Connected on 2012-05-23 10:00:00
from , Maryland, United States
- 9:07 am
- Bugscope Teamgood morning!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- TeacherHi there! How are you?
- Bugscope Teamour connection time with you is in about 50 minutes, correct?
- Bugscope Teamwe just put the sample in and will be making presets for you as soon as the vacuum is good enough and we have adjusted the 'scope
- Bugscope Teamif for some reason the timing is incorrect, we will work to get things set up sooner; please let us know
- TeacherYes 50 minutes is correct. Let me know when all is set :)
- Bugscope Teamcool. we will likely be able to give you control of the 'scope beforehand
- 9:12 am
- TeacherKids are excited! Thanks for the opportunity!
- Bugscope Teamsweet. we are looking forward to this as well.
- 9:20 am
- 9:26 am
- 9:34 am
- Guestheeeeey
- Guestheeeeey
- Guesthyfr!!!!
- Bugscope Teamhi Jaz!
- Guesthi scot
- GuestWHAT UP BIG BUG
Bugscope TeamHi Bardi!
- Guestloser
- Guestbigger bug
- Bugscope TeamWe're still setting up.
- Guestyummy
- Guestyolo
- Bugscope TeamHi Mrs L.
- Bugscope TeamWe're setting up for a session that starts at 11 eastern time.
- Guesthola (;
- Bugscope TeamSo once we get started we will need to give our attention to the school in Maryland we're working with.
- Bugscope TeamBut you are welcome to watch and check things out.
- GuestQue onda
- Guesthola compadres
- GuestOK
- 9:39 am
- Guesthello
- Guestjaz is lame
- GuestHI SIENTISTES
- GuestIs touchin dem bugs fun?
Bugscope Teamyou have to be careful so you don't break or smash them, and you also want to orient them correctly
- Guestnice bug ( ;
- Guesthola
- Guestcool bug
- Bugscope Teamsome of them are so small...
- Guestwat do orient mean/
- Guest??????
- Guestwat part of the bug is tht
- Guesti like that bug (;
- Guestis that bug pkayful ? ( ;
- Guesthola
- Guestsup
- Guesthow big is that bug?
Bugscope Teamthis ant is maybe 3 mm long
- Guesthello
- Guestwhat color is the bug?
- GuestIS THAT A MOSUITO?
- GuestThats preety big ; )
- Guestits gray marcus
- GuestTHAT LOOKS LIKE ANTS
- GuestNESHAA where are youuuu
- Guestwat kind of ant is tht
- GuestThats gross
- Guestthats small
Bugscope Teamyeah it is really small; makes it tricky to put the sample together
- GuestOrale
- Guestsick!!!!
- GuestIve never seen these things close up
- GuestThats preety nice
- GuestThats preety nice
- Guestgrosss
- Guestorale
- GuestStop the insanity!!
- Guestnesha??? neeeesssshhhhhaaaa!!!
- GuestTACOS
- Guestwhat do bugs,humans,and animals have incommon
- Guestwhat do bugs,humans,and animals have incommon
- Guestcuanto puede vivir este insecto (:
- Guestbradshaw....
- GuestCOOL
- GuestCOOL
- Guestwat is tht
- GuestWOW 1 QUEEN HAVING TONS OF BABYS WOW
- GuestSHOW FIRE ANTS
Bugscope TeamBardi I believe fire ants look much like these.
- Guestyummy
- Guestwere do they live
- Guestwhat is that?
- Guestare there king ants
- Guestwhat are those squares
- Guestthats pollen?
- Guesti want a king ANT
- GuestCOOL!!
- Guestthats pollen?
- GuestIs there a queen ant?
- Guestsweet!!!
- Guestwere is the king ant
Bugscope Teamthere are no kings; when you see flying ants, those are males, unless it happens to be the queen
- GuestWhere do the fire ants live
- GuestSwagg Spiracle
- GuestWhat type of ant is it
- Guestants fly?
- Guestboss
- GuestTHATS COOL ITS IN BLACK AND WHITE THOUGH
Bugscope Teamyeah we are using electrons rather than light, and the images we see show up as signal, in gray scale
- Guestyes cj -_-
- 9:44 am
- Guesta lot jaz
- Guestwhat type of ant is it
- Guestabout how many ants live in a colony
- Guesti asked scot cj
- Bugscope Teamif you see scanning electron micrographs in color, they have been colorized
- Guest.
- Guesti didn't know ants could fly!
- GuestHOW MANY BABYS DO THEY HAVE AT ONE TIME
- Guestants fly?
- Guestflying ants do
- GuestwAT IS A silver fish
- Guest...
- Guestoh wow
- Guesthow many ants are in a colony?
- GuestWHAT DO THE GUTS LOOK LIKE ]
- Guesti lik ants
- GuestHow many babies can an ant have?
Bugscope Teamwell into the tens and maybe hundreds of thousands
- Guestyou spelled pregnant wrong luis
- Guestwow
- Guesthow many kinds of ants r there
- Guestthats alot of babies
- GuestMessi Sucks !!!
- GuestMessi Sucks !!!
- GuestTHATS ALOT
- GuestHOW MANY CAN HEY HAVE AT A TIME
- GuestESE ES RONALDO
- GuestHi Marcus...
- Guestwhat is dat.?! ^
- GuestHow many ants are in a colony
- GuestHEY
- Guestants ar cool?!?!?!?
- Guesthow do bugs get pregnat
Bugscope Teamit depends on the insect, but I think you could say that most have internal fertilization
- GuestWhat are baby ants called?
- Guestnasty spiracle
- GuestHOW BIG ARE ANTS COMPARED TO AN AVERAGE MAN?
- Guesthow many yearS of college do you need to become an entomologist
- Bugscope Teamthere are said to be more than 10,000 known species of ants
- Guestshhhh..........ants are coming...RUN
- Guesthow big are ants
- GuestCAN WE SEE BUTTERFLIES
- GuestHow do ants find food
- Guestwhy are ants small
- Guesthow big ar ants
- Guest?
- Guest?
- Guesti killed an ant yesterday with nesha.... i sowy
- Guesti killed an ant yesterday with nesha.... i sowy
- GuestHOW BIG ARE ANTS COMPARED TO AN AVERAGE MAN?
Bugscope Teammuch smaller, luckily for us
- GuestHow many times their own weight can they lift
- 9:49 am
- Guesthow does pollen affect your allergies
- Guestwhat do ants do in winter?
- Guestwhere do all bug go in the winter
- GuestHOW MANY ANTS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH AROUND THE WORLD?
- GuestWAT DO THEY DO WHEN ITS WINTER
- Guestwhy do mosquito's suck blood
- Guestcuando tiempo pueden vivir
- Guest10 times their weight i think
- Guestwhy do they have antanna ???
Bugscope Teamthe antennae are important in collecting chemical scents that seem to override other senses in determining what the ants do
- Guestthey die marcus
- Guestants are gonna take over the world one day!!1
- GuestHOW MANY ANTS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH AROUND THE WORLD?
- Guesthi
- Guestyes
- Guestyes i want to control
- GuestCan ants see color
Bugscope Teamsome can and some cannot; some ants do not even have eyes
- GuestYES
- Guestyes yolo
- GuestCan ants see color
- GuestHOW MANY ANTS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH AROUND THE WORLD?
- GuestYES
- TeacherHi there, Are we ready for kids to control some of the images?
Bugscope TeamCate is just about finished. Almost
- GuestSsssssshhhhh
- Guestyes
- Guestcan ants see color
- GuestHOW MANY ANTS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH AROUND THE WORLD?
- TeacherOK thanks
- Guesthow does pollen affect allergies
- Guestnesha... are you out there? in space?
- GuestCAN ANTS SEE HUMANS
Bugscope Teamyes they can for sure
- GuestHOW MANY ANTS WOULD IT TAKE TO REACH AROUND THE WORLD?
- Guestcan ants see color
- Guesthow does pollen affect allergies
- GuestR THEY SCARED
- GuestOF US
- Guestwere are flying ants
- Guesthow does pollen affect allergies
- GuestCAN ANTS SEE COLOR
- Guesthas anyone ever seen the movie ant bully?
- Guesthow long does an ant live
- GuestR THEY SCARED OF US
- Guesthow does pollen affect allergies
- Guesthi
- Guest,;
- GuestLOP;{
- GuestIs ant bully based on a true story??
- Guest where do all bugs go in the winter
- Guesthow does pollen affect allergies
- Guestyes i hav seen ants
- Guestdo ants see color?
- Guestwhy do ants bite?
- Bugscope Teamalright if you all from Mrs L's class can let us work with today's school, I would appreciate it
- GuestDO ANTS BE OUT MORE IN THE SUMMER
- GuestR THEY SCARED OF US?
- Guestok SCOT
- Guestisn't there 69 different ants ?
- Guestdo ants see color?
- Guestif a mosquito bites you can you get the disease it carries
- Guestjq4hr\
- GuestThank you, we will just "listen in"
- Guestants fly???????????
- Guestflying ant do!!
- Guestyes cj -__-
- Guestbyye
- Guestadios
- Bugscope TeamThanks, You All!
- 9:55 am
- Bugscope TeamCate is finishing up the presets, NHMS.
- TeacherOK :)
Bugscope Teamyou have control of the microscope now!
- TeacherWoo Hoo!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a small beetle
- Bugscope Teamand this is salt, from a Wendy's restaurant
- Bugscope Teamas far as we have seen, only Wendy's has salt like this, and actually they may not have it anymore
- Bugscope Teamthe sodium chloride forms cubic crystals, like it should, but the pattern is interrupted by something
- Teacherthis is michae
Bugscope TeamHi Michae!
- Bugscope Teamoops sorry Hi Michael!
- Teacherthis is michael have you scanned pepper before
Bugscope TeamI don't think we have, but we have looked at sugar, which isn't nearly as exciting as salt
- 10:00 am
- Bugscope Teampepper would not form crystals because it comes in flakes from pepper plants, as far as I know...
- Bugscope Teamthis is an odd mosquito we found
- Bugscope Teamit seems to be a female because it does not have ornate antennae
- Bugscope Teamthis may be a different kind of fly, but it resembles a mosquito in a lot of ways
- Teacherthis is tanner what kind of mosquito doesnt bite
Bugscope Teamthere is a kind of mosquito that feeds on nectar, even the females, and it does not bite, but I don't know that they live here
- Bugscope Teamwith almost all mosquitoes, the females are the ones that suck blood, and the males either do not eat or live on nectar from flowers
- Bugscope Teambecause I am working next to the microscope, I can make small changes in what we see using the microscope
- Bugscope Teamthese are individual facets of the compound eye, and they are a bit desiccated
- Bugscope Teamoops not now!
- Bugscope Teamthese ommatidia look really good!
- Bugscope Teamindividual facets of the compound eye = ommatidia
- 10:05 am
- Teacherhello my name is griffin what does desccated mean
Bugscope TeamHi Griffin! 'Desiccated' means 'dried out.'
- Teachercan electron microscopes scan color
Bugscope Teamno. when you see colored images from an electron microscope, they have been artificially colored
- Bugscope Teamelectrons are super small, smaller than atoms; and atoms are super small themselves, much smaller than the wavelengths of visible light
- Teacherhi my name is ciara and sydney
Bugscope TeamHi Ciara! Hi Sydney!
- 10:10 am
- Bugscope Teamthese little stalks are called tenent setae -- they are super tiny 'hairs' that help the fly cling to surfaces
- TeacherHello how come horseflys bite us
Bugscope Teamthe same reason mosquitos bite us. They are after a blood meal. Females need it to lay eggs
- Bugscope Teamon the ends of the tenent setae we see a bulbous area that is sticky
- Teacheroh thats cool :)
- Bugscope Teamnow we can see more of the end of the fly's arm, or leg
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its claws
- TeacherHow much do these microscopes cost
Bugscope Teamthis one cost $600,000 but that was over 10 years ago.
- Bugscope Teamas well as where we just were -- where the tenent setae are
- TeacherWOH11
- Bugscope Teamcompanies sell tabletop scanning electron microscopes, where schools with a good budget might be able to afford to buy one
- Bugscope Teamyes you are driving a $600,000 microscope from your classroom
- Teacheris there anything stronger then this?
Bugscope Teamit depends on what you want to see; this kind of microscope is best for this kind of imaging
- Bugscope Teamthe microscope you are using today is a lot bigger. The main component is about the size of a refrigerator box
- Teacherok
- Bugscope Teamwe can for example see atoms with other microscopes, but we would not be able to see insects nearly the same way we do now
- 10:16 am
- Teacherwhat kind of training do you need to operate one?
Bugscope Teamhere you just ask Cate to show you how; it takes an hour or so
- TeacherLOL Yeay Cate! What do you use it for there?
- Bugscope Teamactually this microscope will do other things as well; we can use it to perform elemental analysis on samples, for example
- Bugscope Teamthis beetle appears to be waving to us
- Bugscope Teampeople look at all kinds of samples. People have looked at different kinds of bacteria, cells, leaves, soil samples, carbon nanotunes
- Bugscope Teamnanotubes
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its mandible
- TeacherWhat is the coolest thing you have looked at?
Bugscope TeamI like brochosomes, which are produced by leafhoppers, and some pollen is really cool; we also see things that people have fabricated that are super small; it's hard to say what is the coolest. one person works with bacterial biofilms and comes up with beautiful things we don't always recognize
- TeacherWe can send some to you :)
- TeacherYou can have them all! ;)
- TeacherWe should have sent a stink bug. They are invaded MD....do you have them there?
Bugscope Teamyes, but not necessarily the same species. we don't have the really bad ones yet.
Bugscope TeamI should correct myself, and say that they're making their way in.
- 10:21 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle, through which insects breathe
- TeacherAre insects and other animals affected by pollen like we are?
Bugscope Teamprobably not the same way, but we have seen houseflies with their thoracic spiracles partially blocked with pollen grains
- Bugscope Team5 microns is about 2.5 bacteria long
- Bugscope Teamthis is an odd-looking claw
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the setae near it. they likely help the beetle sense when the claw is in contact with something
- 10:26 am
- Bugscope Teamthese are small beetles, and I am not sure what species they are; they are like cucumber beetles
- Bugscope Teamnow we can see lots of pollen, and its on one of those houseflies
- TeacherWhat is the most disgusting thing you have looked at?
- Bugscope Teamoops in that case I should have type 'it's on'
- TeacherSo the hairs are like the ones in our nose?
Bugscope Teamyes. they act to block out larger particles.
Bugscope Teamalthough the hairs in us are made from keratin, whereas these hairs are made of chitin (they are similar but different proteins).
Bugscope Team(sorry, chitin is not a protein, just realized my mistake.)
- TeacherThis is soooo cool!
- Bugscope Teamsomeone sent us a freshly dead pet fish. That was gross to find, but we didn't get to look at it in the microscope. It probably wouldnt have looked very good in this microscope anyway
- Bugscope Teamsomeone else once sent us a giant millipede. It looked like a baby snake. It was thankfully dead, but surprised Scot when he opened it. It was cool to look at with the microscope because we saw there were mites all over it
- TeacherHave you looked at human parts?
Bugscope Teamhair, lots of blood cells
- 10:32 am
- Bugscope TeamI've seen Scanning electron microscope images used in some dramas when they are doing CSI type things. Like if there was a certain pollen on clothing that was at the scene. Or looking at a close up of an insect or parasite that was found
- TeacherWhat type of microscope is used for CSI work?
Bugscope Teamthey use SEM's like this for some of what they do, like gunshot residue analysis; I believe they use light microscopes more than SEM's
- Bugscope Teamthe ant has tiny setae on its body called microsetae or microtrichae that are not sensory; they help form patterns and also likely help the ant keep a stable body temperature
- Bugscope Teamhere we see the beetle's mandible -- the thing that looks like a fork, kind of
- Bugscope Teamant jaws (mandibles) open from side to side, like a gate; unlike our mouths
- TeacherOops we accidentally closed out. We still OK?
Bugscope Teamlooks like you are still good, still on!
- 10:39 am
- Bugscope Teamnow we are looking into the beetle's mouth, as much as we can
- Bugscope Teamsome of the hairs (setae) we see are mechanosensory -- touch sensitive
- Bugscope Teamwhen we went to this last preset I could hear the stage bind a bit inside the specimen chamber
- Bugscope Teamthat may affect our ability to move to other presets; we'll see
- Bugscope Teamyou can see mold spores on the central seta there, lined up
- 10:45 am
- Bugscope Teamthat is a good demonstration of the size difference
- Teachermy name is maddy, how small is that compared to a cell?
Bugscope Teamred blood cells are relatively small, usually 8 to 14 microns, or micrometers (same thing) in diameter; other cells may be two or three times larger
- Teachercool, thanks!
- Bugscope Teambacteria are individual cells as well, and they are often -- the bacilli, that is -- about 2 microns long
- Bugscope Teambacteria come in three basic forms: rod-shaped (the bacilli), round (the cocci), and spiral (the spirochetes)
- Teacherwhat are the stems
Bugscope Teamthe things that look like stems to us are setae on the fly's body
- Bugscope Teamyou can also see microsetae, very small 'hairs' that are not sensory
- Bugscope Teamif we lower the magnification we can see about where we are now
- 10:50 am
- Teacherwhat do the setae do
Bugscope Teamthey help the insect to sense what is going on around it. They can't feel things through their exoskeleton like we can with our sensitive skin. The hairs help them with sense of touch, temperature, wind current directions, taste and smell
- Bugscope Teamwhen we see scales on moths, butterflies, silverfish like this, and mosquitoes, they are considered setae as well, but modified into that fanlike shape
- Teacherhi this is Austin are the silverfish claws sharp enough to draw blood
Bugscope Teamthey are sharp but they are too small for us to feel, and I don't think they are long enough to get to blood. Maybe make a surface scratch on the skin
- Bugscope Teaminsects have a head, a thorax (which the legs are attached to), an abdomen, six legs, and two antennae
- Bugscope Teamthey also often have palps, like this beetle does. palps are accessory mouthparts that help insects taste and also manipulate their food
- TeacherDoes this beatle have more than one eye
Bugscope Teamthey have 2 compound eyes, which are made of maybe a hundred or 2 ommatidia, which are the facets
- 10:55 am
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the beetle's eyes on either side of its head; it does not have ocelli, which are the simple eyes we often see with flying insects in addition to their compound eyes
- Bugscope Teamthe final five or so segments of an insect's arm are called the tarsi
- Bugscope Teamthe last tarsus is where the claw is, often, like this one
- TeacherHi this is ryan, do all flys have claws?
Bugscope TeamIn our experience, I believe all flies we've ever seen have six pairs of claws, one pair for each leg
- TeacherIs that all like dirt or debris?
Bugscope Teamsome of what we see are mold spores of various sizes, and some of it is dirt
- Bugscope Teamboth the small amphora like things and the spiny thing are mold spores
- Bugscope Teammold is always there, poised to grow on dead things and help them decay
- 11:00 am
- Teacherhi im jarrett and i was wondering if you could see bacteria/viruses with the microscope and if you have ever cut open live things and looked at organs
Bugscope TeamHi Jarrett! We can definitely see bacteria. Viruses it is easier to see using the transmission electron microscope (TEM).
- Bugscope Teamyou can't see the organs very well with this microscope because everything has to be dry, so they tend to look shriveled. but we do have people that do that with light microscopes
- Bugscope Teamviruses can be 50 nanometers in diameter; one 200th of a micrometer; we can see on that scale but usually it is tricky to see things that size among everything else
- 11:05 am
- TeacherThank youn so much for everything guys! This was great! We have to log off because our schedule is a little wacky.
Bugscope Teamthank you for joining us today. We hope you all had fun!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamthis was fun, today
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