JENKS MIDDLE SCHOOL
Session 2007-077

Application

School

Class

Project

Miscellaneous

Transcript

Connected on 2008-01-18 10:00:00 from Jenks, OK, US

• 10:16 am
• Bugscope Teamhey mrs giddens
• Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
• TeacherHello
• Bugscope TeamHello!
• Bugscope Teamawesome, we are ready to roll!
• Bugscope Teamok, so are the students going to login themselves, or are they wathcing your screen?
• Bugscope TeamHi Nils!
• GuestHi Scott. Hi everybody.
• TeacherWatching the SmartBoard screen at the front of the classroom.
• Bugscope TeamMrs Giddens please let us know if you have any questions at all.
• Bugscope TeamNils where are you from?
• TeacherOk. Ready!\
• Bugscope Teamok, so this image you are looking at is a moth compound eye, magnified 2000x!
• Bugscope TeamTo end a sentence with a preposition..
• Bugscope Teamyou can move the image/scope, by clicking on "click to center", then click someone in the image, and it'll center on where you click

• Bugscope TeamMrs Giddens you can change the mag to see where you are, get a new preset, drive around...
• Bugscope Teamor, mrs. G, you can click on a preset to move to another image
• TeacherAre you calling the Cabbage White Butterfly a moth?
  Bugscope Teamsorry we thought it was a moth, we can change that
• Bugscope Teamyep! cabbage is actually the EYE of a bug
• Bugscope Teamnotice the octoganal shapes, those are the individual facets of the compound eye.
• Bugscope Teamthat was my fault!
• Bugscope Teambtw, what was the bigger insect, we thought it looked like some sort of weird cricket
• Bugscope Teamand we can fix it

• Bugscope TeamHi nala!]
• Bugscope TeamMrs. G, trry this: hit the magnify - button,, YES like that!
• GuestScott, I'm one of M's students. I'm at the Department of Entomology now.
• TeacherThat was our guess! A weird cricket. We had no idea! We were hoping you knew.
  Bugscope Teamif annie were on, who is our local entomologist, she might be able to find out what it was
• Bugscope Teamthe facets we are looking at are alled ommatidia.
• 10:21 am
• Bugscope Teamoh, ok, i'll checnge the name to a cabbage whiet butterfly
• Bugscope Teamcalled, that is..
• Bugscope Teamcate changed the name, good work cate
• GuestHi Scott
• Bugscope TeamNils and nala we may need some help identifying the cricket-like insect when it comes up.

• Bugscope Teammrs. G, if you have any questions just let us know. we are here to help.
• TeacherI am trying to lessen the magnification of the eye.

• TeacherCoooooooooooL
• Bugscope Teami bet the kids are going: ohhhh!

• Bugscope Teamis the white rectangle on the eye whiter since it is charged with electrons?
• Bugscope Teamdoing a great job so far

• Bugscope Teami think that white triangle was an artifact from the scope control software
• Bugscope Teamin between the eyes, curled up is its tongue

• Bugscope Teamaweomse, you clicked to center, good job mr.s G

• Bugscope Teamyou can see that the butterfly is covered with scales, which are analogous to feathers on a bird.

• 10:26 am

• Bugscope TeamThey are also very difficult to render conductive, so when the electron beam hits them they charge up and glow, even though Cate coated the sample with gold-palladium.

• Bugscope TeamAnd you can see where the wing is torn a little.

• Bugscope Teamand you could see for a sec the screw holding the stage on the 'scope.

• Bugscope Teamhard to tell where we are here -- I think this is silver paint
• TeacherThis is my 7th grade boys only science class.
• Bugscope TeamMrs G be sure to select one of the presets if you wish from the list you see on the right.
• Bugscope Teamhi guys!
• Bugscope Teamall you need to do is click on the preset, to the right...

• Bugscope Teamit's out of focus, try adjusting the focuds mrs. G
• Bugscope Teamlooks like the focus didn't hold so well on this preset.

• Bugscope Teamthat is not what you did but what happened after we made the preset

• Bugscope TeamYES!

• Bugscope Teamscales are difficult to keep in focus -- this looks great!

• TeacherWhat are we looking at now?
• Bugscope Teamyou can see carbon tape to the right, the scales in the middle, and silver paint to the left
• 10:31 am
• Bugscope Teamthis is the scale of the cabbage butterfly

• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the limbs or maybe the body, hard to tell, in the middle
• Bugscope Teamnow, so cool, this is a closeup of one ommatidiium
• Bugscope Teamommatidium
• Teacherommatidiium?
• TeacherBig Word!
• Bugscope Teamwhy is it caved in in the center?
• Bugscope TeamMrs G one of us accidentally moved to another preset. Not mentioning names...
• Bugscope Teamommatidium are the individual facets in a comound eye
• Bugscope Teamommatidia for plural
• Bugscope Teamartifact or are there huge hexagons made up of smaller hexagons?
• Bugscope Teamommatidia are the facets of the compound eye

• Bugscope Teamon moths, butterflies, and skippers the eyes often have that higher level of structure we don't see with other insects

• TeacherAwesome!
• Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at a spider; you can see how it dried up a little when it died

• Bugscope Teamits legs were folded backwards

• Bugscope Teamthis is neet. see the spiked ball in the middle, that's a pollen grain!

• Bugscope Teamall these "hairs" are called setae (seta for singular), the hairs help the insect to sense it's environment

• 10:36 am

• Bugscope TeamNils and Nala feel free to chime in when you would like to comment on features, etc., or if you have questions.

• Bugscope Teamthe setae stick through the exoskeleton of the insect, underneath they connect to muscles and nerve tissue, and that's how the insect feels...

• GuestSure will. I wish we could see the whole cricket.

• Bugscope Teamah ,we went off the scope, had to reset it.

• Bugscope Teammr.s G try to stay on the stage, notice the edge at the top!

• Bugscope TeamNils that will be the trick -- seeing enough of the cricket to recognize anything. Because it is super huge.

• Bugscope Teamyou are doing a great job controlling the scope

• Bugscope TeamThis is the face of the thing we thought was a cricket.

• Bugscope Teamit has a busy mouth

• GuestScott, I can imagine it's a problem to see much of the cricket. So far it looks like it may be a cricket (biting mouthparts).

• Bugscope Teamcool, Nils, thanks.
• Bugscope Teamits a monster of a cricket
• Bugscope Teamnotice all the hairs (setae), insects really do have a lot of them, that is one of their primary ways of getting information about their enviornment

• Bugscope Teaman industrial cricket, not a run of the mill normal one
• 10:41 am

• Teacherthe boys want to go inside that 'hole'.

• Bugscope TeamDrive in as far as you can...

• Bugscope TeamYou are doing a great job controlling the microscope. Which is not so easy.

• TeacherWe need a flashlight!
• GuestWoah, it's getting dark!
• Bugscope Teamit's empty!
• Bugscope Teamhold on, i'll get one ;)

• Bugscope Teamthe electron beam isn't making it all the way in, is it

• Bugscope Teamthat might get you some image data?

• Bugscope Teamthat was between the thorax and the prothorax, I think, and now we are looking at abdominal segments

• Bugscope Teamit is as Alex said covered with tiny setae

• Bugscope Teamthis musta been an adult
• Bugscope Teamwith folded up wings

• 10:46 am
• TeacherSwitching to wasp claw
• Bugscope TeamNice.

• TeacherWe're going in!
• Bugscope Teamyou can see the claw and the pulvillus, the pad in between...

• Bugscope Teamlots of spines

• Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of one of the claws, to the right

• Bugscope TeamYou can drive up the tarsus there and see what the rest of the wasp looks like

• Bugscope Teamnice driving...

• Bugscope Teamhere lies little wasp, had a nice life...
• Bugscope Teamthousands of ommatidia

• Bugscope Teami like wasps and ants, they look cool
• Bugscope TeamHymenoptera

• Bugscope Teamthey always look like they have another insect in their mouths
• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the ocelli

• Bugscope Teamah, so some insects have simple eyes in addition to compound eyes, here you can see the simple eyes
• Bugscope Teamwell they are pretty important to life, like bees
• Bugscope Teamand the compound eye to the left
• 10:51 am

• Bugscope Teamthey resemble spider eyes and almost certainly have poorer vision than the compound eyes
• Bugscope Teamgnarly
• TeacherWhoa
• Bugscope Teamthe face of the shield bug
• Bugscope Teamawesome-o 4000

• Bugscope Teamwith piercing mouthaparts

• Bugscope Teamthat is what we are looking at now, the mouthparts in the center

• Bugscope Teamcute little dude

• Bugscope TeamThanks Nils!

• Bugscope Teamthis is one of my favorite images

• Bugscope Teamnice spiracle

• TeacherWhat is the function of the spiracle?
  Bugscope Teaminsects dont breath like us through their mouth, but they breath through these holes that are found on their body
• Bugscope Teamthis is how the shield bug breaths: a spiracle

• Bugscope Teaminsects breathe through them

• 10:56 am

• Bugscope Teamand they can close them if they want to hold their breath
• TeacherWe're going in!

• Bugscope TeamCool....

• Bugscope Teamtake us in mrs. g!

• Bugscope Teamit is so cool to be able to see the architecture inside the spiracle

• TeacherAre those types of cilia?
• TeacherThank you for your time today.
• GuestThose are little pieces of cuticle that help to prevent particles to get into their system.
• TeacherWe enjoyed seeing our images with an electron microscope.
• GuestIt's their way of closing their mouth on a dusty road.

• Bugscope Teamexcellet session mrs. G

• Bugscope Teamyou drove the scope like a pro

• TeacherThank you!
• TeacherThe software worked wonderfully!
• Bugscope Teamcilia are like nose hairs right?
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Bugscope Teami've got plenty of nose hairs to spare!
• TeacherSuper Duper. Over & OuT . 1-4, good buddy.
• Bugscope Teamchow!
• Bugscope TeamCome see us again!]
• Bugscope Teamhasta la vista

• Guestbye everybody
• Teacher4th hour walked in. they are staring at it.
• Bugscope TeamCiao
• Bugscope TeamNils and Nala let us know if you would like to drive...
• Guestgood bye. and thank you that i could join in.
• TeacherSign us out when you are ready.
• Bugscope TeamBye Nala
• GuestNala, do you want to drive?
• Bugscope TeamOkay but Mrs G please be sure to come back!
• 11:01 am
• Guestno thanks. perhaps another time

• Bugscope TeamNala you are welcome to stick around.
• GuestI noticed. Cool. Thanks.

• Bugscope Teammrs. G, you can see images from your session, as well as all the chat here: http://bugscope.itg.uiuc.edu/members/2007-077
• Bugscope Teami'll email that link to you as well

• Bugscope TeamNils maybe I told you sometimes we cannot tell the difference between pollen and mold spores.

• Bugscope Teamyeah sorry
• Bugscope Teamim not so cool to do that yet
• GuestDriving is not so easy. My respect to Mrs. G.

• 11:07 am

• Bugscope TeamNils and Nala that is how it goes -- sometimes they run longer, sometimes the kids type questions and sometimes they don't; it always varies. We often have repeat classrooms, from year to year.
• GuestGreat. Does anyone else want to give it a try?
• TeacherThank you for the compliments! We are viewing.
• Guestcan I?
• Bugscope Teamsure
• TeacherMay I submit another proposal for this same school year but different class?
  Bugscope TeamYES!
• Bugscope TeamYou bet, Mrs G.

• Bugscope TeamNala you have an audience and have to do a great job, now. Mrs G is a hard act to follow.

• GuestTry and find some of the front legs.

• Bugscope Teammrs. G, go ahead and fill out another application and we'll sign you up for another session.

• GuestOops. I guess they're gone, right?

• Bugscope TeamCate can tell us if it had front legs. I think it had lost a few limbs.

• 11:12 am

• Bugscope TeamSome of the legs may be separate, on the stub near the cricket.

• Guesthow can i zoom ou? minus?
• Bugscope Teamsome sessions the students login from different computers, and then ask hundreds of questions. other session, like your today, are just the teacher logged in. both ways have value. if you have multiple computers, you might consider letting studetnts login. it can get roudey sometimes, but the students become very engaged when they can ask questions through chat.
• GuestI was hoping to be able to see the ears there. ;-)

• GuestYeah, just click on the minus-symbol.
• Bugscope Teami think everything fell off
• Bugscope TeamNala try it. At some point you will reach the limit.

• Guesti only get warnings. :-(

• GuestDo you have to click "Done" first in order to access some of the other menus?
• Bugscope TeamWe should drive to the fruit fly and look around so that those images become part of the school's dataset.

• Guestokay. than take the control. I am not able to do it
• Bugscope TeamYou know Nala that is a problem with the microscope that we cannot fix -- it does not have super low mag capability.
• Bugscope Teamthis is as low as we are able to get
• Bugscope TeamTo compensate we put the sample as far from the beam as possible but we cannot go lower than like 37X.
• Guestokay. but what happens if I would like to come back with a schollclass and i cant control the microscope?
• Bugscope TeamNala you can control everything now but cannot go to super low mag, that's all.
• Bugscope Teamnor can we...
• GuestYou'll be able to. It just takes a bit of practice. If you choose small insects you can see the whole body.
• 11:17 am

• Bugscope Teamlike chiggers

• Bugscope Teamif we take the stage out of the 'scope we can go to maybe 19x

• Bugscope TeamYeah as Nils says it is always helpful to have small insects/arthropods.
• Bugscope Teami could put my head in there and see if we can get down to 15x
• Bugscope TeamAnd you can see that we can use a lot of help with entomology!
• Bugscope Teamjust don't turn on the vac with my head in there!
• GuestOkay, that was fun. Who else wants to drive?

• Bugscope Teamgtg had fun

• GuestI never saw an insect this close. It's hard to tell what it is from this near. :)

• GuestOkay, I'll be off to class. See you later.

• Bugscope Teamkindly...
• Guestthanks that I could join in. I'll come back another time. Bye
• GuestI'll see if I'll be around for next session. How do you become an Admin again?
• Bugscope Teamchow
• Bugscope Teamchow
• Bugscope TeamAwesome.
• Bugscope TeamCome in and talk to us and we can give you the password for that. Or write us separately via email.
• Bugscope TeamThanks You All!
• 11:22 am
• Bugscope Teamgood session everyone, i'm closing things up now
• GuestAlright. I'll do that. Bye then.
• Bugscope Teamrxl stopped, session disabled
• Bugscope Teamgoing to force logoff smiley and cate in 5
• Bugscope Team4
• Bugscope Team3
• Bugscope Team2
• Bugscope Team1
• Bugscope Teamgood session, bye bye!