Archives & Media

Below are some images taken or produced when Bugscope was first launched!

This project has grown and developed so much since it first started in 1998, this is just a small view at how things looked when we first started!

  • The FEI XL-30 ESEM FEG and computer controls
  • Insects mounted on the 1.5 inch sample stage
  • An image of the sample stage mounted inside the microscope

Links to Bugscope in the Media

Here are some links to Bugscope mentioned in the media (listed newest to oldest):

Illini Insider | Celebrating 25 years of scoping out bugs (14 Dec. 2023)

Bugscope: 25 years of thrills and chills (1 Dec. 2023)

Beckman Institute reveals that bugs have bugs with a microscopic look  - associated video below (31 Oct 2023)


Bugscope Project lets students drive an electron microscope from class (28 April 2014)

Bugscope turns 15! (4 April 2014)

Science Honors Electron “Bugscope” Project with SPORE Award (29 July 2011)

 

Links to Bugscope Publications

Here are some links to Bugscope publications (listed newest to oldest):

Josek, T., et al. "Bugging Out With Bugscope: Easily accessible technology engages students and inspires insect inquiries." Science and Children 61.1 (2024): 77-81.

Robinson, S., et al. "Bugscope: Online K–12 Microscopy Outreach." Microscopy Today 19.2 (2011): 46-50.

Wallace, C., et al. "Remote-access scanning electron microscopy for K-12 students: The bugscope project nine years on." Microscopy and Microanalysis 14.S2 (2008): 858-859.

 

Previous sessions

In the section below, videos of previous Bugscope sessions will be available.