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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2013-06-13 12:00:00 from Bronx, New York, United States

11:34am
Bugscope Team setup
Bugscope Team Hi Mr Fixl!
Bugscope Team Sample in in a sec. or two.
Teacher Hello Scott. Most of the students are at lunch.
Teacher The come back a few minutes after 1pm (~ 20 min)
11:40am
Bugscope Team super cool
Bugscope Team craneflies, wasps, normal flies, beetles, butterfly wings with silver & orange scales
Teacher Sounds great!
Bugscope Team waiting for the vacuum to get better
Bugscope Team then we'll start the beam, do some alignment, try to find some critters for you
11:47am

Bugscope Team 1.6 x 10-4 mBar

Bugscope Team 1.5
Bugscope Team 1.4
11:53am
Student hey
Bugscope Team hey!
Student what is that

Bugscope Team head of a fly

11:59am
Student How much it weighs the fly?
Bugscope Team very light, maybe 1/10th of a gram

12:04pm

12:12pm

Bugscope Team Mr Fixl!
Bugscope Team Please let us know when you have questions, about anything.

Bugscope Team Viviblue!
Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team we are ready to roll
Teacher Students are back from lunch. Ready to go.
12:19pm
Bugscope Team these are the tiny hairs (hairs are usually called setae, or trichae, or spines, or bristles, or microsetae, or microtrichae, until the entomologists give up and call them hairs) on a pad called the pulvillus, on one or more tarsomeres.
Bugscope Team tarsomeres are the five segments at the end of a limb, the distal end
Bugscope Team tenent setae stick to things and allow the insect to walk on walls or ceilings, for example
Student Wow It Looks Like Grass...
Bugscope Team it does kind of
Student hello
Bugscope Team Hello!
Student what is that
Student what we need to do

Student Helloooooo
Bugscope Team Hellooo!
Student what is this stuff
Bugscope Team those are tenent setae
Bugscope Team these are hairs, or setae, on a beetle near its claw. They help the beetle walk on vertical surfaces like your window
Student hello scott
Bugscope Team Hello Kadi!
Student helllooo my fellow classmates
Student ok
Student what we need to do
Bugscope Team we are cool with you asking questions, and if Mr F gets tired of driving you may have to do that as well.
Student ?
Student WE cuteee
Student Whats That Rough Surface Its On?
Bugscope Team that is the beetle's exoskeleton
Student This is funnnn
Student are their any more pictures
Bugscope Team these are live images from a scanning electron microscope, and there are more available -- look at the lefthand screen
Student wow i dont know war I'm doing
Student ok scot
Student Yaassssssssssssssssssss=]]
Student crazy monkey

Student what are we doing
Student Jordanny You Should Stop Before Something Happens

Student ...
Bugscope Team this is a True Bug
Student oo thats nice

Bugscope Team true bugs have piercing/sucking mouthparts
Student Chanel says hi
Bugscope Team Hi Chanel!
Student Whoa!, That Looks So Wierd!
Student Ya corny
Student what bug is that ?
Bugscope Team this is a little true bug with some scales from a butterfly or moth wing in the background
Student Hi Chanel
12:24pm
Student what do they eat
Student Hi Jailen
Student hi cate
Bugscope Team true bugs have long tube mouths, called a proboscis, that they use to drink liquids
Student are these types of bugs or grass
Bugscope Team Kadi this is a bug in an group of insects called true bugs
Student Hi Cate
Student Hi Scottt
Bugscope Team Hi Jailene!
Student oh
Student they kinda look like a aunt
Bugscope Team yeah Kinda
Student Hello Scot, Hello Cate
Student What ya doing
Bugscope Team sitting at a computer in the underworld
Bugscope Team hi!
Student Hello scott and cate what is this
Student hi oumou
Student hellooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student Hellluuur :3 Scot & Cate ...
Bugscope Team haha Awesome, hello!
Student how you been cate and scot
Bugscope Team good good good

Student whats the underworld scot
Bugscope Team we work 23 feet underground where there is much less vibration
Student dude i love this its awesome so many bugs
Student Hey shyane
Student Who's Scott
Bugscope Team we run Bugscope from here in Illinois, in the underworld
Student what is the actual sizes of these things?

Student Hi boubacar
Student Who's Cate
Bugscope Team I graduated with a degree in physics and I help users with various machines and microscopes.
Student how u get 23 feet underground scot
Student Oh cool
Student Cool, So You Guys Show Us These Stuff In Hell?

Student HI
Student how big is a beetle
Bugscope Team you can see the scale bar in the lower left of the image. It is around 4-5 mm

Student How do you guys breathe ? or eat ?
Bugscope Team there's a cafeteria in the building, and AC. we do not have to go outside

Student all of are crazy

Student Your mad far away Scott
Bugscope Team You are far away, Mademoiselle.

Student hello
Student are r u people??? are u adults, kids, or teens
Bugscope Team we are adults

Student How did you get 23 feet under ground ? Isn't that impossiable Scott
Bugscope Team well I didn't mean to give you the wrong impression; there are elevators and stairs

Student OK......
Student How did you get these jobs?

Student OHHHHH.......
Student i'm to help all of you
Bugscope Team Thanks, Oumar.
12:29pm
Student When was the last time you guys saw sunlight ?
Bugscope Team me I had to go outside last Sunday
Student i'm here to help every body in the earth
Bugscope Team Sweet!

Student are these insects harmful or harmless
Bugscope Team all of the insects in the microscope for you today are harmless to humans for the most part. Some of the insects might be considered plant pests

Student do beetle eyes see clear at night or not
Bugscope Team they do not see as well as we do, generally

Student cool were are most of then from

Student Thankks Shyanee :33

Student How much does the beetle weighs?
Bugscope Team like 0.3 grams, I think
Student oh but why is the color
Student wow the beetle looks big
Student i travel the whole word in one second
Bugscope Team got to be dizzy

Student I did not call Chanel gawwwjuss -.-
Student where do your work
Bugscope Team we work in a laboratory at the university of illinois located in Urbana, Illinois

Student im superman

Student Wow......

Student Because i run like speed of fire
Student DEADASS CHANEEL

Student Are their eyes useful to them or what is which parts?
Bugscope Team if you had compound eyes you would have much better peripheral vision, and also you would be able to process motion more quickly, which is a good thing in the insect world
Student why is that eye so big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Student so is bigger then our heads

Student what is the purpose of this

Student how do you connect to us?
Bugscope Team via the Web; we are older than Facebook, older than WikiMcPedia, close to the age of Google
Student Nice to know Care
Student Do you guys have facebook or Instagram ?Do you guys connect with other people besides bugs 0.0 ?
Bugscope Team scott doesn't, but he has a lot of friends offline. I am more connected online.
Student Oh Snap Cate You Facebook Famous ..
Student Cate**
Student how many types of beetles are there?
Bugscope Team there are around 400,000 known species of beetles
Student do you know me
Bugscope Team you move too fast for us to see
Student i know every body gat facebook
Bugscope Team Scott doesn't :)
Student I smell like caca
Student chanel eats poppie

Student who is nasty
Student hi
Student im flash i can be where your work in 2 seconds
12:34pm
Student Hola
Student Wow is your jobs hard in your perspective?
Bugscope Team sometimes, but we are super lucky to be able to work with all of this cool equipment
Student do you like youre job
Bugscope Team it is mostly fun

Student What Is The Purpose Of This ?
Bugscope Team the microscope or what we are doing now?

Student ?
Student Do you get money for what you do Scott and Cate
Bugscope Team haha Yeah we are getting paid to talk with you, totally cool

Student Destani little idiot.

Student I guess Scott
Student shutup ericka
Student what is this
Bugscope Team this is a silver scale from a butterfly with both silver and orange scales on its wings

Student Oumou solijo

Student scot i want you answer me all the tim
Bugscope Team K
Student boubacar pobe
Student oumar k
Student oumou solijo pobe
Student What Is Your Bug ?
Student How long did you have yo go to school for what do you have to do to get this job
Bugscope Team i went to school for 4 1/2 years. Sometimes people in our field go for longer- like to get their PhD

Student Chelsea k
Student OUMOU SOLIJO POBE BONAMANA

Student do you have to go to collage for this job
Student What Is Your Favorite Bug ?
Student yes Chelsea -.-

Student oumar isn't fun

Student ppopbeeee solijo fatorou erika
Student WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS?
Bugscope Team this is a microscope that allows you to see things in great detail that in some cases you might've never known existed. on a day like today we get to show you some of this stuff, and we want to leave you with the idea that doing science is kind of fun
Student Do you like this?
Student how do you know chanel
Student Do you like this?

Student what made you want to do this

Student Do you like this?
Bugscope Team we like being able to do this kind of work

Student how do you know chanel

Student What Is Your Favorite Bug ?
Student why your take so long to right back

Student What is your favorite bug?

Bugscope Team we train graduate students and postdocs to use microscopes to do their own research
Student What is your favorite bug?

Student What is your favorite bug?
Bugscope Team weevils, leafhoppers

Student Cool Bees Are Very Scary Lol
Student what type of bees?
Student what type of bees?
Student what type of bees?
Student who ever write my name iam shut you up
Student what type of bees?
Student OMGÃÃÃ Scot Are You Enjoying This Conversation With Us ?
Bugscope Team it's fun to get to talk with people from the Outer World

Student i mean that

12:39pm
Student Are My Class Mates Disrespecting You ?

Student what type of bees?
Bugscope Team the smaller the better. The big hairy ones like bumblebees or solitary bees aren't as much fun in this microscope
Student thta bug looks nasty
Bugscope Team yeah, but it is not dangerous
Student what is this and are all of these things here rare

Student Cool :) (y)
Student Do You Think This Conversation Is Stupid ?
Student sorry bout the distractions
Student so how many people works in your job cate and scot
Bugscope Team there are several hundred people in the building, but we have the coolest jobs

Student yea destani is a ditraction
Student stop saying crazy or we gonna fight right know
Student ?
Student Are My Classmates Disrespecting You ?
Student What is one insects ya would not deel with it cause its sop nasty and etc. Scott and Cate
Bugscope Team tsetse flies, bot flies

Student i mean distraction

Student how much do your get paid
Bugscope Team enough to be able to eat out a few times a week

Student what is your favorite bug cate?
Student what is your favorite bug cate?
Student Helllo Scot ! Are My Classmates Disrespecting You ?

Student what is your favorite bug cate?

Student what is your favorite bug cate?
Student what is your favorite bug cate?
Student what is your favorite bug cate?
Student what is your favorite bug cate?
Student tryna violate

Student ooo but ya all have different stuff to do or you just work in group
Bugscope Team each of us helps researchers do their work, and the researchers do all kinds of cool space age science

Student alexa
Student all ya stop right know before i go
Student Cate and Scott what made you want to do this jobs?????
Bugscope Team the idea is that what we do helps people visualize what they do, so it's kind of real...

Student stop it now
Student ARE MY CLASSMATES DISRESPECTING YOU ?
Bugscope Team we don't sweat it; we're good

Student LMAOOOOOOOOO COOL COOL

Student HAANNNKKK FORGET THE HATERS

Student :(
Student ****LMTOO
Student :(
Student :(
Student :(

Student :)

Student :)

Student How did you know you wanted to this for a living Scott ?
Bugscope Team I knew that I did not want to do something theoretical; I wanted to be able to collect images of things for people that required no interpretation; does that make sense?
Student WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO DO THIS JOB ?
Student school takes forever

Student do you want to quit your work
Bugscope Team sometimes it is difficult, but you know life is like that

Student please stop i want to learn

Student if you could study any bug in the world, what would it be?
Student boubacar stop asking questions
Student Whosss Mavviss ?
Student HOW OLD ARE YOU ?
Student yea you right because it life you have to work hard to get what you want right
Student who im i
Student do you have to go to collage for this job
Bugscope Team yes most places in this field would want you to have your degree
Student Scott are you enjoying this conversation between my classmates ?
Bugscope Team Sure, Jailene. It's nice to talk with you as well, of course.
Student i am really gonna smack you keep on you lucky i cant curse

12:44pm

Student im talking to oumar

Student what is the biggest insect you have seen cate and scott??
Bugscope Team I've seen beetles as big as your hand, but not alive

Student CAN U GUYS STOP I WANT TO LEARN UR MAKING A FOOL OUT OF OUR SCHOOL !
Student Cateee !

Student How Oldd Aree Youu Cate &&' Scott ?
Bugscope Team there are photos of us on the website, under who are we?
Student YA ARE SO RUDE !
Student HIII
Student k
Student HOW OLD ARE U GUYS?
Student i told you chealsea
Student Okaay Thaaankksss :33
Student helllo
Bugscope Team Hello Oumar
Student i like soilja boy
Student ewww...how about cave cockroachs?
Bugscope Team we like the smaller insects for bugscope, nothing too big like cicadas. it's hard to look at features on them
Student soulja boy k
Student Coollll :p
Student so how long do you have to saty on this work or you do part time job
Bugscope Team this is a more than full time job but it changes a lot so we do not get bored
Student Cate your Pretttyyy :333
Student WELLL BYE SCOT AND CATE HAVE A NICE DAY :)
Student Thanks for the chat Scot and Cate have a great day
Student destani and oumar k
Student Okay thanks for talking to us , ttyl :)
Student soilja boy up in ohh
Student gotta go byes!!!
Student see ya later scot and cate
Bugscope Team See ya Destani!
Student Thank you for talking to us bye
Student all you dom
Student fuck you
Bugscope Team Thank you, Everyone!
Bugscope Team thank you!
Student nasty
Student SEE YOU LATE SCOT'
Student of
Student okay mr.fixl
Student bye every one
Student off line
Student OKAY
Student OKAY
Student OKAY
Student OKAY
Teacher End of the period. We need to sign off and go.
Bugscope Team Mr F Thank you for connecting with us today.
Student SEE U LATERRR CATEE
Student chelsea k
Student carzy monkeys
Student soilja boy here
Student OUMAR K
Student OUMAR K
Student THANK U !
Student SOULJA BOY K
Student BYEEEEEEEEE
Student Bye scot, Bye cate
Bugscope Team Bye Viviblue!
Student BYE SCOT
Student BYE CATE'
Student SEE U LATER SCOTTT
Bugscope Team Bye Alexa!
Student bye guys
Bugscope Team Bye Mavis!
Bugscope Team logging out quite soon
Bugscope Team good bye everyone!
12:50pm
Teacher all you hnst
Bugscope Team Mr Fixl are you still on?
Bugscope Team we're peeling out

School Name	South Bronx Academy for Applied Media
School Homepage	http://www.sbaam296.org/
Location	Bronx New York, United States
Community	Urban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Math
Grades Taught	7th Grade
Number of Students	30

Project Title	Scale Factors and Micrographs
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	I am planning to do a measurement week with my 7th grade class. We will measure and compare a variety of items: a) Too small to measure directly - Features on SEM micrographs. b) Medium - using calipers, rulers, laser meters c) Too big to measure directly - astronomical items from NASA photos using scale conversions The highlight of the week would be the interactive Bugscope Session where they had an opportunity to actually determine the items that they wanted to measure and acquire the SEM photos. ew York State Curriculum and Standards that are relevant. Measurement Strand Students will determine what can be measured and how, using appropriate methods and formulas. 7.M.1 Calculate distance using a map scale Tools and Methods 7.M.9 Determine the tool and technique to measure with an appropriate level of precision 7.M.10 Identify the relationships between relative error and magnitude when dealing with large numbers Number Sense and Operations Strand Students will understand numbers, multiple ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers, and number systems. 7.N.5 Write numbers in scientific notation 7.N.6 Translate numbers from scientific notation into standard form 7.N.7 Compare numbers written in scientific notation Communication Strand 7.CM.4 Share organized mathematical ideas through the manipulation of objects, numerical tables, drawings, pictures, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, models and symbols in written and verbal form 7.CM.4 Share organized mathematical ideas through the manipulation of objects, numerical tables, drawings, pictures, charts, graphs, tables, diagrams, models and symbols in written and verbal form Representation Strand Students will create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas. 7.R.1 Use physical objects, drawings, charts, tables, graphs, symbols, equations, or objects created using technology as representations Students will use representations to model and interpret physical, social, and mathematical phenomena. 7.R.9 Use mathematics to show and understand physical phenomena (e.g., make and interpret scale drawings of figures or scale models of objects)

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Connected on 2013-06-13 12:00:00 from Bronx, New York, United States