Bugscope archived session

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Connected on 2007-05-10 10:15:00 from Urbana, Illinois, USA

10:12 am
Bugscope Teamhey hey
Bugscope TeamI am not late!
Bugscope Teamhey annie
Bugscope Teamwe are late
Bugscope Teamwe are waiting for the scope to vacuuum down, then we are going to make presets
Bugscope TeamYeah...I am the reason that the specimens were not there early
Bugscope TeamI had sick head yesterday and walked off and left them in the lab
Bugscope Teamit's okay, i think we'll be fine.
Bugscope Teamscope is real close, we'll zip through the presets
Bugscope Teamno problemo annie
Bugscope Teamannie, when we are making presets, if you could help us identify, that would be great!
Bugscope Teamscott is out today
Bugscope TeamRight...in Texas
Bugscope Teamyes yes
Bugscope TeamI can help ID everything!
Bugscope Teamcool beans
Bugscope TeamMatthew is trying to do this unit on sound production
Bugscope TeamSo we are going to want to try to zoom in on the sound production areas.
Bugscope Teamyeah, the sample is a big head, some detatched legs parts, etc.
Bugscope TeamI hope we can get a good shot of the cerambycid leg!
10:17 am
Bugscope Teamcathy is driving to the legs now
Bugscope Teamscott?
Bugscope TeamYeah man
Bugscope Teamhahah
Bugscope TeamI am in the airport at my gate
Bugscope TeamAren't you supposed to be on vacation?
Bugscope Teamcool dude!
Bugscope Teamclass is late, havn't seen em yet. we are making presets
Bugscope TeamWhat does EVDO mean on my cell phone?
Bugscope Teama text message?
Bugscope Teamhad to pay $6.95 for a day connection in the terminal.
Bugscope TeamYou mean I am supposed to have a text message?
Bugscope Teamyuck
Bugscope Teamwhich bug is the one that uses its legs for sound
Bugscope Teamcan we zoom out a bit?
Bugscope Teamor is this a big leg?
Bugscope Teamits just a leg
Bugscope Teamclass called, they are loggin in soon
Bugscope Teamyup a leg--nothing too interesting sound production wise so far
Bugscope Teamthis looks like a cricket wing..well it did
Bugscope TeamHi Franze!
10:22 am
TeacherHi Alex
Bugscope TeamWe are making a couple of presets for you, hang on a second please
Teachercool
Teacherok

TeacherOkay Thanks
Bugscope Teama hair!
Teacherthats pretty cool
Studentewwww
Teacheroh my.. joy
Studentewwwwwwwww
Teacherthe hair is hairy
Teacheryes
Studentpoop
Bugscope Teamsomeone's eye ball
Teacherha
Studentis that a leg?
Bugscope Teampart of one
Studenthi
Bugscope TeamHi there, we are making presets for you, please give us a second.
Bugscope TeamI can answer questions in the meantime
Studentwhat insect is this?
Bugscope Teamummm...dunno yet...
Studentthe screen hath goneth blanketh

Bugscope Teamrefresheth
Studentso NOW what is it (eth)
Bugscope Teamthis is double sided carbon tape
Bugscope Teameth
Studentoh (eth) ok i'll stop. so great carbon tape, huh?
Bugscope Teamyes the most interesting entomological thing ever
Studentya so cool
Studenthow do we operateth the microscope?
Studentand how do we findeth the insect
Bugscope TeamOh man -- a click beetle? Cool.
10:27 am
Bugscope TeamSomebody gotta take the mag down.
Studentis that still the fascinating carbon tape?
Bugscope Teamno...zoom out
Bugscope Teamthis is the critter
Bugscope Teamthis is part of a bug...
Bugscope Teamwell head for the head then, I guess
Studenti can't change the magnification tho...
Bugscope Teamshould be north
Bugscope TeamZed, et. al.: we'll give you the controls in just a minute. they will only show up on one screen at a time
Bugscope Teamlooks like the mag is as low as it does with this wording distance

Bugscope Teamokay, we have 3 presets, we are ready, sorry for the delay!
Bugscope TeamOK, Z.E.M: do you see some new controls showing up to the right of the image?
Studentno
Bugscope TeamHere's the tape, and Ag paint, and a big ol' leg.
Bugscope Teamzed et al have control
Studentwell we have some but we can't click on zem.
Bugscope Teamnow Test does.
Bugscope TeamOK, sorry, I was just testing to make sure thing were working
Bugscope Teamnow zed et al again
Bugscope Teamthe controls should be visible again, and we've "unlocked" them now that we're done setting up
Bugscope TeamSo go ahead and try controlling!
Studenti can't see the typed stuff below!
Bugscope Teamcan you try hitting F5, or refresh your screen?
Bugscope Teamdoes that help?
Studentno
Bugscope Teamjoan, did you have a chance to turn off the firewall, and or use firefox?
Studentwell actually i can't even see the messages. somebody on the other comp is telling me what you are saying.
10:32 am
Bugscope Teamthey're on IE7 (?)
Bugscope Teamthat's a new one
Bugscope Teami'm going to give control to nemo or Franze, who should i give control to?
Bugscope TeamWhile we are working out the bugs (no pun intended), who at CMS can tell me two ways insects make sound?
Teachernemo
Bugscope Teamcaptain nemo
Bugscope Teamzed, who is it that is telling you what we are saying, okay, nemo
TeacherHI
Teacherfranze
Bugscope Teami just gave control to nemo, nemo can you try driving the scope?
Teacherthey bang their heads
Bugscope Teamyes....some do
Teacherand they push air
Teacherwe dont have the controls
Bugscope Teamyes....
Teacherwe are smart
Bugscope Teamindubitably
Bugscope Teamnemo: are you sure the window is big enough, the controls will be off to hte right of the main image
Bugscope TeamI had no doubts
Bugscope Teamhello purple frog!
Teacherno its not big enough
Teacher=(
Teacherso.
Bugscope Teamso you can't resize it large enough?
Teachernope
Bugscope Teamso you see the image but not the text, or what
Bugscope Team?
Bugscope Teamcan you go to View and make changes?
Teacherwe can see the image but not the controls on the right
Bugscope TeamOK, so that's a very small screen. Try this please:
10:38 am
Studentwe can't see the SCREENETH!!!!! grr...
Bugscope Teamun-maximize the window, then drag it to the left so the left-half is obscured, then drag it out larger on the right hand side se you can see the controls
Teacherwe got the controls on the right but then the chat gets cut off
Bugscope TeamYou girls are so Shakespearian

Teacherwe have it all now
Bugscope TeamOK, well your screen size is so small that it's going to be a problem. Alex is going to describe how to change the screen resolution
Bugscope TeamOk...more bug trivia: what are some "reasons" that insects make noise?
Teacherthe chat and the controls
Bugscope Teamgood deal!
Bugscope TeamOH, ok. what fixed it?
Bugscope TeamGreat

Bugscope Team'cause they want attention?
Bugscope Teamyes...just like me...
Teacherto find a mate
Bugscope Teamnemo, do you have it, try a control, click to center, or click to drive, let's see if it works
Bugscope Teamyes....what other reasons?
Bugscope Teamyep!
Bugscope Teamumm
Bugscope Teamthink hissing cockroaches...
Bugscope TeamNemo: now that you've got the controls in view, can you give them a try?
Teacherit looks like a cricket

Bugscope TeamOops, wrong direction. we just went off the stub there
Bugscope Teamthis is what we call the "edge of the stub"
Bugscope Teamtry the other direction
Bugscope Teamthe edge of the world
Bugscope Teamnemo, when driving, click once to start, and again to stop. try click to center first, it's a bit easier

10:43 am
Teacherlegs?
Bugscope Teamit's a leg
Bugscope Teamthere ya go, good job! click to move, click again to stop
Bugscope Teamyou can also click one of hte preset images to the lower right to jump to an interesting spot

Bugscope Teamthe tarsus shjould be to the right
Bugscope Teamit's a hairy leg
Bugscope Teamsetae-ridden
Teacheryes it is
Bugscope TeamWe can zoom in some more and then adjust the focus to get a clearer image

Teacherwhat is this
Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle
Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle on the side of an adbomen of a bug
Teacheroh cool
Bugscope Teamthis is a big bug...I am thinking the cockroach.
Teacherso that's where the air gets pushed out from
Bugscope Teambut it could also be a cricket
Bugscope Teamyup
Teacheroh

Bugscope Teambut they don't have lungs, so their poorer ability to breath is actually what limits their size (why you don't see insects as big as dogs, horses, etc)
Bugscope Teamtry increasing the mag and click to center, you might be able to get a better look inside the spiracle

Teacherthis isnemo
Bugscope Teamlooks like we lost nemo, we can give control to someone else? who?
Teacher*this is nemo
Bugscope Teami just gave control to mad mara, go ahead
Teacherwe are nemo the comp messed up
Bugscope TeamOK, the controls should have been transferred to that screen
Teacherso we have a diff nick name

Bugscope Teamcool

Bugscope TeamNow try "click to center"

Bugscope TeamOOF
Bugscope TeamGreat, now we need to focus a bit to get a clear image
Teachercan we get a pic of that
Bugscope Teamall of the images you see today are archived along with the chat and you'll have access to them after the session
Bugscope Teamlooks like some dirt is in the spiracle, a bug bugger
Bugscope Teamwhich is a smaller division of a spiracle...the spiracle is on the outside (like a nostril) and the tracheae are on the inside (like our lungs)
10:48 am
Teachercould we get a pic of that?
TeacherBYE =)
Bugscope Teamwhere are you guys going?
Bugscope Teamdone
Teacherthe other students geta chance now
Teacherthanks -)
Teacher*** =)
Bugscope Teamahh..bye guys
TeacherCicada
Bugscope Teamnext victims...I mean, um students
Teacheraw soooo sweet buh-bye =p
Teacheroh dear
Bugscope Teamis that what this is Franze?
Bugscope TeamI didn't know
Teacherno this is probably the hissing cockroach
Bugscope Teamthat's what I thought...
Bugscope Teamyea there were 2 big bugs that were brought in: a cicada and a cockroach

TeacherCan we see the cicada
Teacher!
Bugscope Teamwe only put on a part of the big bugs, the parts that are used for sounds
Teacherso is this the cockroach or the cicada
Bugscope Teamthere was one where we put the shell on the stub of one of the bugs
10:53 am
Teacher?
Bugscope TeamSorry, most of us didn't get to see the bugs before the went in the microscope. The best way to help us identify them is to zoom out and move around so we can see more of the samples
Bugscope Teamand we used the legs of another bug only

Bugscope Teamif this is the cicada, if you drive south, you should be able to tell what it is by its terminalia

Bugscope Teamback to the right now a bit
Bugscope Teamgreat!
Bugscope Teamfurther down, Annie?
Bugscope Teamjust a smidge
Bugscope TeamTry click to center now, that give finer control of movement.
Bugscope Teamyeah, I think this is the cicada

Teacherthat is not the cicada
Bugscope Teamno?
Teacherbecuase a cicada we subbmitedt did not have a rear end
Bugscope TeamWell, I was just looking at the gap between the plates
Bugscope Teamanyway...let's drive around and look at other things...
Bugscope Teamno use arguing
Bugscope Teamor whatever we are doing
Bugscope Teamwhat about the cricket wing
Bugscope Teama cicada is about the size of a bus in the microscope
10:58 am
Bugscope Teamtakes up all the room on the stub
Bugscope TeamThese are probably the cricket wings here
Teacheryup
Bugscope Teamyou can see the venation
Bugscope TeamOOF
Bugscope Teamwe could focus it up a bit too

Bugscope TeamYou can use the "click to adjust" tool to increase the contrast, it might bring out some more features in the image there

TeacherIt does not help alot

Bugscope Teamtry focusing

Bugscope Teamwe're still out of focus too, you can see the focus is on the thing in the background
Bugscope Teamlike from here
Bugscope Teamtry focusing the other way now, it's working, just need to focus the other direction.

Bugscope Teamhey, pollen!
Bugscope Teambetter...
Bugscope TeamOh yeah!
Bugscope Teamcool, great job focussing on the foreground there
Teacherthanks
Bugscope TeamI just caught a glipse of some pollen grains in the background, right of the center at the lower part of the image now
Teachersee ya we are switching off now
Bugscope Teamnow of course Chas wants you to focus on the background
Bugscope TeamAwww...
Bugscope Teambye Franze
Teacher:)
Bugscope TeamThanks You All!
Bugscope Teamis anyone else going to control, or are you all going?
11:03 am
Studentwe're switching groups

Studentmay we pleas have the controls?

Bugscope TeamDone
Studentthanks
Bugscope Teamweird!

Bugscope Teampollen!!
Bugscope TeamThey're "charging up" with electrons right now, thus the weird contrast

Bugscope Teamall of these things we're looking at had to be coated with a super-fine layer of metal to make the surface conductive

Bugscope Teamwe're shooting all these electrons at it (because it's an electron microscope) and that's essentially like a flow of electricity
Bugscope Teamback to the cricket wing
Bugscope Teamso the electrical charge has to have some way to flow out of the sample, to ground
Studentcool!
Studentwhat is it?
Bugscope Teamis this a ladybug larva?
Bugscope Teamgnarly
Bugscope TeamCan you zoom in now?
Bugscope Teamannie, any idea?
Bugscope Teamno i dont know what this is

Bugscope TeamIt looks like it might be a section of something that was taken from a larger insect
Bugscope Teamuh oh
Bugscope Teamhmm

Bugscope Teamit could be the base of a leg
Bugscope Teamit doesnt look familiar to me
Bugscope Teamthe the femus
Bugscope Teamfemur
Bugscope Teamcould be annie
Bugscope Teamheh, you just drove off the scope. now back on, yee hooo!
Bugscope Teamthe femus ^^
Bugscope Teamhey cool.
Bugscope TeamThis is a really big part of something, whatever it is
Bugscope Team:P
Studentwhat is this?
Bugscope Teamdrive north a little to see
Bugscope Teamnorth and maybe east
Bugscope Teamthis might be part of the cicada actually, if you see a huge eye with some paint on it
Bugscope Teamgood job driving
Bugscope Teamthere's an EYE
Bugscope Teamto the left
Bugscope Teamyeah, that looks like a cicada to me
Bugscope Teamcicarda!!!
11:08 am
Bugscope TeamD'Oh.
Bugscope Teamciabarium
Bugscope Teammore to the left, the big spherical thing is the eye
Studentawesome
Bugscope Teambruiser
Studentwhats the tymbal?
Studentoh. it's me, rosa.
Bugscope Teamhaha
Bugscope Teamthe microscope has a lower bound of ~44x magnification here, so with an insect this large, 44x bigger means we can only see a small section of it at once
Bugscope Teamdo you remember?
Studentahem...no
Bugscope Teamhahaha
Bugscope Teameyeball
Bugscope Teamit is ok...you're supposed to forget all that stuff now!
Studentyay
Bugscope TeamHomoptera...;)
Bugscope Teamhow come there's no color?
Bugscope Teamthis should be red
Studentis this the tymbal?
Bugscope TeamI'm not familiar with what it looks like, perhaps Annie knows?

Bugscope Teami am not sure either
11:14 am
Bugscope Teamthis looks like a coxa...a leg base kind of
Bugscope Teamfrom what I'm reading here, it sounds like it should appear ribbed
Bugscope Teambut the tymbals are located near the base of the legs...
Bugscope Teamin some insects
Bugscope Teami was told that whatever we wanted to see on the cicada was on its side

Bugscope Teamcould use some focussing now at this higher magnification

Bugscope Teammaybe drive south a bit

Bugscope Teamso the reason that cicadas have this weird alien head is that there are powerful muscles underneat that ridged surface that allows them to suck sap out of roots
11:19 am
Bugscope Teamother homoptera, like leaf and plant hoppers have this kind of muscular pump on their foreheads as well
Bugscope TeamWow, people have done a really detailed study of the tymbal
Bugscope Teamthey know exactly how loud it is when it's flexing inwards vs. popping back outward, how much air it displaces, etc
Studentok. we're leaving! thank you for having us!
Bugscope TeamBye guys. Thank you!!!
Bugscope Teamglad to have you on!
Bugscope TeamI also have to run. I have to be at school in 10 minutes. That is a fast bike ride for a sick girl
Bugscope TeamThanks for the great session!
Bugscope Teambye bye!
Bugscope TeamBye annie, take care of yourself.

Name	Campus Middle School
Web site	http://www.campusms.org/index.html
Location	Urbana, Illinois, USA
Community	Suburban
Type	Private

Subjects	Zoology
Grades	7th
Students	12

Title	Insect Mouth Parts
Insects	Matthew Richardson was going to get the insects
Description	Our class is studying arthropods and we will use the project to look at how various insects mouthparts have evolved in different ways to adapt to how and what they eat. Our school is a private all girls middle school. The seventh grade is a multicultural class with some girls whose parents come from India, Korea, China, and Iraq.

Campus Middle School
Session 2007-020

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Connected on 2007-05-10 10:15:00 from Urbana, Illinois, USA

Campus Middle SchoolSession 2007-020

Application

School

Class

Project

Miscellaneous

Transcript

Connected on 2007-05-10 10:15:00 from Urbana, Illinois, USA

Campus Middle School
Session 2007-020