Connected on 2008-03-19 13:00:00
from Park Ridge, IL, US
- 12:42 pm
- Bugscope Teamokay, presets are done, waiting for the school to login
- Bugscope Teamwashington school, park ridge IL
- 12:47 pm
- Bugscope Teammortal wound
- 12:54 pm
- Bugscope Teamhi library, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope TeamHello Library?
- GuestHi, I'm a librarian at an elem school in PA and was just checking out this site
- Bugscope TeamOops that was supposed to be a !
- Bugscope Teamcool. a school from park ridge IL is soon to login. we'll be starting the session soon. you are welcome to watch.
- Guestwe are getting ready to do a research project on insects and I wanted to see what it was like. Thanks I'll keep watching!
- Bugscope TeamWhen someone is running a session they are given controls that you do not see right now.
- Bugscope Teamif you want to apply, it's very easy to do so, just visit our website: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu, and click on apply, or look over other parts of the website
- Bugscope TeamThey can drive the 'scope directly and also choose from among the presets, to the right, for places to explore
- Bugscope TeamHi Annie!
- Bugscope Teamhey annie
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is our entomologist.
- Bugscope TeamHi!
- Bugscope TeamOf sorts
- Bugscope TeamShe keeps us on the straight and narrow..
- 1:04 pm
- Bugscope TeamSmiley!
- Bugscope TeamMagneto!
- Bugscope Teammagneto
- Bugscope TeamWe are waiting for the school to connect -- any minute now
- GuestMagneto is here!
- Bugscope Teamin the meantime let us know if you want to drive
- Bugscope TeamWelcome Miss Smaha!
- Bugscope Teamhello park ridge IL, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Teamhey there welcome
- Bugscope TeamYou have control and we are ready to roll.
- TeacherHi, It's Pat Jasinowski. The class isn't here yet, can we start in about 10 minutes?
- Bugscope Teamsure let us know when you are ready
- Bugscope TeamHi Pat!
- Teacherok, I'll go see if they're ready, and thanks again!
- Bugscope Teamno problemo
- Bugscope TeamWe may let Magneto drive 'til then if he wants to.
- Bugscope TeamMagneto you have control now...
- GuestMagneto paying attention again
- Bugscope TeamDude click on one of the presets.
- Bugscope Teamor drive like now
- Bugscope Teamcool -- the water bug
- Bugscope Teamremember to click to stop
- 1:09 pm
- Guesti wanted the eyes...
- Bugscope Teamor you could run off the edge of the world
- Guestbetter
- Bugscope Teamthere are some eyes for you
- Bugscope Teammosquito for Magneto
- Bugscope Teamwow, eyes and a half
- Bugscope Teamyou can go in and see what they look like up close
- Bugscope Teamthe donuts are the bases of the antennae that are missing
- Bugscope Teamthanx for clarifying=)
- Bugscope Teamand the eyes are the things that are slightly shriveled
- Bugscope Teamthanx lol
- Bugscope Teamtake the mag up
- Bugscope TeamAnnie why did you say eyes and a half?
- Bugscope Teamlike you needed to be told
- Bugscope Teamyou can see some of the fine detail
- Bugscope Teamso this is what happens when the specimen is not tried properly???
- Bugscope TeamI don't think I had noticed how the eyes of mosquitos take up so much of the head
- Guestwhat's the limit? I'm guessing you have fool proofed it so I can't mess up...
- Bugscope Teamme neither...all I see it the part they suck the blood out with...
- Bugscope Teamyou can go up pretty high
- Bugscope Teamyou can keep going until there is not much benefit to going higher
- Bugscope TeamCate did a good job setting this up
- Bugscope Teamnow we see charging, which is not a surprise
- Bugscope Teamand some vibration/moving of the image
- Bugscope Teamif we were using the 'scope we would go to a shorter working distance for better resolution
- Guestthe vibrations coming from that giant magnet...?
- Bugscope Teamthe sample is pretty far away from the pole piece so the kids can go to low mag
- 1:14 pm
- Bugscope Teamthere is an a/c right above the 'scope that doesnt help
- Bugscope Teameven the AC can cause vibration, as can talking
- Bugscope Teamthis is the vestiture
- Bugscope Teamfocus now DaddyO
- Bugscope Teammiss smaha, just let us know when you are ready
- Bugscope Teambetter...
- Bugscope Teamthis is the base of the proboscis
- Bugscope Teamthere it is...
- Bugscope Teamyou can kind of see into the tip of the proboscis
- Bugscope Teamthis one actually has serrations showing on the lancet portion, although it is charging, a little
- Bugscope Teamsee how it is covered with scales?
- Bugscope Teamthe proboscis is just a sheath
- Bugscope Teamand the sharp part -- the lancet -- is inside
- Guestwhere does that thing end?
- Bugscope Teamthere is the end
- Bugscope Teamjust focus
- 1:19 pm
- Bugscope Teamit keeps going
- Teacherwe are here now
- Bugscope Teamyay ok we are set
- Bugscope Teamok, welcome students in park ridge IL
- Bugscope TeamMagneto we just gave control to Miss Smaha.
- Bugscope TeamThanks for testing things out. See you!
- Bugscope TeamMiss Smaha please let us know when you have questions and/or if you need any help. Looks like you are doing very well so far.
- Studentwhy did you want to become a scientist
Bugscope TeamI wanted to be a scientist because I wanted to learn about the world around me...specifically the insects around me. I also like to travel and to be outdoors, both of which I get to do as an entomologist
- Bugscope TeamI did it because my other choice would have been an English teacher.
- Studentwhat does an eyeball look like under a microscope
Bugscope Teamwell, a human eye might be a little big for this microscope. but insect eyes are very cool looking, preset #3 is an eye of a fruit fly.
- Bugscope TeamThis is cool and fun.
- Studentwhats oyur favorite cells to look at under the microscope
- Bugscope Teami've always been interested in science, especially since high school
- Bugscope Teama human eyeball would look kind of smooth
- StudentYOu sorry
- Studentyour sorry
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug ??
Bugscope Teami like lady bugs
- StudentHow did you get intrested in microscopes?
- StudentWhat's the the coolest thing bout being a scientist
Bugscope TeamSharing the joy for science with others like students participating in Bugscope
- Bugscope Teamwe have been looking at nerve cells, mostly
- Bugscope Teamwe cant just look at your eye under the microscope, we would have to remove it first!
- Studentwhat does a eyebqall look like under a microscope
- Studentwhat do you most like about being a scientist
Bugscope TeamI like the freedom to choose what I study, the excitement of learning new things and being able to travel and do field work
- Studentwhen you look at eyes is it gross
- 1:25 pm
- Bugscope Teamwell we can show you what a mosquito eye looks like
- Studentwhat's your favorite specimin to look at?
- StudentWhat is your favorite thing to look at?
Bugscope TeamI use the microscope for my research...I look at longhorned beetles.
- Bugscope Teamthere is something about the gross factor that makes this fun
- Studentwoul you recomend becoming a scientist
Bugscope TeamCompound eyes
- Bugscope Teamthis is someone's fang
- Bugscope Teaminsects have different looking eyeballs depending on how much they are needed or for what purpose
- StudentWhat do you think isthe most interesting thing you've ever seen under the microscope
- Bugscope TeamI would recommend it for sure.
- Bugscope Teammites are pretty cool to see
- Bugscope Teamand we have seen some pretty cool devices people make for their research
- Studentwhat is your favorite speciment
- Bugscope Teamwe can see carbon nanotubes, for example
- Bugscope Teamscott likes to look at earwigs because they often have mites living on them (which is like a dog having a tick on it)
- Bugscope TeamYeah that is what I was going to say -- earwigs with mites
- StudentWhy did you want to become a scientist?
- Studentwahts the most interesting thing about a miquioe
- Bugscope Teammosquito patty?
- Bugscope TeamI always thought science was interesting -- you learn how things work. But you also find new questions.
- Bugscope Teamdeus ex machina
- Bugscope Teamthis is the base of the proboscis
- Bugscope Teamyou can see some of the scales
- Bugscope Teamsorry =(
- StudentWhat is this that were looking at?
- Bugscope Teammosquitos, moths, butterflies, skippers, and silverfish have scales
- StudentWhat are we looking at?
- Studentdo you like water bugs ??
Bugscope TeamI think water bugs are pretty cool...the ones that are actually water bugs and not the ones that are really cockroaches! I don't like cockroaches
- Bugscope TeamMosquitos, butterflies, and silverfish all have scales
- Studentwhat is the coolest thing you've looked at under a microscope, as a scientist
Bugscope Teamsome scientists here at the beckman institute look at bone growth on special scaffolds that they make. that is very cool project.
- Bugscope Teamyou can see scales around where we are looking
- StudentWhat do you do when you become a scientist?
Bugscope TeamYou go to school for a long time and design a research project that tests hypotheses and contributes some sort of new knowledge to the world. Then you try to find a job where you do the same thing...minus being in school
Bugscope TeamI work in a laboratory. We study behavior of little rodents called voles, as well as things that are happening in the brain of these rodents.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the middle of the mosquito's head
- Studentwhats your favorite bug to look at
- 1:30 pm
- Bugscope TeamI am not sure what the coolest thing is. Maybe it was spirochetes, for me.
- Studentwhat is a cimbet
- Bugscope Teamthis is inside a broken off antenna on a fruit fly
- Studentwhy are there holes in the antenna
- Student Why are there holes in the antenna?
Bugscope Teami'm not for certain, but you'll see on a lot of insects that the wings and such have holes in them. this helps to reduce the weight of the insects, yet still keep the structure stable.
- StudentWho or what inspired you for your job?
Bugscope TeamI think I was inspired to become an entomologist by my parents and my grandparents. I spent a lot of time outside when I was a kid
Bugscope TeamI have always loved science and I had one really influential teacher in high school (he taught Bio) and I had a professor who also inpsired me when I was an Undergrad in college
- Studentwhy are there spikes in the antenna ????
- Bugscope Teamit is hard to tell what those spikes were for -- they were on the inside of the antenna
- Bugscope Teamwhoops the preset shifted a little, but you got it back it looks like
- Bugscope TeamMy parents and grandparents made me play outside...and that is what ended up inspiring me.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spider claw, and we don
- Bugscope Teamdon't know all of its functions
- Bugscope Teama lot of the spikes, or hairs, that you see on insects are called "setae". setae stick through the insects exoskeleton and transmit data to the nerves. this is how insects sense their environment.
- Bugscope Teamspiders can make web that is not sticky
- Bugscope Teamsadly the spider got caught in a web it looks like, so the head doesnt look very good
- 1:35 pm
- Bugscope Teamand if they do get stuck they can eat their own web.
- Bugscope Teamwhich they do, normally, anyway -- they recycle their web
- Bugscope Teamspider webs have a lot of protein
- Bugscope Teamthis is a closeup of the eye (compound eye) of a fruit fly
- StudentWhy does it look like there is hair on it?
Bugscope Teamthat's because there are hairs, or setae (see-tee) is what we call them in the insect world
- Bugscope Teamyou can see setae (hairs) that the fruit fly uses to assess wind speed
- Bugscope Teamthat is what the 'hairs' are
- StudentWhat is the bump in the center?
Bugscope TeamPollen grain
Bugscope Teama pollen grain
- Bugscope Teamthis is a pollen grain
- Studentwould that hurt there eye
- Studentthe pollen grain?
- Bugscope Teamno, io don't think it would
- Bugscope Teamnot really -- the fruit fly might eventually wipe it away
- Bugscope Teamwe often find pollen on slying insects
- Studentwhy are there so many holes in the bug?
Bugscope Teamwhat we see here (the black dots) are not holes, they are small indentations in the cuticle which have a single setae.
- Bugscope Teamflying insects i mean
- Bugscope Teamthis is a shield bug, which is a 'true bug'
- Studentwhat is that line in the center of that insect
Bugscope TeamThe line that we see is part of the proboscis
- 1:40 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe line in the center is the piercing mouthpart
- Bugscope Teamit has a sheath
- Bugscope Teamtrue bugs have piercing mouthparts that may be used to sample fruit, or blood, or other insects
- Bugscope Teamthis is the haltere of the fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamthis punching bag looking thing is called a haltere
- Bugscope Teamit balances the motion of the wings
- StudentWhy is it hairy?
Bugscope TeamInsects are covered in hairs (or setae more accurately). The setae are connected to the insect's nervous system. The setae sense vibration, smell, taste, and communicate that information to the insect.
- Bugscope Teamwhy is there setae on the haltere?
- Bugscope Teamthe halteres move in opposition to the wing movement
- Studentwhat is the oval shaped thing in the center of the screen?
Bugscope Teamthat is the haltere
- Bugscope TeamGood questions
- Bugscope Teaminsects are very hairy, it is how they can sense whats going on around them through their hard exoskeleton
- Bugscope Teamthose are microsetae, and they may be there to form a pattern, or keep the insect warm, in a way, or to add surface area
- Studentwhat is that thing cuting throw that ball
- Bugscope Teamthey may also be called microtrichae, which also means small hairs
- Bugscope Teamthere is a fold in the haltere
- Bugscope Teamit may be slightly deflated
- Bugscope Teamyes, but why would a haltere need setae, if the function of the haltere is to help balance during flight, why would that haltere need also to trasmit data about the environment?
- Bugscope Teamthe microsetae may not be connected to nerves -- their bases may not pass through the exoskeleton
- 1:46 pm
- Bugscope Teammicrosetae may have a function similar to that of scales
- Bugscope Teamthey may help add surface area without adding much weight
- Student What is the round ball next to the haltere?
- Bugscope Teamsorry R & J I missed that
- Bugscope TeamI think we saw the base of the wing next to the haltere
- Bugscope Teamthese are tenent setae
- Studentwhy are there bumps on the bug?
- Bugscope Teamthese setae help the insect stick to vertical surfaces
- Bugscope Teambumps make the body more rigid
- Bugscope Teambumps also can help other insects identify the bug
- StudentWhat are all thoses little balls for?
- Studentwhat is the long thing coming out of its mouth
Bugscope TeamThat is the proboscis...the mosquito's mouth. It is what it sticks into your skin when it feeds on you.
- Bugscope Teamthe little balls are the eye facets
- Studenthow many eyes are on a mosquito
- Studenthow come it looks like there are whiskers on the mosquito?
Bugscope TeamThose are sensory setae. They help the mosquito to taste and feel.
- Bugscope Teameye facets on a compound eye are called ommatidia
- Bugscope Teamthe two larger round things are the bases of the antennae
- Bugscope Teamthe antennae are gone, however
- Studentwhat are the things on the top of the insect?
Bugscope TeamCan you be a little more specific?
- 1:51 pm
- Bugscope TeamHank and Chase you mean the hairlike things?
- Studentyes
- Bugscope Teamthose are likely sensory setae
- Bugscope Teammechano and chemosensors
- Studentwhat are the little scales on the long mouth for
Bugscope TeamScales on insects are for visual communication or to make the insect slippery and less likely to be caught by predators. The scales can just slough off when a predator (or a spider web) catches the insect. I am not sure why they have scales on their mouth though.
- Bugscope Teamthe scales on the proboscis probably function like feathers do for a bird
- StudentWhere is the mouth
- Studentwhat are the hairs on the top
- Bugscope Teamthe proboscis in this case does not stick into your skin -- it is a sheath that has a lancet -- a needle like component -- inside it
- Bugscope Teamsome of the hairs here help filter food
- StudentWhat's that black oval for?
- Bugscope Teamthis is carbon tape right now
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is right -- the scales can transmit colors, for example, that help other insects identify the mosquito
- Bugscope Teamlike feathers have colors
- 1:56 pm
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that this guy has some scary looking fangs
- Studentwhat is that thing coming out from the mouse?
- Studentwhat is the thing under the mouth
Bugscope TeamI think you are refering to the labial palps. Those are the fingerlike projection. The insect uses them to taste and manipulate their food.
- Bugscope Teamthe two things at the bottom are palps that help it eat
- Bugscope Teamthe things that we see that look like little legs are palps
- Bugscope Teamthe palps can help the insect manipulate and taste its prospective food
- Teacherthank you for your time. we are out of time.
- Bugscope TeamOohhh!!!
- Studenthello
- Bugscope TeamHi Nick!
- Bugscope Teamthanks you guys for all your qeustions
- Bugscope TeamThank You Miss Smaha!
- Bugscope Teamquestions
- Bugscope TeamThis was a great session
- Studentbye
- Bugscope TeamBye
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope TeamPlease be sure to come back!
- Bugscope TeamThanks for the good questions
- Bugscope TeamI may come in later today or this evening to prep my stub. Or I might do it tomorrow
- 2:02 pm
- Bugscope Teamclosing session
- Bugscope Teamnice session everyone
