Connected on 2007-10-02 09:00:00
from Ulysses, KS, US
- 7:57 am
- Bugscope Teamputting the sample in
- Bugscope TeamCate is doing that now...
- 8:12 am
- Bugscope TeamMorning everyone
- Bugscope TeamMorning Chas
- 8:18 am
- Bugscope Teamwe will start presets in a minute
- 8:24 am
- 8:36 am
- Bugscope Teamoh nice, diatoms. haven't seen them in a while
- 8:44 am
- 8:50 am
- Bugscope Teamunlocked the session
- 8:56 am
- Bugscope TeamGood morning Mrs Phelps!
- Bugscope TeamThis is terrible -- we do not recognize, for sure, any of the insects.
- TeacherGood morning
- Bugscope TeamOne is a true bug, and one is a fly with piercing mouthparts...
- Bugscope Teamhello Mrs. Phelps
- Bugscope TeamWe need our entomologist to log in.
- Teacherwe tried to choose the unusual ones the kids caught for their collections
- 9:01 am
- Teachershould I be seeing the controls for the microscope
Bugscope Teamyes, they should be on the rightside of your browser window.
- Bugscope TeamWhat class do you teach Mrs. Phelps?
- Bugscope TeamI should tell you my grandmother lived in Lakin, and my grandfather. Another grandmother in Dodge City -- she was once the superintendent of schools for Ford County. And my mom is from Bucklin.
- Bugscope Teamare you missing the controls?
- Teacher5th grade science
- Bugscope TeamAre you not seeing the controls?
- Teacheryes, i could move to a different computer
- Bugscope Teamfirst, try hitting refresh
- Bugscope Teamare you using the same computer you ran the compatibility test from?
- Bugscope Teamrefresh is F5
- Bugscope TeamIf you are logged in as the teacher you should see controls to the upper right and presets to the right of the chat.
- Bugscope Teamalso, try hitting F11, that will expand your browser to full screen mode
- Bugscope Teamit may be your browser window is too small.
- Teachermy tech guy fixed it
- Bugscope Teamawesome!
- Bugscope TeamCool.
- Bugscope TeamIf you would like to drive, or test presets, feel free -- the 'scope is all yours,
- 9:07 am
- Bugscope TeamOne of the bugs has lots of diatoms on it -- kind of a cool thing to see.
- Bugscope TeamMrs Phelps are you going to have kids log on today or are you running with a projector or smartboard ?
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Guest 1 as well...
- Teacherthe students are getting ready to log in
- Bugscope TeamMy family is from western Kansas, all around Ulysses.
- 9:12 am
- Bugscope TeamCool.
- Bugscope TeamGood morning Commontern!
- Bugscope Teammorning guys
- Bugscope Teamgood morning!
- Bugscope TeamPlease let us know if you have questions about what you see, or about the electron microscope, or anything else.
- Bugscope TeamHello everyone
- Studentgreetings feelo bug likers
- Bugscope Teamhi students, welcome to bugscope!
- Studenthi
- Studenthi to you too
- Bugscope Teamgreetings Donald and Abe, and Itzel and Gladys.
- Studenthow are you doing
- Studentis it a bug??
- Studenthi
- Bugscope TeamWe are great...ready to see some bugs really close??!
- 9:17 am
- Studentjoin us
- Studentwats up
- Studentits nice to meet to you
- Bugscope TeamThese are all insects you sent us, and we don't recognize them -- we may need some help identifying them.
- StudentHI
- Studentis this abug or what
- Bugscope TeamHey stone
- Studenthi
- Studentfreddy
- Studentwhat bug is that
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwat yo
- Bugscope Teamall the things on the stub today are bugs
- Studenthi
- Studenthello
- Studentwut up
- Studentwhat is this we are looking at?
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentthats interesting
- Studenthey stone its me donald and abe
- 9:24 am
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Studentwhat are the spickes on the insect
- Bugscope Teamwe coming back ok now?
- Studentsweet picture
- Studentyes
- Bugscope Teamthe spikes we see are called setae
- Studentok
- Studentis it a termite
- Studentwhats a setae
Bugscope Teamsetae is the plural of seta and it is a hair-like structure
- Studentwhat is it??
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- Studentscot is it atermite
- Studentwhat kind of bug is this
- Studentwho knows jonathon
- Studentwhat are the spikes for
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentWhat happened ?
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- StudentWhat is this insect???
- Bugscope Teamsetae are hairlike projections that are often sensory -- they send signals to the nerves beneath the chitin.
- Studentwhat is the bug called
- 9:30 am
- Studentwhat are we looking at right now
- Bugscope Teamwe actually don't know what any of these insects are, but annie might be able to tell us as we go along
- 9:36 am
- Bugscope Teamok back
- Studentyes
- Studentok
- Bugscope TeamI would be more than happy to help indentify the insects
- Studenthi to all!
- Bugscope Teamwow I am back, I think
- Bugscope TeamI can see everything but the screen
- Bugscope TeamIf you can decrease the magnification I can probably tell you what this insect is
- Studentok
- Bugscope Teamso as we were trying to say, we weren't able to identify any of the bugs you sent us, but annie might be able to tellyou what they are as we go along
- Studentok
- Studentwow what is this?
- Studentwhat bug is that?
- Studentwhat is this insect??/'
- Studentthats a cool fly
- Student wat is that
- Studentcool!!!!!!!!!
- Studentits a fly claw
- StudentCOOOOOOOL!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentawesome what are the laers on its leg 4
- Studentcoolwow
- Bugscope Teamthis is a fly
- Student nice fly
- Bugscope Teamlooks like
- StudentThat Awesome
- Bugscope Teaminsects are a lot hairier then they seem
- Studentit has that much hair
- Studentyes t is
- Studentdo you know how many hairs there are
Bugscope TeamNope, not on this insect. There are too many to count
- Studentlooks like a jelly fish
- Studentlooks like a jellyfish
- Studentwhats a tarsus????
- Studentdo you know how old it is?
- Studentwhat is the bumpy pattern on the head called
Bugscope TeamYou may be refering to the eyes...and those are the compound eyes
- Studentwhat is this
- Student What is this?
- Student9000
- StudentHi logan
- Studentthats alot of hairs
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head
- Bugscope Teamthe tarsus is what we call the forearm segments of an insect -- actually we call them tarsi, or tarsomeres.
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamat the top of the head you can see the antennae, where one of them is broken off
- Student9
- Bugscope Teamthis is some kind of fly with a nasty piercing mouthpart
- Bugscope Teamin the middle of the head you can see the mouth of the fly
- Bugscope TeamEach "bump" on the eye is one omatitium
- Studentwhat part of the insect is this
Bugscope TeamThe underside of the head
Bugscope Teamthis is the head
- StudentTarsomeres is a weird word
- Bugscope Teamommatidium
- 9:41 am
- Studentdoes it have a missing antea?
Bugscope TeamPart of one antenna is missing
- Studentwhat is that hole on his head
Bugscope Teamthat is where an antenna broke off
- Bugscope TeamI think this is a horse fly
- Studenthow long are there antena
- Studentcan u tell how old this bug is?
Bugscope TeamProbably about 3 months old...that is a very weak guess
- Studentis it dead
Bugscope Teamyes all the insects right now are dead that you will be looking at today
Bugscope TeamYes, all insects being placed into the microscope are dead and dried
- StudentThats a cool fly
- Bugscope Teammost of what we see on the left and right, are the eyes. and the mouth is in the middle
- Studentwhat part of the fly are we looking at
- StudentWicked!
- Studenthow do you tell how old it is??
Bugscope TeamWell, you figure that the insect is an adult, it had to go through larval and pupal stages. If the fly has one generation per year, three months is a good guess
- Studenthow long can flys live?
- Studentwhat effects does it have when it loses an antenna
- StudentI like the compuond eyes the best
- Bugscope Teamthis is the ventral side -- the underside -- of the head
- Studentwhat color is it
- StudentWhat kind of fly is it
- Studentwhats that
- Studenthow many insects are there
- Studentwhat does it do
- Studentis this under the ocean
- Studentwhat that
- Studentit looks like its smilling
Bugscope Teamyeah it kind of does
- Bugscope Teamsometimes body parts fall off the insects like legs are antennae especially when they are really dry
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhats that
- StudentWhat is it?
- Studentis that its moth
- Studentit's smiling
- Bugscope Teamthe antennae have lots of sensory cells on them -- they can use them to taste the air and get an idea of where certain smells are coming from
- Studentits a fly!!!!!
- Studentis it a butterfly
- StudentWhat kind of bug is this?
- Studentis that a blue beetle
- Studentwhat kind of insect is this?
- Studentlooks like a crab
- Studentit looks like a crab in a ball
- Studenthow can you tell if it a male or female
- Bugscope Teamthis is some kind of beetle
- Studentdoes it have any missing parts
- Studentis it a girl or a boy
- Studentis there hair spiky
Bugscope TeamMost often the "hair" setae is very fine...we could not even feel it with our skin
- Studentwhat kind of insect is this?
- Studentis that a fly
- Bugscope TeamHmm...this is a tricky one.
- Bugscope Teamcan't really tell right now if it is missing anything yet
- Bugscope Teamoop now we are looking at the bases of the antennae
- Studentthats awsome!!!
- Bugscope TeamI am not quite sure what this is!
- Bugscope Teamtheres the antennae
- Bugscope Teamand at the bottom of the screen the mouth
- Studentwhat is it ?
- Studentwhat type of insects to you study
Bugscope TeamI study longhorned beetles..which are beetles that bore into wood as larvae.
- Studentis its antena folded
- Bugscope Teamhey congrats you stumped annie! lol
- Studenthow can you tell how old it is
- Studentif you rubb over the body can you feel the hairs?
- Studentis it a house fly
Bugscope Teamnot a fly
- Bugscope Teamannie is our bugologist
- Studentare those the antennaes
- Bugscope Teampbbblt Chas!
- Bugscope TeamAnnie has to guess because she doesn't know exactly -- she has to make an educated guess.
- Studentare the antenna conected to the eyea
- Bugscope Teami'm telling you they have some weird bugs in kansas
- Bugscope Teamheh
- Studentwhat bug is this?
- Studentare those hairs ponti
- 9:46 am
- Studentwow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat kind insect is this?
- Student Is this a bee
- Studentwhat bugs do you like studying
- Bugscope Teamthis is the stinger
- Studentwhat is this on the screen
- Studentwhat bug is that
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat kind of insect is this
- Student+++
- Studentdoes this have a tail
- Studentit looks like the bottem part of the mouth is made of metal
- StudentIs this a wasp
- Studentwhat kind of insect has this stinger
- Studentis that the head
- Bugscope Teamthis is the butt essentially
- Bugscope Teamthis is a stinger, and we are not sure what insect we are looking at -- we are sorry to say we did not recognize many of these bugs
- Studentis this a stinger
- Studentis this the same kind of bug
- Bugscope TeamIf Annie had been able to see them before we put them in, she would know
- Studentare we look ing inside the insect?
Bugscope Teamunless the bug has been dissected, then no. one of the electron microscope's unusual properties compared to a light microscope is that it never sees through the surface, even if it appears transparent to your eyes
- Bugscope Teamthis is a different kind of bug
- StudentIs this a scorpine.
- Studentis that the tail?
- Studentdoes this sting hard
- Studentwhat is youre favorite insects to study
Bugscope TeamMy favorite insects are longhorned beetles!
Bugscope TeamAnnie2 studies insects. I actually do not work with insects just when I am participating with bugscope
- Studentis this a bee or wasp
- Studentcan u show us its mouth?
- Bugscope Teamthat was the tail portion
- Studentcan the bugscope only look at insects
- Studentis this a body
- Bugscope Teamit's not a bee or a wasp
- Studentwhat kind of bug is that
- Studentare these the legs
Bugscope TeamYes we are looking at the abdomen of mystery insect
- Bugscope Teamwe can look at lots of things -- not only insects
- Studentcricket
- Studentits probably the abdomen
- Studentdoes this sting hard
- Studentis this a fly
- Bugscope TeamI love the eyes of insects though...and the mouthparts of butterflies
- StudentIs it some type of a velvet ant
Bugscope TeamI don't think it was a velvet ant...they are much hairier!
- Bugscope TeamThis kind of looks like a little bee or wasp..
- Bugscope Teamusually people who use the microscope are imaging other things -- things they have made out of silicon, or plastics, or cells they have grown
- Studentthis a kool fly
- Studentare the antennas connected to the eyes?
Bugscope TeamNo...they are just laying on top of the eyes
- Studentscott what type of do you like
- Studentis that the mouth
Bugscope TeamYes, we were looking at the underside of the head...so you could see the mouth
- Bugscope TeamI especially like earwigs
- Studentan amazing mouth
- Studentwow!
- Bugscope Teamearwigs often have mites, and it is cool to be able to see a bug on a bug
- Bugscope Teamthis is another mouth
- Studentare those teeth?
- Bugscope Teamspeaking of bugs, I think this is a true bug
- Studentis that a stinger
- Bugscope Teamwith its piercing mouthpart
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentthis looks like a leg of a bug
- Studentdo bugs live over a year
Bugscope TeamSome insects can live for many years. Some queen bees can live for 10 years or more.
- 9:51 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is not a stinger but a pointed part of the mouth
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentDo they have teeth?
- Studentis that the leg
- Studentwhy do you study bugoligy
- Bugscope Teamfor piercing things like fruit, so the bug can get the juices out
- Studentwhat is your favorite insect out of beetles or butterfkies
- Studentthey look like waves
- Studentare those teeth or just bumps?
Bugscope TeamWe are looking at very small bumps on the mouth of an insect...so bumps, not teeth
- Studentits a ocean
- Studenthas their ever been a deformed bug
Bugscope TeamDeformed while alive? or when you view it under the microscope? The later can happens when the bug dries in in a strange way
- Studentwhat kind of mouth part is it?
- Studentwhats in the background
- Studentis this sharp teeth
- Studentis the mouth
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- StudentWhat are those sharp things?
- Studentis that a leg
- Bugscope Teamthis is the piercing part of the mouth
- Studentis that hair
- Bugscope Teamthe background has setae of the bug
- Studentdon't some bugs only live a day??
Bugscope Teamsome bugs live only a few hours
- StudentWhat bug is that
- Studentwhat is this
- Studenthow long do they live
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that it has serrations on it that help it cut into the fruit it is eating
- Studentwhat kind of bug is this
- Studentwhat type of insect is this
- Studentwhat is a satea
- Bugscope Teamhere we can start to see diatoms
- Studentdo bugs sneeze
Bugscope TeamI do not think so
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentdo they have veins
Bugscope TeamInsects don't really have veins. Their "blood," which is called hemolymph, flows freely inside the insect
- Studentis this an antanae
- Studentwhat are diatoms
- Studentwhat is the brain type thing in the background
- Studenthow do scientist come up with scientific names of insects ?
Bugscope Teamsometimes you can tell the names are based on latin words describing something important about the insect. sometimes I believe the scientists get to name them after themselves, etc
- StudentWhats a diatom
Bugscope TeamAlgae
- Bugscope Teamdiatoms are usually single-celled algae that have a silica shell
- Studentthat is a big mouth part
- Studentdo they have brains
Bugscope TeamBugs have a "primitive" nervous system but do not have a brain
- Student.
- Studentthat a mouth
- Studentis that the leg
- Studenthow many days do insects live
- Studentwho did this bug
- Bugscope Teamthey have a variety of shapes, and the ones in the 'scope today look like little canoes
- Studentwhat are the spikes
- Studentoh
- Studentwhat is coming out of it
- Studentare those legs
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentthey have small hair
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamthe brain has to be able to fit inside the head, so it is pretty small
- Studentwhy do they have hairs
Bugscope Teammany many reasons. in some cases it may be the same reason as us: to keep warm
- Studentare those legs
- Studentwhat is the biggest bug u have did on the bugscope
- Studentdo you know how old they are
Bugscope TeamUsually insects have one or two generations per year...which means per summer since insects are not very active in the winter. So, I estimate that most of the adult insects that we look at here today will be somewhere between 1 and 3 months old
- Studenthats that in the middle??
- Studentdo you know how old it is
- Studentare some bettles poiseinous
- StudentMaurice Is this legs
- Bugscope Teamin the middle we see the proboscis
- Studenthow many insects do you study a day
- Studentis that a beetle
- Studentdo bugs get sick
- Bugscope Teamthat is the part that ends in the piercing mouthpart
- Studentwhat is the layers on the thing between the other 2
- Bugscope Teamthe proboscis is something like a mouth
- 9:56 am
- Studentthat looks like a braclet
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a knee on a leg
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Studentwhat are the holes on the insect??????
- Student do they have ears
Bugscope Teamthey don't have ears like we do: recessed holes with complex structures and hairs, etc. they frequently feel the vibration of the air with their setae, or hair-like structures
- Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at a knee, and in the background is a compound eye
- StudentWhat is this body part
- Studentwhat is it anyway?
- Studentdo bugs miggrate
Bugscope TeamSome do...I know that certain bees do...
Bugscope Teamsome insects migrate for thousands of miles like bees and butterflies
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teambugs do not have ears the way we would think of them
- Studentdo they have ears
- Studenthow many layers of skin do they have
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat part is this
- Studentwhy do insects harm us and help us
Bugscope TeamThey do neithr intensionally hurt or help us. They do what ever seems appropriate to ensure their survival
- Studentare they smart ( by using there brains i mean)
- Studentdo bugs bite
- Studentwhat is3
- Bugscope Teamthis is a knee
- Studentthat looks like a wing
- Studentthank you
- Studentim sorry but i have to go
- Bugscope Teamand we are looking at some setae that stick up from the surface of the knee
- Studentby
- Studentby
- Bugscope Teamcya guys. thanks for joining us
- Bugscope Teambye
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for chatting with us
- Bugscope TeamWe are sorry to have had connection problems this morning...
- Teacherthanks !
- Teacherwe'll only log on with 20 this afternoon
- Bugscope Teamthis is an antenna of some sort of scarabeoid beetle
- Bugscope TeamBye
- Bugscope TeamWhatever number we had one right now was working fine
- Bugscope TeamIt was fun
- Bugscope TeamThanks everyone for the good questions
- Bugscope Teamit exposed a flaw we hadn't been able to test for before, and hopefully it's resolved. but it wouldn't hurt to start with a smaller number of client and work up slowly
- Bugscope TeamSo we are better prepared this afternoon.
- Bugscope TeamI will have a look!
- Bugscope TeamHow many students are you expecting this afternoon?
- Bugscope Team2:15 to 3:15
- Bugscope Team20
- Bugscope Team=)
- Bugscope TeamMrs Phelps just told us she would hold the connections to 20
- Bugscope TeamI will try to make it between two different ICC that I am running today
- 10:01 am
- Bugscope TeamClaudi that is 3:15 to 4:15 your time, Mademoiselle.
- Bugscope Teamgo ahead
- Bugscope Teamhemiptera?
- Bugscope TeamIt is all up to...since nobody had a clue what bugs those were
- Bugscope Teamcool, great work chas.
- Bugscope Teamon fixing the issue i mean.
- Bugscope TeamWe should save the word...bugologist
- Bugscope TeamThis is a homoptera of some description....some sort of hopper.
- Bugscope Teamthe kids yesterday had a version of that word
- Bugscope Teamyeah it does look sort of like the GB with that rounded head
- Bugscope Teamself-anointing and all that
- Bugscope TeamSomething like that....so I will call this a leafhopper.
- Bugscope Teamokay we will go with homoptera, and the hopper
- 10:06 am
- Bugscope TeamI can connect from my laptop and my computer on my desk...down to 78 Lol
- Bugscope Teamscary
- Bugscope TeamI have no idea what this is
- Bugscope Teamwell that makes me feel a little better
- Bugscope TeamIt looks scary...
- Bugscope TeamI can help for another 20 minutes
- Bugscope TeamThree entomologists don't know what this is...maybe a tenebrionid?
- Bugscope TeamAre we testing now?
Bugscope Teamno, we'll test later claudia. scott and annie are trying to figure out what the bugs are.
- Bugscope TeamWait...I only asked once?
- Bugscope Teamit's like a parallel universe of bugs
- Bugscope TeamThis is a horse fly
- Bugscope TeamWell...Kansas bugs =)
- Bugscope TeamAnnie has enlisted some of the bugologists she works with to help.
- Bugscope Teamhaltere
- Bugscope TeamGood luck Annie and Scott...I hope to log back in later today =)
- Bugscope Teamstill the horse fly
- Bugscope Teamsee you later ;)
- Bugscope Teamso we have a leafhopper/homoptera, a horsefly, which is some kind of diptera?, and the Ukrainian looking bug that we cannot ID.
- 10:11 am
- Bugscope TeamAnd this...
- Bugscope Teamhorse fly is diptera, yup
- Bugscope TeamThis is another diptera---maybe a robber fly
- Bugscope TeamI can't tell for sure
- Bugscope Teamokay, a robber fly. the kids are going to want to know what that means
- Bugscope TeamThey steal prey from other insects and from spider webs too!
- Bugscope Teamwhoop
- Bugscope Teamdiatoms all over the hopper
- Bugscope Teamthat takes some nerve to steal from spiders
- Bugscope Teamnow this one....
- Bugscope TeamI guess they aren't too speedy, the ones that spin webs aren't
- Bugscope Teamthis looks like goofy, of the seven dwarves
- Bugscope Teamit has an indented carapace that may be green
- Bugscope Teamlike an art deco beetle
- Bugscope Teamthis is a cuckoo bee
- Bugscope Teamaka cuckoo wasp
- 10:16 am
- Bugscope Teamreally?
- Bugscope Teamaka jewel wasp
- GuestHello: I am at NSF with some educators from NSF Child Development Lab.
- Bugscope TeamI told the kids it wasn't a bee or wasp and then you said it looks like a bee or wasp
- Bugscope Teamwelcome Umesh!
- Bugscope Teamthe green color and indented abdomen give it away
- Bugscope TeamWe have finished a connection this morning with Ulysses Kansas.
- Bugscope TeamIf you want to log on as teacher you can drive this morning, until noon your time
- Bugscope Teamor we can give you control
- Bugscope Teamlike now, you have control Umesh
- Bugscope Teamthey are called cuckoo wasps because they steal the host larvae's provisions. They have a hard dimpled body that protects them from the stings of other wasps and bees
- Bugscope Teamneat!
- Bugscope Teamwe lost Umesh, maybe he will come back as a teacher
- Bugscope Teamgah...chargy
- Bugscope Teamare there any other critters on the stub?
- 10:22 am
- Bugscope TeamI think this is it
- Bugscope Teamgo towards the middle top
- Bugscope TeamRobber Fly, Jewel Wasp, hopper, horsefly...
- Bugscope TeamOK---those are my best guesses. I don't know what this beetle is
- Bugscope Teamthe one with the wingfs around it
- Bugscope Teamoh yeah
- Bugscope Teamdrive me there
- Bugscope Teamif you can
- Guestthis is sarah from the child development center - should we be seeing color on the screen? you mention the green color below . . .
- Guestthis is Sarah from the child development center - should we be seeing green color on the screen?
- GuestTest
- Bugscope Teamno you will not see color
- Bugscope Teamthe insect was originally green
- Bugscope TeamFINALLY, an easy one
- Bugscope Teambut we coated it with gold-palladium
- Bugscope TeamThis is a plant hopper
- Bugscope Teamand also you cannot see color when you are working with electrons
- Bugscope TeamThanks Annie!
- Bugscope Teamthanks annie
- Bugscope Teamthe plant hopper is a mess
- GuestHow old are the children in the classroom who are viewing this project? The children at the center who will be using this program are 4-5.
- Bugscope TeamSarah we were trying to help Annie determine what one of the bugs was.
- Bugscope TeamI am getting a better ID
- Bugscope Teamthe kids today were fifth grade
- Bugscope Teamkids who are 4 or 5 are a little young, generally. their attention span is shorter in out experience
- GuestThis is Umesh now: Sarah is interested in knowing if it will be okay for children (ages 4-5) to participate.
- Bugscope Teamyou can do 4-5, it is still fun for them to see all the bug parts up close to where you can see things you can't normally see
- 10:27 am
- Bugscope Teambut like scott said, their attention spans are limited
- Bugscope TeamSure. It will be best to have the teacher drive, and also to have him/her ask questions
- Bugscope Teamsince the kids aren't likely to be typing much
- Bugscope Teamsome of them could, I guess
- Bugscope Teamthis is an acanaloniid plant hopper...no common name, but call it a wedge-shaped planthopper
- Bugscope Teamawesome, Thanks Annie
- Bugscope Teamhomoptera
- Bugscope Teamd'oh
- Bugscope TeamI may be able to log in at 2:15. I have to go run PCRs today, so I may or may not be free. We'll see
- Bugscope Teamdoes homoptera mean the wings are the same shape?
- Guestthis is Sarah: can we send in worms and such that may not be "dry" items; what about hair or leaves, etc.?
- Bugscope Teamworms will need to be critical point dried here.
- Bugscope TeamNo, it means that their wings are uniformly colored. Contrastes with hemiptera which have hemielytra---half elytra
- Bugscope Teamif you can send them in ethanol it would be perect
- Bugscope Teamhair and leaves would be fine
- Bugscope Teamseeds would be fine
- Bugscope Teamone artist we have worked with brought in snapdragon pods, which look like tiny skullls
- Bugscope Teamskulls
- Bugscope Teamthat might not be so good for 4 to 5 year olds
- Bugscope Teampollen is good, salt is good...
- Bugscope TeamOK---I gotta go set up my PCRs
- Bugscope Teamthanks a bunch annie
- Bugscope TeamWendy's salt is very good
- Bugscope TeamI will try to log back in
- 10:32 am
- Bugscope TeamThanks Annie!
- Bugscope Teambye bye
- Bugscope Team;)
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope TeamUmesh/Sarah you have control if you want to drive.
- Bugscope Teamanything small and dry is good
- Bugscope Teamif it is not dry we may be able to dry it
- Bugscope Teamthis is one mess of a bug -- the homoptera
- Guestthis is Sarah: what is the timeframe between mailing in a specimum and being able to view it online?
- Guestcan the our two preschool classrooms collaborate?
- 10:37 am
- Bugscope Teami guess that depends how fast they can get here, preparing the actual sample stub doesn't take that long, even if you do have to critical point dry them
- Bugscope Teamif it needs to be processed we need an extra day usually, and we need to find a time when everyone can work -- with the calendar
- Bugscope Teamyeah critical point drying does not take too long, but we might not be able to do it right away
- GuestThis is Umesh: Sarah has two classrooms (each with a computer). Would she be able to propose a session where both classrooms can participate?
- Bugscope Teamthe two preschool classrooms can certainly collaborate, sure
- Bugscope Teamthey can both log in with the same login at the same time, but only one person can drive at one time
- Bugscope Teamso we can switch control capability to whichever classroom would like it, during the session -- on the fly
- Bugscope Teamthese are the antrennae on the head of the robberfly
- Bugscope Teamantennae
- Bugscope Teamthis is the piercing mouthpart of a leafhopper
- Guestthis is Sarah: thanks for allowing access to control the microscope!
- 10:42 am
- GuestScott, thanks much for letting us drive. Bye
- Bugscope TeamThank You Sarah.
- Bugscope TeamSee you online later.
- 4:26 pm