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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2013-04-11 10:00:00 from Champaign, Illinois, United States

9:03am
Bugscope Team good morning!
Bugscope Team sample is in the 'scope and pumping down
Bugscope Team soon we will make a few small adjustments to the 'scope and then begin to make presets
9:14am

9:20am

9:26am

9:33am

9:40am

Guest Hi Scott

Bugscope Team hello!
Bugscope Team I just gave you control, since you're logged on as a guest

9:45am

Guest I don't see the words I type showing up. is that in the window to the left?

Guest And I don't see any messages from you either
Bugscope Team can you see your chat below the image on the main screen

Bugscope Team your screeen resolution needs to be changed

Guest I still don't see any text from you anywhere
9:51am
Guest OK, i'm a dummy. I see the text!
Bugscope Team sweet!

Bugscope Team let us know when you have questions

Bugscope Team are any of the kids going to be able to log in from other computers at YR?

Bugscope Team you're doing a good job driving

Bugscope Team hello Kid!

Guest I did a test kid from one of the kid computers and called it kid1
Guest hi i'm kid1
Bugscope Team Hello Kid1!
9:57am
Guest so I think it will work for them. they'll be here in a few minutes and i'll do a 2 min intro and get them started
Guest maybe at 10:15
Bugscope Team super cool

Guest can i control the microscop?
Bugscope Team we can give you control

Bugscope Team mosquito!
Bugscope Team the two donut like things are pedicels -- the bases of missing antennae
Guest OK great. Kid1 can do it. So I'll go see if the class is on the way
Guest I assumed they were eyes or something like that
Bugscope Team only one person can drive at a time so please let us know when you would like control transferred
Bugscope Team the eyes are to the left and right and all around
Bugscope Team that is, the small sort of shriveled spheres are the eyes
Bugscope Team the areas that look like a bubble wrap sheet are the eyes
10:02am
Bugscope Team that's right!

10:08am
Bugscope Team hello Luca, Valencia, Ivan, and Tionna!
Guest thats creepy
Guest Hey scott
Bugscope Team Hello Enderdragon, Sebastian, Norah, Sam, and Ella!
Guest i'm going to barf
Student hi luca
Guest hello. jhthjlithj
Guest gnlbisfthoj
Bugscope Team this is the head of a female mosquito
Guest hi

Bugscope Team maybe you can barf virtually so as to make a smaller mess
Student hey hey hey this is deziree
Student hey valencia

Guest what is this tionna??
Student hey tionna
Bugscope Team Hey Deziree!
Guest hey
Student yea

Student rawr
Student that is nasty
Guest its a mosquito
Student hello

Guest oh thankxx
Student awesome sauce
Student no
Guest is it up cloes
Student true that dez

Student wat is that
Student hey dez this is so awsome

Student oh
Bugscope Team Yes it is up close for sure
Guest cool
Guest is this the stinger of the mosquito - Larsen's question

Student this is fun talking
Bugscope Team Those ruffles potato chips you see are scales that are found all over the body of the mosquito
Student cool
Student ikr
Bugscope Team the things that look like bubblewrap on either side are the ommatidia -- the individual eye facets
Bugscope Team they are presumably for escape/defense
Student yes
Guest TIONNA!!
Bugscope Team since they come off easily, they allow a mosquito to escape from the web of a spider
Student lol
Guest the bagels are the antennae?
Bugscope Team the stinger is pointing toward us -- the white tube-like thing
Student what are those little bugs on that head?
Student hey eshah
Guest ugh... i hate mosquitos
Student scary

Student what ar those little bugs
Bugscope Team the bagels are the bases of the antennae, which are missing
Guest no
Student yes ?
Guest what are those leaf things?
Bugscope Team mosquitos are dangerous and deadly too
Student HI
Student i dont want to get bitten

Bugscope Team those are the scales
Guest oh so u cant say hi to me tanya
Student omg
Student SUP
Student wats that long thing??

10:13am
Bugscope Team the long thing to the left is one of the legs
Student look at the size of the stinger!
Student what is that tube?
Student its THE STINGER HEEEE
Bugscope Team the long thing is the proboscis, it's what the mosquito uses to bite
Student oh
Guest its like a tube
Guest why isn't it sharp?
Student the stinger is cool
Student i mean blood
Student devante
Student yah its cool
Bugscope Team it's a straw like device, that they suck up blood with
Student does it have teeth?
Bugscope Team the central tube is the proboscis, and inside it is part of the fascicle -- the actually biting components
Student that is so creepy!!!!!!!!
Student what is that little circle
Student it looks wrong
Student i waonder if it is not sharp how does it get blood?
Bugscope Team it's broken off here, which is why it isn't that sharp
Student how do it poop out blood
Guest as far as i know it has 2 parts to pierce the skin and suck blood
Student the thing that sucks up the blood
Student sorry wonder
Student yeh tristan
Student what are those little plates
Bugscope Team they do not have teeth, but they have four super sharp little stylets that cut into your skin
Bugscope Team there are little sharp cutting tools that cut into skin like steak knives
Student how come it doesn't look like a real mosquito
Student this is fun and cool
Student what are those things all over him
Student that is cool
Guest its zoomed in really big
Bugscope Team those are scales all over it
Bugscope Team looks like the proboscis was broken off -- maybe it is stuck in someone's skin
Student wats that dark thing in long tube???
Student What the heck is it doing
Guest does it have scales?
Student dose it just suck blood or eat???
Guest dont spam question marks :(
Student Where are the eyes?!
Student tt this is so cool

Student Hi TT
Student that was what i just said about that hole
Guest now another kid will be in control, they will switch computers- larsen
Student what is that big tube?
Guest wow 3444x magnified
Student do only female mosquito sucks blood ??????
Bugscope Team the females suck blood so they have protein that will allow them to successfully lay their eggs

Guest yah, only females
Student this is cool
Guest aww its so cute
Student wawat is that
Student lol

Student its cool
Student hey nya hows it goin hee

Student where are the eyes
Student why is the face so small tho???
Student its cute
Bugscope Team yes only females suck blood; the males either drink nectar from flowers or don't eat at all
Student how does it eat
Student that is kinda of coooooooool and wierd
Student Where is it's eyes

Student does it have a nose?
Student are those legs on its face
Student how come it doesn't look real
Guest does it havce hair

Student why is it so big
Student dose male suck blood to ?
Guest how does it eta
Student wat does it eat?
Bugscope Team Valencia this is more like a crustacean.
Student does it have a finger
Student why is that look like a toob in side the insect
Student what is it?
Guest why doesn't it have eyes?
Student where are the eyes and how do they see

Student does it have it eyes
Student what do they eat
Student wheres the mouth
Student were is its mouth
Student hey scot
Guest Why are there little spikes?
Student Does is have hair?
Student What is the hole
10:18am

Student where is his mouth awnser me !!!!!!!!!
Student the mouth is at the bottom
Student Are those spikes teeth?
Guest that looks so wierd
Student does it have a shell

Student is that the mouth 0or his stomach
Guest What are the bumps?
Student dose it die after its sucked the blood
Guest whares its eyes??
Bugscope Team these arthropods eat decaying things

Student Scot are those scales
Student does the roley poly have teeth or r they claws
Student how often does it eat?
Student i'm very crious ????????????????????????
Student OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guest tanya the hands or arms
Guest okay, heres a question... why are bugs so weird?????

Student thax
Student what is this scot
Student what does it eat
Student what is that t shaped hole
Student what are thoose long things
Student how come it's teeth looks like a shark's teeth
Student can it eat

Student What are the pointy thigs
Guest How does it eat
Student Scot are those sensers
Student What do they eat
Student what are those little things sticking out
Student are those teetth
Student what are those pointy things for ?
Student teeth
Student hey scot why do rolypoly
Student What are those things? Dust?
Bugscope Team it eats dead things. dead leaves, plant materials, etc

Student thanx joseph
Student what is the poky thing
Student where the shell

Student are those pointy things teeth
Student thanks joseph

Guest what are those folded tubes on its face are they legs
Student they up in a ball
Guest ok thanks
Student Are those scales?

Student oh i thaught it was something diffrant sorry
Guest spiky feet

Student does it have webs
Student oh wow is on its back
Student hi cate
Guest Cool, it has a shell
Guest aww
Student that ia awesome
Student dont the roll in a ball wen they get scared or sumn
Student Ewwwwwwwwww
Guest Wow so cute
Student thy should cause they look sharp but it migt not eww l\the legs areer
Guest how many legs does it have
Student how many legs or armssss
Bugscope Team they roll into themselves, sort of like a ... armadillo?
Student whats its shell made of
Guest David you spelled stomach wrong
Student oh thats cool thanx joseph
Student Why are some of the legs cut off
Student the legs are wierd
Student Does it have bones
Student how many legs do they have
Student why are those hairs there
Student hey joe how do they eat
Guest It has an exoskeleton

Guest right
Student like 8
Student hey what is that
Guest Beetle head?

Student kate ? wat is that
Bugscope Team the shell is made of chitin a polysaccharide similar to what our fingernails are made of
Student what is this thing
Student what are the black spots?

Bugscope Team pillbugs/rolypolys are crustaceans. they are related to crabs and lobsters
Student this is very cool :0
Guest oh wow that's creepy

Student how do they eat
Bugscope Team roly polys have 7 pairs of legs
10:23am
Guest what was it holding?
Student ok thank you
Bugscope Team so 14 total
Student what do they eat
Guest Why do the eyes have all those spots?

Student Does it have wings?
Student like are finger nails

Student what are bugs eyes made of
Guest what does it eat?
Bugscope Team those spots are the individual units of the eye
Guest how many teeth and eyes do it have
Student Why is one of the tentacles longer?
Student Oh wow i thought they had eight thanks
Student is that the mouth?
Student were is the mouth

Bugscope Team eyes are made of chitin- the same as the rest of its exoskeleton
Student dose the female and make look alike

Guest compoud eyes
Guest Why is the antennae broken?

Guest ok thanks cate
Student what are the eyes made of, what are the bumps for?
Student what are the bumps on the eye.
Student Are the eyes soft or hard?
Student wat are those umps
Student bumps

Student what are compound eyes?
Student they look soft

Guest it makes it see like 1000 angles of things at once or something

Bugscope Team the bumps are the facets of the eye. They each can see an image

Student what are compound eyes
Bugscope Team that's right luca
Student hmmmmmm?

Student whatb is it
Student wow

Bugscope Team each of those bumps work together to create a complete picture for the insect
Guest cool
Student thanx joseph
Guest and its like a kaleidoscope
Bugscope Team the result is sort of similar to a mosaic picture
Bugscope Team the black stuff is oils, mostly -- things that did not get well coated with gold-palladium that makes the samples conductive
Student what are the black stuff
Student How do they see through the bumps
Student how can it see?
Student why is the mouth so big
Student how do they see
Student why do they vanes on eyes

Guest because its zoomed in

Bugscope Team all of the ommatidia are connected to the brain, which processes the images
Student what is this

Student wat is that

Bugscope Team and they often cannot see as well
Student what are the big bumps
Student wats the bumps
Student is that a spidert
Student that does not look like a spider
Bugscope Team this is the top of the spider's cephalothorax
Guest Why do the eyes look like lumps?
Guest what happened to its legs they look chopped off
Guest ,,how many eyes does it have
Student Why are the legs cut off?
Bugscope Team those bumps are the spider's eyes
Guest i liek spiders

Student what is that
Student eight legs right?

Student what are those little tube things
Student oh what type is is
Student how come it looks like it's dead?
Student what are thoose big bumbs
Student does it eat
Student yes dez they have 8 legs
Bugscope Team sometimes their legs fall off -- they actually have the ability to make them fall off if they sense venom moving into them
Bugscope Team yes fez, 8 that's right
Guest i see 8 eyes

Student is this psenon
10:28am
Student What do that hairs do?
Bugscope Team the bumps are the eyes -- exactically, Luca
Student why are there 6 legs
Student yes cate

Student why do they have them bumps
Student wow spiders are amazing!
Student wat type is it
Guest what tipe is it

Bugscope Team the hairs in insects and arthropods like spiders are sensory
Student how many eyes are there
Bugscope Team the hairs help the insect to feel what is going on around it. they don't have sensitive skin like we do
Bugscope Team these hairs are called setae

Student why do thay have bumps
Student how do they eat big things

Bugscope Team they can sense vibration (including sound), touch, hot/cold, and also chemical scents in the air or that they touch

Guest What are with the cracks?
Student Where is it's mouth?
Student why are spider hair
Student How do they feel
Student why are there cracks on its head

Guest what are the crakes?
Guest the bumps are the eyes
Student wat are the small hairs
Student What are those cracks on his head
Student with hairs
Guest i know they look weird but not all eyes are the same
Student what are the bumps on the spiders head
Student Why is the skin rigid?
Student how do they eat big things
Student does it shoot out webs
Bugscope Team when they bit their prey they inject venom that immobilizes them and also dissolves inner organs so they can suck them up like a milkshake
Student what are those bubbles
Guest why does it look cracked
Bugscope Team when they bite, I should have said
Bugscope Team there could be some dried liquid on there and it cracked when it dried
Student ok thanks
Student why are spider have hair

Student wat is immobilizes??

Bugscope Team spiders digest their prey items from the inside out, they ..vomit digestive juices onto their prey, then suck up the digested material
Guest whats that
Bugscope Team immobilize means to make it so it cannot move
Student What is that?

Student are thoose its babys ????????
Student oh thanx scot
Student What tip of spider is it

Guest ants have compound eyes as well
Student how come the eye look's like insect eggs?
Bugscope Team the hairs, or setae, are important in allowing it to sense its environment
Student wat is that dark line
Student ?
Bugscope Team these are facets of the compound eyes
Guest thats an ant not a spider

Student this is an ant eye
Student wat is the thing on the top and is it true can spiders die after rhaey ay there egg
Student What are those lines?
Student oh ? thoose are its eyes
Guest why is it hairy
Student Do thay have hair for a reasond?
Student is it a spider that lives in the forest?[cate]

Bugscope Team yes Ants have compound eyes as well but they usually have far fewer facets
Student Do the hairs on the ant do the same things as the spider?
Bugscope Team this is the eye of an ant, it's laying on its right side
Guest how many babbys can it lay at a time?

Student does it have compound eyes
Guest oh i guess that's the ground
Student watarethose hole
Student are those food
10:33am
Student what is that?
Bugscope Team Tim the hair helps them sense their surroundings
Bugscope Team yup, the hairs do the same things
Guest yes it has compound eyes

Student What is it's skin made of?

Bugscope Team yeah Luca its the background, which is doublestick carbon tape

Student thanks luca

Guest Why is it separated?

Bugscope Team they have an exoskeleton made of chitin
Student why do they have those bumps on its eyes
Student ??

Guest what does it eat
Student why does it have hair

Bugscope Team they don't really have skin -- they have an exoskeleton, which is like a shell, or like a suit of armor; that is why they need to have hairs that let them sense their environment
Student what are those hairs for
Student are their teeth small

Student is it true spiders die after they lay eggs and there babies fly away after they hacth
Bugscope Team insects don't really have teeth, although they do have something called mandibles that accomplish the same task
Guest does it have more that one hart?
Student How does it eat
Student the bumps are compond eyes right?
Student how dose it eat
Student Are those teeth?
Guest isn't chitin the fingernail stuff?
Student whoa what are those hairs us for
Student wow
Student oh ok thanks scot
Student thanx scot and joseph
Student his mouth looks complicated then humans
Bugscope Team Chitin is similar to what our fingernails are made of, yes

Student what is the hair called on them?
Student can they tast things
Guest no the fingernail stuff is keratin

Student how does it eat
Bugscope Team fingernails are made from keratin

Bugscope Team exactically, Veronica
Student What do they have in their mouth?
Student can it sting with those pointy things
Student why don't they have teth they have to bit if they posin there prey

Student does it have

Bugscope Team yes they taste things with some of the specialized setae (the hairs), and other organelles on their antennae
Guest the mandibles are like the teeth but they're not really teeth
Student why do they have hair
Student thx
Student Hey cate what are those little black things?
Bugscope Team okay the hairs are called setae, right?
Student is that the mouth
Student it looks like there was something in the spiders mouth

Bugscope Team the background is double stick carbon tape that we stick the insects on

Student (Cate )what are those thing.

Bugscope Team and they are sensory -- for touch, hot/cold, chemical sensing, thermoregulation...
Student what is that
Student are those compound eyes???
Student wat is that are they egg
Guest whats an ommatidia

Guest What are the little dots?

Bugscope Team this is the compound eye of a moth
Student what are the dots
Student what are the little dots?

Student why do the moth have tiny bumbs
Student what is the ommatidia

Student how come the ommatidia looks like a honey comb

Student do all insects have compound eyes

Student is this a moth

Student is it moth and wat is that word ommatidai
10:38am

Bugscope Team ommatidia are the individual lenses, or facets, of the compound eye

Student i think the dots are scales
Student why are moths come to light

Guest Why does the moth look Scaley?
Student How does it eat
Student do the hairs do the same things as the ants

Student What are the wings made out of?

Student cate

Guest Are those leaf things feathers? Or scales? what are they?
Bugscope Team the wings are made of chitin
Student what does it eat

Student what dose it eat

Student does it have scales?

Student why does it have those long things
Bugscope Team the scales come off easily, and one thing they do is help the insect escape when it flies into a spider web
Guest I think they're the antennae
Student the mouth looks like bark tearing

Bugscope Team they're once again to aid the insect in escaping predators
Student wat does it eat
Student What tip of moth it is
Bugscope Team the antennae are to the outside -- we cannot see them now
Guest because they're out at night and need good vision

Bugscope Team adult moths feed on nectar from flowers
Guest Are those breathing holes?
Guest Why does it have all those holes?

Student can it see good with those big eyes
Student what are all of the little holes ?

Student ok joseph
Bugscope Team the holes are where there were once scales
Guest oh
Guest maybe pores?
Student thanks
Student wat are thoose little holes on its body
Student thank you scot\
Student do moth smell
Guest the scales look like wood cutouts
Student what are the little holes on the moths body
Student Do the holes connect to the brain?
Guest wait it posted twice

Student do moth smell
Bugscope Team yes it can see all around it with its compound eyes, and also it can register motion very quickly
Student does it breath
Bugscope Team the holes are pores where scales used to be, but fell off

Student How do moths toutch?
Bugscope Team yes moths and other insects can smell quite well
Student hey what are those little leafy things
Guest wat are those long thing
Guest are they scales
Guest ?
Guest cool are those similar to feathers?
Guest What are the feather things for?

Student What are those dots?
Student what are all of the feather looking things?

Student what are they made of
Student was it a red ant or what
Bugscope Team they are similar to feathers and may have an analogous function, to some extent

Student how come they look like tiny feathers and arrows?
Student What is the wing made of?
Student does it ever eat other bugs
Student wat are thoose things on top

Guest wat are those holes

Student what do the hairs do on the wings?
Guest why does it look like wood

Student What is the huge tube next to the wing?

10:43am
Guest wow
Student what are those
Student why is there fethlers
Guest are those hairs?
Student Do the wings have bones?

Student does it have scales
Guest those are scales
Student are those little hairs?
Bugscope Team nope, insects do not have bones

Student Are those hairs? If they are what do they do?
Student What tip of mosquito is that
Guest insects don't have bones, I don't think
Student long things
Bugscope Team yup, those are scales

Guest bye
Student What do they eat?
Bugscope Team yes they have scales, but they are not like snake scales

Student wat are those ;on things
Student scot are the scales on the mosquitos wings,do they need them?

Student What are those feathers made out of?

Student How does it eat
Student is it a female mosquito
Bugscope Team they eat nectar; when they are young they may eat wool
Student What are the lines for?

Student how come it looks like carpet
Student wh dose it have lines in the wing
Student how does it eat

Student scot what are the lines on the wing

Bugscope Team the feathers -- the scales -- are made of chitin
Student is the mascetos wings have little arow looking things?
Student what are those lines on the mosquito's fins

Bugscope Team the lines on the wings are much like veins, yes
Student why are the wings so bumpy
Student the wings look like water reflecting on a wall
Guest okay we have to go now
Student BYE
Student Good bye thanks i learned alot!
Student learn how \
Guest Thanks a lot bugscope team!
Student ME TOO
Guest Ella stole my words

Student bye guys
Bugscope Team here we are looking at a single scale, however; those are ridges that make it less apt to fold up

Bugscope Team Bye!

Bugscope Team bye!

Bugscope Team these are microsetae

Guest Thanks for your patience guys
Bugscope Team to the left, on the wing surface
Guest The kids are filing out
Guest They were pretty impressed
Guest It was a little crazy there at the beginning
Bugscope Team so no more kids today?
Guest But eventually I think they settled down
Bugscope Team like, are we done or is there another group?
10:49am
Guest no I think this is it for today
Bugscope Team we're sort of used to it getting crazy
Bugscope Team super cool
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Guest Thank you very much too. Really appreciate it. the kids aplauded when it was over
Bugscope Team Bye!
Bugscope Team Sweet

School Name	Yankee Ridge
School Homepage	http://www.usd116.org/yr/
Location	Champaign Illinois, United States
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	all
Grades Taught	5th Grade
Number of Students	25

Project Title	Junior Science Day
Insects To Study	flexible
Project Description	A day of introducing kids to scientists and science projects in the community. So your usual program will be excellent.

Session 2013-019 with Yankee Ridge

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Connected on 2013-04-11 10:00:00 from Champaign, Illinois, United States