Connected on 2008-04-03 08:00:00
from Monmouth, NJ, US
- 7:12 am
- Bugscope Teamsession enabled, rxl started, vac okay, starting presets
- 7:17 am
- 7:22 am
- 7:29 am
- Bugscope Teampresets are done
- Bugscope Teamready and waiting for village elementary - kindergarden school in NJ
- Bugscope Teamkindergarten that is
- Bugscope Teamvillage elementary is in Monmouth NJ
- Bugscope Teamsession unlocked
- 7:34 am
- 7:41 am
- Bugscope Teamyep, suzanne kurey
- Bugscope Teamis the teacher today, from village elementary, in Monmouth NJ
- Bugscope TeamHi Suzanne!
- Bugscope Teamhello suzanne, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
- Teacherhi guys! I think I got it!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the poison pore on the tip of a scorpion stinger
- Bugscope Teamhi suzanne, quick question for you: can you see all the chat, and the controls (magnify, navigation, etc) and the presets?
- TeacherWow! keep it up there. My students aren't in yet.
- Bugscope Team(you won't be able to see all of the chat and all of the presets without scrolling)
- Teacher I can see the chat.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a preset, so you should always be able to click on its thumbnail, to the right here, to call it up
- Bugscope Teamokay, good, do you see the controls on the right side (top), magnify, navigation, focus, adjust?
- Bugscope TeamAlex is going to ask you to reset your screen resolution, if possible
- Bugscope Teamso you can see the whole set of controls and the presets
- 7:47 am
- Teacheryes, I see it. I did reset my screen resolution.
- Bugscope Teamyes, i just noticed your screen resolution for the compatibility test was 800x600, and that should be changed to 1024x768, so you can see everthing. ah okay, good. thanks!
- TeacherI wish I could rush the buses so the kids could get here sooner!
- Bugscope Teamalso, you can run your browser in full screen mode by pressing the F11 function key
- Bugscope Teamsuzanne, you are welcome to practice driving the scope now if you want to...
- 7:52 am
- TeacherI'm having difficult "driving" the navigator. also, why does this site kick me out to main website page?
Bugscope Teamtry driving again, we just unlocked the session, should have done it earlier
- Bugscope Teamit shouldn't kick you out, for sure
- Bugscope Teamyeah, we've not heard of that problem before, is it still doing it?
- Bugscope Teamis there a phone number i can call you at?
- Bugscope TeamI just saw some movement
- Bugscope Team732-946-1820?
- Bugscope Teamthere we go
- Bugscope Teamclick again to stop moving
- Bugscope Teamthere ya go
- Teacheri lost the stinger! Ugh!
- Bugscope Teamclick on a preset to get back to it
- Bugscope Teamlooks like you are figuring it out -- now that we have unlocked the controls
- Bugscope Teampreset #2
- Bugscope Teamyeah you should be able to scroll to preset 2 and click on it to retrieve the stinger
- Bugscope Teamcool, this is preset #7, butterfly scales
- Teacherthis is cool
- Bugscope Teamthere is always a short delay after clicking on a preset, the scope has to move to that location, and then the live image is sent out to you in the browser window.
- 7:58 am
- Teacherok. Kids are coming in now.
- Bugscope Teamif you have any questions anytime, please just ask, we are here to help
- Bugscope Teamcool!
- Bugscope Teamhello students from village elementary, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a butterfly scale, magnified 2000x
- Teacherwhat kind of a butterflu, we would like to know
Bugscope TeamI'm not sure, I think it was yellow. That is about as much as I know about it
- Bugscope Teamnotice that the scales have lots of small holes in them, that's to reduce weight yet still keep the scales strong for flying
- 8:03 am
- Bugscope Teamah, now this is cool, this is a beetle claw, with some spider web in it
- Bugscope TeamIf it was yellow, it was probably in the family Pieridae. The common name of this family is the sulphurs or whites. That family included the Cabbage White and the Dog-faced butterfly
- TeacherDid the beetle die/get caught and die in the spider web
- Bugscope Teamcorrection: that should have been the dog-face butterfly, not the dog-faced butterfly
- TeacherDoes the beetle see more than one thing since it has many facets to its eye
Bugscope TeamEach facet gathers a little bit of information about what the beetle is seeing. Then (as far as we know) the beetle's brain puts together one big picture. We think that the picture they see looks like a news paper image...pixelated and patterns of dark and light
- TeacherAidan wants to know if the beetle has a nose?
Bugscope TeamBeetles don't really have noses...they smell using special hairs (setae) on their antennae and mouths
- Bugscope Teamyou can take the mag down to see more of the beetle face if you like
- Bugscope Teamthe beetle does not have a nose like we do, but it can smell
- 8:08 am
- Bugscope Teamand it has a more panoramic view of the world than we do because of the shape of its compound eyes
- Bugscope Teameach of the tiny facets -- the ommatidia -- gets an image. And the images are processed and combined in the brain -- as Annie says
- Bugscope Teambut, as you can imagine, it is pretty hard to know what insects see
- Bugscope Teamnot all insects are "bugs". This is a true bug
- TeacherWhat kind of bug is the "true bug head"
Bugscope TeamI think this is a shield bug
- Bugscope Teamthey can see color, and some of them can see ultraviolet wavelengths of light, which we cannot
- Teacherwhere does the Shield bug live?
Bugscope TeamShield bugs live in leafy vegetation: bushes, clumps of grass, trees.
- Bugscope Teamshield bugs have glands in their thorax between the first and second pair of legs which produce a foul smelling liquid
- Bugscope Teamthis liquid is used defensively to deter potential predators and is sometimes released when the bugs are handled carelessly
- Bugscope Team(from wikipedia)
- 8:13 am
- Bugscope Teamshield bugs can be plant pests
- Bugscope TeamShield bugs are sometimes called stink bugs...they are in the same insect family
- Bugscope TeamThese are special hairs called tenet setae that allow the insect to "stick" to walls and ceilings
- Bugscope Team*tenent* setae
- Teacherin French "tenir" means to hold, also. The kids think this is gross-the tenent setae
Bugscope Teamyou and alex are both right. French and Spanish are derived from latin, which is where tenent is from. Tenere in latin means to hold
- Bugscope Teamscorpions, when they sting, inject a prevenom and then the venom itself
- Bugscope Teamthe prevenom ensures that the sting continues to hurt
- TeacherHow poisonous is this scorpion?
Bugscope TeamMost scorpion stings are quite painful, but not deadly.
- 8:19 am
- TeacherYou rock, Cate.
Bugscope Teamwhy thank you :)
- Bugscope Teamcate made all the presets today too, she's multi-talented
- TeacherCate is great, Cate is grat. Everyone chant: Cate is great! Yeehaw! See what happens when you work with Kindergarten people.
- Bugscope Teamfan club
- Bugscope Teamheh not that great. I still make mistakes
- TeacherIs this scorpion dead or alive. Maybe it's on a poster in the post office
Bugscope TeamThis scorpion is dead
- Bugscope Teamwe should take it in and get the reward
- Bugscope Teammaybe...
- Bugscope Teamit can't hurt anyone now
- Bugscope Teamthere are some scorpions that ARE dangerous to humans, so don't go playing with scorpions!
- Bugscope Teamscorpions fluoresce in UV light
- Bugscope Teambut like annie said, most scorpions aren't deadly
- Bugscope Teamthere is a scorpion that is nicknamed: deathstalker, leiurus quinquestriatus
- Bugscope Teamthey like to crawl into shoes to hide
- Bugscope Teamno, scorpion stings are not fun...like I said they are really painful. I had a friend who is a grown up man who was stung and he was out for a big part of the day
- Bugscope TeamI had a scorpion in one of my insect traps this past summer
- TeacherWe really enjoyed this presentation. My students are eady to move on. The itch factor is getting big. Terrific job. We learned a lot. thanks.
- Bugscope TeamI think if I lived in the south where they are I would shake out my shoes in the morning
- 8:24 am
- TeacherAnnie-Where do you live that a scorpion was in a trap. Scott, that sounds gross
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamthank you village elementary, you rocked and or rolled!
- Bugscope TeamI do field work in California
- Bugscope TeamI live in Illinois though
- Bugscope Teamhi dp!
- TeacherWe rock and roll. we also dance on stage and act silly daily. Be careful in California, Annie
- Bugscope TeamOh, I will!
- Bugscope Teamand remember to shake out your shoes because you never know what might be lurking in it!
- TeacherThanks Bugscopers! Can I tell my colleague about this? Or woudl you prefer to keep it somewhat quiet?
Bugscope Teamplease tell your colleagues about it, http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/apply
- Bugscope Teamthink of them as traps you have to check daily
- Bugscope Teamand tenet is actually spelled tenent... ;)
- Bugscope Teamwe stuff our socks in our boots when we work in Costa Rica!
- TeacherEwww
- Bugscope Teamyou can tell whomever you like, the more the better!
- Bugscope Teamcertainly you can tell your friends
- Bugscope TeamTell all your colleagues!!
- TeacherThanks. Take care. signing off now.
- Bugscope Teamdp let us know if you have questions or if you would like to drive this morning
- Bugscope Teamsuzanne, all this chat, and images, are saved on your bugscope member page:
- Bugscope Teamgone daddy gone
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-018
- Bugscope Teamokay, well, session is done i guess...
- 8:30 am
- Bugscope Teamscope venting, session lcoked, session disabled, rxl stopped...
- Bugscope Teamnice session everyone, laterz...
