned a lot
Bugscope Team Totally cool. Thanks, Kevin!
Student thanks bye
Bugscope Team bye Erica1
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Teacher Thank you! Bye! Ms. C.
Bugscope Team Bye!

School Name	John Muir Elementary
School Homepage	http://www.cupertino.k12.ca.us/johnmuir.www/
Location	Santa Clara California, United States
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	multi-subjects
Grades Taught	3rd Grade
Number of Students	32

Project Title	Adaptations
Insects To Study	centipede, grasshopper, ladybug, black spider?, earthworm?, glow worm?, silkworm?
Project Description	The Bugscope will help us in many curricula areas, including developing scientific research skills, and developing reading and writing skills. We will read James and the Giant Peach. The characters are insects, spiders, and worms. My students will research the insects, etc., to write expository paragraphs about them. Then they will compare and contrast the actual creatures with the anthropomorphic insects in the story and write another paragraph. The Bugscope will help the students gain a greater knowledge about the insects. Also, the students will take notes and draw pictures of what they see. I want the students to focus on what adaptations help each creature survive. This ties in with our science unit on "The Structures of Life." Access to the Bugscope will energize the students and enthusiasm leads to greater learning.

Session 2011-092 with John Muir Elementary

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Connected on 2012-01-31 11:15:00 from Santa Clara, California, United States