Bugscope archived session

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Connected on 2008-02-15 08:15:00 from Mahomet, IL, US

7:10 am
Bugscope Team7:10. waiting for the 'scope to pump down...
7:22 am

7:29 am

7:34 am

7:40 am

Bugscope TeamAlright session is unlocked we are ready to roll...
Bugscope TeamAlex is down with the flu...
Bugscope Teamhey lori!
7:46 am
TeacherGood morning! I am waiting for the teachers to arrive. It will probably be around 8:05 or so
Bugscope TeamHi Lori!
TeacherThanks again for doing this!
Bugscope TeamThis is something we look forward to. And Cate made a great sample.
Bugscope TeamWhich we coated without argon...
TeacherWe are showing how we use 2 different types of Smartboards...so I am going to do my little clip..probably 10 minutes worth, then the other presenter will do her session
TeacherArgon, you usually use gold.
Bugscope TeamCool!
Bugscope TeamArgon is usually the carrier gas for the gold or the gold-palladium.
Bugscope Teamthose tanks should last forever because we use such a small volume at a time.
Bugscope Teambut we have a lot of users...
TeacherI will let you know when we are up.....then we will chat with you guys, then Iwill let you know when we are finished and when we will be back.
Bugscope TeamSounds perfect Lori.
TeacherI will see you all in a bit!
7:58 am
Bugscope TeamHello entstudent!
Bugscope TeamToday we are working with all teachers, from Mahomet-Seymour High School.
Bugscope TeamI hope they have questions for us. They will be demonstrating Smartboards.
Bugscope Teamentstudent can you tell what this is? It has a yellow and black banded abdomen.
Bugscope Teamand the upper palps, which I had thought were mandibular since they are below the jaw, have those sensory pits in them.

Bugscope Teamnow I wonder if they are termed maxillary because they are the topmost palps
8:04 am

TeacherI forget how to drive?
Bugscope TeamOkay you should see controls on the upper right side of your screen.
Bugscope Teamand presets on the right side of the chat
Bugscope Teamif you click to drive you need to remember to click to stop
Bugscope Teamand if you click to center it may work better if you have a slow connection
Teacherooops, okay! Lets start over

Bugscope Teamwe have all the insects set up with a preset, so you can zoom right over to it, and then to get around on the insect, you can use click to center. I think that would be the best way
Bugscope TeamThere -- Cool!

Bugscope Teamthe jaws are above where we just were, and they open like hinged gates
Bugscope Team(the jaws are now in the center of the image)
Bugscope Team(and a little bit north)
8:10 am
Bugscope TeamLori let us know if you need anything at all.
Teacherhi....we are here
Bugscope TeamGreat! Welcome to Bugscope!

Bugscope TeamThere is a moth or butterfly scale, on the face of this beetle. It's covered with debris.
Teacherwhat are we looking at?
Bugscope TeamInsects/arthropods are often dirtier and 'hairier' than we expect
Bugscope Teamthis one in particular has a lot of 'debris' on it
Bugscope Teamso this is the face of the beetle, and the thing that looks like a palm frond is a scale from another insect
Bugscope TeamI think that is because it is a little bit old
8:15 am
TeacherLets try another preset
Bugscope Teamthe hair-like things are setae, and they are probably mechanosensory

Bugscope Teamthe idea is that they give the fruit fly info about windspeed/direction
Bugscope Teamthe individual facets of the compound eye are called ommatidia
Bugscope Teamthis, here, is one of the ommatidia Cate mentioned
Teacherwe are going to move on....be back in about 30 min....THANKS!!! They loved it
Bugscope Teamok great
Bugscope Teamwhen we see them broken open, as we do sometimes, they appear to be crystalline
Bugscope TeamAlright see you soon!
8:21 am
Bugscope Teamentstudent call me if you would like 265 5071 (5 5071 on campus)

8:34 am
Bugscope Teamhey lori
Bugscope TeamHi Lori!
TeacherLets try the beetle pre-set
Bugscope Teamwe are ready when you are
TeacherOkay...I am going to talk to them first for a minute.

Bugscope Teamthis is one of the fruit flies -- the one whose eye we had at high mag earlier
Bugscope Teamyou can see that one of the antennae is missing
Bugscope Teamif you would like to drive down the thorax, for example, click to center may be best today
8:39 am
Bugscope Teamalso if you would like, if you have time, you may let teachers drive and/or ask questions

Teacherwhat is inside of the mouth
Bugscope Teamit is kind of folded up now
Bugscope Teamfruit flies drink their food

Bugscope Teamsome of the features of insects are soft and dry out after they die
TeacherHow much does this microscope cost?
Bugscope Teamwhen they dry they deform
Bugscope Teamabout $600,000
Bugscope Teamthe service contract is $35,000/year
Bugscope Teamit's Cate's and my job to know when we can make repairs and when we need to call for service

Bugscope Teambut you wont be able to break it through bugscope, so dont worry :)
TeacherWhat is in the mouth of this one?
Bugscope Teamthere is a lot of debris here, some dirt, and we can see at least one butterfly scale
8:45 am
Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the jaw, in the center, and below that is the supporting structure for one of the mandibular or maxillary palps
Teacherokay...thanks again!
Bugscope Teamthe palps are like modified limbs that serve to manipulate and taste prospective food
9:09 am

StudentWe are here again....what preset is this?
Bugscope Teamhey we are on the mandibular palp of a beetle
Bugscope Teamthis is the arm of the beetle
Bugscope TeamI moved it since Cate checked
Bugscope Teamok well Scott is right then sorry
Bugscope Teamif you take the mag down you can see where you are
Studentok
Bugscope TeamNo no no Cate is correct. I am sorry
Bugscope TeamLori try taking the mag down a bit, there on the top right.
Bugscope Teamannie!
Bugscope TeamHi everyone!!!
Bugscope TeamHi Annie!

9:14 am

Bugscope TeamNow Lori we can see a sensory pit on the palp.

StudentIs this a male or female?
Bugscope TeamI am not sure we can tell with this insect.
Bugscope TeamI am not sure that we can tell from the head.

Bugscope TeamThe males are much smaller than the females

StudentAre those sensors hanging off of its chin?

Bugscope Teamthose are palps, they help it eat
Bugscope TeamYes, thay are mandibular and maxillary palps.

Bugscope Teamthis is the booty of a spider
9:19 am

Studenthey.no dirty language here :)
Studentmale or female?
Bugscope Teamheh
Studentdo these cilia make my butt look big?
Bugscope Teamannie or scott know?

Bugscope TeamWe would need to look at the palps

Bugscope TeamThe males have longer palps than the females
Bugscope TeamBecause it does not have large palps I think it is a female.
StudentThanks again...we have 2 more sessions. Bye
Bugscope Teamok
9:38 am
Bugscope Teamhi Chas!
Bugscope TeamHi :)
9:48 am
Bugscope Teamthat is me...

StudentWhat are we looking at?
Bugscope Teamthe spider abdomen

Bugscope TeamLori this is the set of spinnerets on the spider
Bugscope Teamnow you can see, of course, where we were
StudentWhat are spinnerets?

Bugscope TeamOh the spinnerets are the web mixing ports for the spider
Bugscope Teamthe web comes out as a liquid that solidifies right away
Bugscope Teamthe spider can make sticky and nonsticky web
Bugscope Teamit eats the web and recycles it that way
Bugscope Teamso if it got stuck in its own web it could eat its way out
StudentHow much does a spider eat in a day?
Bugscope TeamI have not noticed Spiderman having that particular function.
9:53 am

Bugscope TeamSpiders sometimes go for a long time without eating, of course. And what they eat is liquid -- they suck the juice out of insects/arthropods

Bugscope TeamI am not sure how much they eat in a day

Studentokay, we have one more session, be back in a bit...
Bugscope TeamLori we have someone on the 'scope at 10:30...
Bugscope Teamlori knows that, i emailed her I think it was yesterday
Bugscope TeamCool. Thanks Cate.
10:15 am
StudentHi...can I start at 10:20? Or do you need to go?
StudentThe teachers are really enjoying this
Bugscope Teamyeah thats fine as long as we are done at 10:30
Bugscope Teami'm glad to hear that the session is going so well
StudentThey should be on their way, last session!
Bugscope TeamIt is possible he will have to prep his sample -- sometimes he gets on right away and sometimes he coats his sample first. But we (you) have the 'scope 'til 10:30 for sure.
Studentgreat
10:22 am

Studentwhat are the hair like structures on the eye?
Bugscope Teamthose are setae (seta for singular) and they are insect hairs
Bugscope Teamif you have any questions, just ask away, and we will try to answer them the best we can
Bugscope Teamthey allow the fly to detect changes in the wind movement

StudentDo they bother its eyesight at all?

Bugscope Teamnot that I am aware of, it has really big eyes that cover most of the head giving the fly an almost 360 degree view
StudentThis worked perfect. Thank you and I will be in touch with you next fall. Lori
Bugscope Teamall right, we are glad to hear that and look forward to your application in the fall!

Name	Mahomet-Seymour HS
Web site	http://www.ms.k12.il.us
Location	Mahomet, IL, US
Community	Rural
Type	Public

Subjects	Biology and Chemistry
Grades	9th Grade, 11th Grade, 12th Grade
Students	150

Title	Student Improvement Day focus on Technology
Insects	any
Description	We have a student improvement day and our principal is focusing on technology. There will be four groups rotating through different rooms and in my room I was wanting to do a little part on Bugscope during the 4 little sessions. We used your program earlier this fall, so we are familiar with how it works. Can you provide some good presets? Thanks!

Mahomet-Seymour HS
Session 2008-004

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Connected on 2008-02-15 08:15:00 from Mahomet, IL, US

Mahomet-Seymour HSSession 2008-004

Application

School

Class

Project

Miscellaneous

Transcript

Connected on 2008-02-15 08:15:00 from Mahomet, IL, US

Mahomet-Seymour HS
Session 2008-004