Connected on 2008-03-18 13:00:00
from Park Ridge, IL, US
- 11:57 am
- Bugscope Teamsession enabled, rxl started, vacuum started
- Bugscope Teamhi bird lover, welcome to bugscope
- 12:02 pm
- Bugscope Teamvac OK
- Bugscope TeamSE on
- Bugscope Teamstarting presets
- 12:07 pm
- 12:13 pm
- Bugscope Teamhello agnes, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Teamwe are setting up for today's session at 1PM CDT
- Bugscope TeamAgnes and Birdlover were on and gone, huh.
- Bugscope Teamhi sevin
- 12:19 pm
- GuestHi! This looks really cool!
- Bugscope Teamwe are setting up for today's bugscope session at 1PM CDT
- Bugscope Teampark ridge school is logging in today
- Bugscope Teamwhere are you from sevin?
- GuestI am out east! I got on this site, and didn't even have time to read about how this all works, I just joined the current session to check it out. I am from Mercer, PA
- Bugscope Teamcool
- Guestmy students would absolutely LOVE this!
- Bugscope Teamawesome, anyone can apply
- Bugscope Teamhere's the link...
- Bugscope Teamhttp://www.bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/apply
- Bugscope Teamwe accept 99% of all applications
- GuestThanks! I will join! I hope I am not one of the 1%.
- Bugscope Teamwe actually allow students to control the microscope live over the internet. all these images you are seeing are real time
- GuestThis is so awesome. Most of my students would never get an opportunity to see images like this (except in a book) much less control them!
- Bugscope Teamwell, the sessions that don't happen are usually the result of the teacher losing interest. we try our best to allow any teacher and students to use the program
- Bugscope Teamour email address is: bugscope@beckman.uiuc.edu
- 12:24 pm
- Bugscope Teamplease feel free to email with any questions or comments, we are open to talk to any teacher who is interested
- GuestCool! I am going to go sign up! Thanks for talking with me!
- Bugscope Teamno problem
- Bugscope Teamhello ms. carpenter
- GuestHi just checking this out
- Bugscope Teamcool, any questions please let us know. we are just setting up for a session at 1PM today
- Bugscope Teamwhere are you from ms. c?
- Guestwhat are we looking at
- GuestI'm from Pocono Mountain SD
- Bugscope Teamthese are images from an electron microscope, this is an insect: silver fish
- GuestIn PA
- GuestOh ....I've seen them in my sink!
- GuestWill you have an audio feed?
- Bugscope Teamwell, no, we have decided not to do audio. think of 20 students all talking at the same time, it would be too much
- Bugscope Teamhi mrs. schaab, welcome to bugscope!
- 12:29 pm
- Bugscope Teamwe are setting up the presets mrs schaab, we will be ready before 1PM
- TeacherThanks Alex!
- Guesti was about to ask the same
- Bugscope Teamwhen we are done with presets, i can give you control of the scope and you can pratice driving before the session starts
- Bugscope Teamwe have found that when students can ask questions via chat, that the back and forth discussion is much more rewarding for the students
- Bugscope Teamwe usually have 3-4 bugscope team members online during a session, so we can usually answer every question that comes in on chat
- Guestthis is GREAT! I will pass this onto my high school science teachers. Thanks for the quick tour!
- 12:34 pm
- Bugscope Teamthanks ms. C! please check out this site to apply for bugscope...
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/apply
- Bugscope Teamoh well, she left.
- TeacherI'm just waiting for my students to come in from lunch...
- Bugscope Teamokay, no problem. we are still making presets so we aren't quite ready either
- Bugscope Teamdo you plan on having students log into their own computers?
- Bugscope Teamok, we are done with presets!
- Bugscope Teami've unlocked the session, you now have control if you like
- TeacherThey will be logging in as pairs...
Bugscope Teamexcellent. pairs work very well.
- Bugscope Teamyou should see controls on the top right of your browser: magnify, navigation, focus and adjust
- Bugscope Teamif at any time you want a student to have control of the scope, please just let us know and we can transfer control to them. only we can do the transfer though.
- 12:41 pm
- Bugscope Team(Me driving...)
- TeacherMy students will be logging in using their 1st names, just an FYI!
- Bugscope Teamokay, that sounds fine with us
- Bugscope TeamSure that sounds great!
- 12:50 pm
- Bugscope Teamhey guys!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
- StudentHello!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to bugscope!
- Studentwhat's up?
- Studenthello
- Bugscope TeamPlease let us know when you have questions about the 'scope, about the insects/arthropods, about Alex, etc.
- Studenthello!
- Bugscope Teamhi there students, welcome to bugscope
- Studenthello guys
- StudentHello how are you doing
- StudentSweet
- Studenthi
- StudentHello
- Studentwhats up
- Studentgood
- Studentheelo
- StudentI like skateboarding!
- StudentHi
- Student-_-
- StudentThis is going to be fun!!
- Studentwhat are you doing now
- Studentgo chevy
- Studenthey charlie
- Student=)
- Bugscope Teamyou are imaging, presently, part of the body of a silverfish.
- Studenthi
- Studentgo ford
- StudentHi class pats
- Studenthi classmates
- Studenthow are u
- StudentThat is awesome!
- Studenthi
- StudentWow
- Studentthis is cool
- Bugscope Teamsilverfish are those silvery little bugs that you find in your house sometimes
- Studentsweet pictures!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Teamthese are pictures from inside an electron microscope. the microscope uses electrons to "gather" the image. since electrons are smaller than the frequency of light, that means the images are all grey scale (black and white), no color.
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat is one the screen
- Bugscope Teamthey have scales, which is kind of odd
- Studentoh ok
- Studentthis science expeirment rocks
- Student=)
- StudentHi college members
- Studentniev said it
- Studenthey whats up
- Studentsup
- Studentnothin
- Studentreally
- Student3.14159...
Bugscope Teampie
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at a high-magnification of part of the antenna, I think; it is hard to tell just where we are
- Student t dont think so
- Studentyeh
- Bugscope Teamthe things that look like trees, sort of, are sensory setae
- StudentWhat is this
- Studentwhat
- Bugscope Teamsetae are what we call the hairlike structures we find on insect bodies
- StudentWhat are we looking at right now?
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at a silverfish
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamthis is an insect, a moth
- Bugscope Teamnow you see the head and the antennae
- 12:55 pm
- Studentsweat
- StudentThe pictures shown are incredible!!
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentawesome
- Bugscope Teamthis is the moth, right scott?
- Studentthis amazing
- StudentWhat kind of bug is this
- Bugscope Teamit's a silverfish -- an insect with scales that is not a butterfly or skipper or mosquito or moth
- Studentlol =)
- StudentWhat insect is this?
Bugscope Teamsilverfish, household pest
- Studentwhat insect is this
- StudentWhat insect is it
- Studentwhat incect is it
- Studentwhat is the picture of
- Studentwhat bug this
- StudentWhat should we look at next
- Bugscope Teamyou are operating a scanning electron microscope from your classroom
- Bugscope Teammrs. schaab can click on a preset at any time, and that will move the microscope to that insect
- Studentwow
- Bugscope Teamso the pictures you are are ones that you are generating
- StudentIs that the the head we are looking at?
- Studentaswome
- Studentthis is a silverfish?
- Bugscope Teamask Mrs Schaab to try another preset
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamwe have a silverfish, ladybug, a true bug, a moth, butterfly, fruitfly, and a beetle,
- Bugscope Teamwe can also give control of the microscope to any student as well, as long as it is okay with mrs. schaab
- Studentfc
- Studentwhy is it hairy?
- StudentHow does the dirt form on the head?
- Bugscope Teamwhen we use a scanning electron microscope we have to make the sample conductive if it is not already that way
- StudentWhat is that hole
- Bugscope Teamthe dirt is actually from my apartment
- Studentbtw, why is it called a silverfish?
- Studentare thoose things on the antenna scales?
- Studentare those flakes
- StudentWhat are we looking at like ......
- Studentdo bugs have scales?
- Studentwhat is the white stuff on the scales
Bugscope Teamwell, it's probably dust and small particles like that, dirt and grime
Bugscope Teamthat is just dirt or dust
- Bugscope Teamthe flakes you are seeing are scales, similar to butterfly and moth scales
- Studentwhy is it called a house pest
- Bugscope Teamthe white stuff is fine dust from construction down below my apartment
- Studentwhat is this holis thing
- Studentwhat is the little hair things
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called "setae" or "seta" for a single hair. setae help the insect to sense its enviornment. the hairs stick through the insects exoskeleton, to the nerves underneath.
- 1:00 pm
- Studentis that the eye
- Studentthe class wants to know is this the eye of the insect
- Bugscope Teamthis is not the eye. so far we have not been able to find the eyes
- Bugscope Teampreset #1 is a close up of a really cool looking eye
- Studentis that the mouth
- Studentis this skin
- Studenthow big is the inscect
- Bugscope Teamthe head of this silverfish is covered in dirt and juju, but we have other insects today that you can see the eyes of
- Studentare thoose scales on it?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a space bewteen the body and the hood-like portion of the back
- StudentWhat is juju?
- Bugscope Teamthose are scales
- Studentis that a plate in the back?
Bugscope Teamyes, thwe insects are sitting on a metal stub, and that stub is coated with gold before it goes into the microscope vacuum
- Bugscope Teamthe scales make the silverfish reflect silder
- Studentwhat part is this one the bug
- Bugscope Teamsilver
- StudentIs that the body
- Studentare silver fish hairy???????
Bugscope Teama lot of insects are hairy! since they are covered in an exoskeleton, it is like a suit of armor for insects, and they need the hairs (setae) that are attached to nereves to let them know what is going on
- Bugscope Teamthey are hairly
- Bugscope Teamhairy
- Studentdo they have scales'
- Bugscope Teamcannot spell so far today
- Bugscope Teamthey are covered with scales
- Studentdo they smell?
Bugscope Teamwell, do you mean do they stick? or can they smell other things? insects don't smell the same way we do, but they can sense certain chemicals and such with their hairs (setae)
- Studentdo silver fish have claws
- StudentAre those scaies
- StudentDoes it have claws
Bugscope Teamyes you can kind of see them here now
- Studentwhy did you start bugscope?
Bugscope Teamwe started bugscope more than 9 years ago, to help students and teachers just like you all!
- Bugscope Teamif you had a whole bunch of them you could smell them, but by themselves you cannot smell them
- Studentis this bug dead?
Bugscope Teamall the insects are dead when we put them in the 'scope. even if they were alive, they wouldnt last long since we keep the microscope under vacuum
- Bugscope Teamyes it is dead
- Studentdo they stink
- 1:05 pm
- Studentis the "silverfish" silver??
Bugscope Teamyes it is silvery-blue
- Bugscope Teamthe claw is to the right
- StudentAre those the claws
- Studentthe things that look like scales are they?
- Bugscope Teamscott is an original bugscope member. i'm new last year.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tarsus, which is what we call the forearm
- Studentis this stuff hair
Bugscope Teamanything that looks like hair is not really hair, but instead it's "setae". setae help the insect to sense its environment.
- Student=D
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentare those plants on there
- Studentis that the claw
- Studentis that a stinger or a wierd foot
- StudentIs the bug extint?
- StudentWhat is inside the claw?
- Bugscope Teamwe see claws, setae (hairs), and scales here
- Studentis that its hair
- Bugscope Teamthere may be some fungus caught in the claw
- StudentDo you sray the body to get rid of the dirt or dust
- Studentew
- Studentdo they pinch with there claws????
Bugscope Teamclaws are there to grab on to stuff, sometimes their meal
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the claws
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentare the claws sharp
- StudentDo you guys enjoy doing this
- Bugscope Teamthey can pinch but not very well -- their claws are too small for you to be able to feel them
Bugscope TeamI like doing this. It is fun
- StudentWhat are these bumps???
- Studentis there other bugs like this or is this unusal?
- Studentare those hairy things germs
- Bugscope Teamwhoops wrong question
- Bugscope Teamtry focus mrs. S!
- Studentcan they hurt you with there claws?
- Studentthanks
- Studentwhy is the bug called a silverfish when its not a fish?
Bugscope Teami think it might be called that because of how it looks when it moves. it wiggles around really fast
- Studentwow
- Bugscope Teamthe claws are so small that you could not feel them
Bugscope Teambut if we could put it into a big-sizer-erator and make it big, then yes, it would hurt a lot!
- Student_m__*L*__m_
- Studentwhat is the bumby stuff on it
- Bugscope Teamsometimes it is called a fishmoth
- StudentAre the grooves onn the claw?
- Studentwhat is that??????????
- Studentwhat specimen are we looking at?
- Bugscope Teamthis is an antenna
- Studentdo you like doing this with all the bugs involved?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a portion of the antenna of a moth now
- Studentof what?
- Studentmoth antena
- Studentof what
- Studentwow!!
- Bugscope Teamwe like doing this, and it is different from what we usually do
- Studentis this a hairry leg?
- Studentan anteana of what
- Bugscope Teamwe train people to use the microscopes in this lab to do their own research
- Studentwhat animal is this
- Studentis this really it's mouth??
- Student wich bug is this
- Bugscope Teamthis is the antenna of a small moth
- 1:10 pm
- StudentWhy is it so hairy?
- Studentwhy?
- Studentit looks like it could kill you
- Bugscope Teammrs. S, if you zoom out, that will give you a better picture of what exactly you are looking at. try it.
- StudentWhy does it have ridges?
- Bugscope Teamthis is not the mouth
- StudentYou don't see this everyday.
- Bugscope Teamnice! one more time
- Studentwhich bug is this?
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see that the body is to the right
- Studentwhat is the whole
- Studentwhy is the moth so hairy?
- Bugscope Teamsee the proboscis, at the top center?
- Studentwhat is this bug?
- Studentkool
- Studentwhat is the powder stuff on moths wings
- Studentwhat is the hole
- Studentwhats with the hole
- Studentdoes it have a tonge
- Studentis it a tubu
- Bugscope Teamthe whole is where someone stuck the insect with a needle
- Bugscope Teammoths are covered with scales, which function sort of like feathers on a bird
- Studentwhat is that hole in the bug
Bugscope Teamsomebody had put a pin through it
- Studentto kill it?
- Studentdoes it have teeth
- Studentomg!!!!
- Studentthats sad
- Studentwhy is the most so hairy??
- Studentwhere is the eye
- Bugscope Teamscales come off easily and thus, for example, could allow the moth to escape from a spider web
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamthe tongue is the curled up part
- Bugscope Teamthe pin was pushed in after the moth died
- StudentCate2?
- Bugscope Teamit had been mounted on a pin
- Bugscope Teamwell no, the whole is there to study the insect. people who study insects are called entomologiests
- Studentis the bug really small or really huge
- Studenthow big is its eyes
- Studentwhy are the eyes so big
- Bugscope Teamthe eye on the left if a little deflated
- Bugscope Teamack: entomologists
- Studentare those the eyes? if so they are very big
Bugscope Teameyes are bigger on insects that rely on them more. So flies and moths will have really huge eyes while ants will usually have a lot smaller eyes or no eyes at all because they live underground
- Bugscope TeamCate had to log out and lost her original name for a while...
- Studentare the big white things eyes
- Studentaaahhhhh
- Studentwhy is it deflated
- Bugscope Teamyes those are eyes
- StudentDid you use a neddle to deflat it?
- Studentwhat happends when the tongue rolls out
- Studentwhy is one eye deflated?
- Bugscope Teamit deflated when it dies and dries out
- Studentwhy does the bugs eye look deflated
- Studentwhat are the small circles
- Studentis that a moth?
- Bugscope Teamit deflates, I should have said
- Studentare the wholes in the eyes smaller eyes
Bugscope TeamYES, good thinking. insects have compound eyes, check out preset #1 for a really cool compound eye
- Studentis it a wing
- StudentO.M.G.!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes have facets in them that are called ommatidia
- Studentso the eye deflates
- Studentfocus please
- 1:15 pm
- Studentawesome
- Studentthe tounge looks like a deflated tire!!!!!
- Studentfocus please
- Studentoh that is very intresting
- Studenthow many eyes does it have?
Bugscope Teamwell, some insects have two compound eyes, and 3 simple eyes. bug that's not true for all insects.
- Studentfocus please
- Studentdoes it dig in the ground with its tounnge
- Studentis the hing next to the eye a antene
- Studentare all the bugs you look at dead?
Bugscope Teamwe've gotten live ones before, but we do prefer dead. Or atleast I do.
- Studentis the spikes antenaes
- Student(^.^)
- Studentwhat part are we looking at
- Student?
- Student^_^
- Studentthe eye looks like a golfball
- Bugscope Teaminsects are often dirty like this, but it happens after they die -- for the most part
- Studenthow many eyes does it have
- Studentcan you show us a living bug?
Bugscope Teamwell, that'd be really hard, living bugs move around, and this is an electron microscope, and we need the things to be very still in order to image them properly
- Studentwhy does it have dots on the eye?
- Studenthow many times can the microscopezoom in??
- Studentare the eyes as big as golfballs
- Bugscope Teamthe dots are ommatidia
- Bugscope Teamwhen it comes into focus, you will see wha those dots are
- Studentwhen you get live bugs do you kill them
Bugscope Teamwe put them in the freezer. It is a humane way of killing insects
- Studentit looks like a golf ball
- StudentDo any bug have more then 3 eeyesw
- StudentHow big are the eyes of the moth?
Bugscope Teamnotice the scale in the lower left of the image. that tells you the size. 1 um means one micron = one millionth of a meter.
- StudentI love doing this!!!
- Studentit looks lika a honeycomb
Bugscope Teamcompound eyes have many parts to it and each individual part (ommatidia) will grab an image and send it to the brain
- Studentalot of eyes
- Studentare they bompy
- Bugscope Teammrs. schaab you are doing a great job focusing and driving!
- Studentwhit is the stickish thin
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the micron bar on the lower left -- it is in micrometers, or microns
- Studentthe bugs eye looks cool
- Bugscope Teamso you can see a single eye facet is about 10 microns in size
- Studentwhat are those spikes
- StudentWhat is the long thing on the moth's eye?
- Bugscope Teama micrometer is a thousandth of a millimeter
- StudentWhy are there stuff on the eye?
- Studentwhat that thing
- Studentdo they see a lot of pictures in the eye
- Studentwhat are the little neddles on the eye
Bugscope Teamgood question. the eyes also have hairs on them. these are called setae, and the setae on the eyes help the insect to sense movement in the air. like how a fly jumps away when you are about to hit it with a fly swatter? that's because those hairs are sensing the air moving and tell the insect to fly away ASAP!
- Bugscope Teamwell, it's probably more like 20 um, because we are looking at an angle now...
- Student this is a cool website did you create it?
- Bugscope Teamthe long pointy thing is one of the setae
- Studentwhy is it bumpy
- Studentwhat is the tungish thing?
Bugscope Teamthat is a scale that got on its eye
- 1:21 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe thing that is like a tongue is a scale
- Student what is that leaf like thing/
Bugscope Teamscale on its eye
- Studentit looks like a cactus
- Studentit has setae in its eye?
- Studentwhy do they look like honeycomb?
- Studenthi david
- Studentyo
- Studenthmmm... it looks... strange...
- Bugscope Teamthe ommatidia resemble a honeycomb because of the way they pack when they are formed
- Studentare there any orher inscects too look at
- Studentis it still eye
- Studentit lookes like there is a little cactus on it
- Bugscope TeamEric&Cody there are other insects on this stub
- Studentlets look at snakes!!
- Studentbutterfly
- Studentyay
- Student are those flakes
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentis that a tongue
- StudentIs this the tongue?
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat is the flower things
- Bugscope Teamyes that is the tongue
- Studenteeeeeeeewwwww
- Bugscope Teamthe proboscis is the tongue
- Studentwhat is the proboscus?
- Studentwhat insect is this again
- Studentdear scott do you like looking at these
- StudentDo butterfliesave hair too?
- StudentWhere is the other antenna?
- Studenthabe*
- Studenthave*
- Bugscope Teamyes I like doing this
- Studentcan we see the wings? ^_^
- Bugscope Teamthere are lots of cool things to find
- Studentwhy does the bug look dusty
- Studentanother hole
- Studentare there scales on the eye
- Studentthese are all dead right?
- StudentThis is better than Robert Hooke.
- Studentare buter flyes realated to moths, because it looks like it
- StudentDid they poke a hole in ythe body to
- Bugscope Teambugs get dusty after they die and cannot clean themselves
- Bugscope Teamyep, they are all "bit the dust"
- Bugscope Teamnot all the insects have holes in them. The ladybug and the fruitfly dont
- Studentwhy does it look hairy on its chest
- Studentis the whole where they stab it
- Bugscope Teambutterflies and moths are both Lepidoptera
- Studentwhere is the other antenna
- Guestcan you see its insides through the hole?
Bugscope Teamwell, i'm not sure, but it'd be cool to find out!
- StudentAre these scales??
- Bugscope Teamwho is robert hooke?
- StudentWOW *_*
- Studentit looks like hay
- Studentis it hair
- Studentwhat are those wierd things on the thing
- Bugscope Teamthe hole is where the insect was pinned onto a mount after it died
- Studentwhy are the eye balls facing the oposate way
- StudentYo
- StudentAre these scales?
- Bugscope Teamsometimes you can see what is inside, but jsut a little way
- Studentdude
- Studentwhy does it have sections
- Studentdo the wings have scales?
- Studentis it hair all over
- 1:26 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes are positioned so that the insect can see all around
- Studentit looks like noodles
- Bugscope Teamthe wings in this case have scales]
- Studentthe wing looks feathery
Bugscope Teamthe sclaes act just like feathers
- Studentwhy is there so many stick thing on it
- StudentWhat the...
- Studentare the wings shaarp
- Bugscope Teamthe scales help the moth catch the air
- Bugscope Teamscales i mean
- Studentis it the hair
- Studentwhy do the butterflies wing look dusty
- Studentwhat benifet is there to the butterfly's wing
- Bugscope Teamthey are fine and small, with lots of surface area
- Studentis this hair
- Studentis it the hair
- Studenthow long are the wings
- Studentwhers the powder
- StudentIs there a specific pattern to the scales?
- Studenthow big is one stem
- Studentis that hair
- Bugscope Teamthe scales do have specific patterns, yes
- Studentto scott why does look like that because when I see them outsid it does not look like that at all
- Studentok
- Studentwhy is it spiky at the end ??????
- StudentHow do these shapes form?
- Bugscope Teamthe patterns are responsible for colors
- Studentwhat is the scaly things called
- Student}{}
- Studentit looks like mini 3 pronged forks
- Bugscope Teamwell, things look very different when they are magnified hundreds of times.
- Bugscope TeamHI all
- Bugscope Teamwhen you see them outside it is hard to see all of the details we can see here
- Bugscope Teamhi annie!
- Studenthow many colors dos it have
- Bugscope TeamHi Annie!
- Studentis it sharp
- StudentDo butterflies have poisonous powder on them?
Bugscope TeamNope, unless someone has sprinkled poisonous powder on them
- Guesthi annie!
- Studentis that a horn
- Bugscope Teamthere seem to be an infinite number of colors
- Studentwhat specimen is this
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a claw, from a beetle
- Studenthi
- TeacherMy controls have gone away
Bugscope Teammrs. C can you hit refresh, F5
- Studentwhat is this bug?
- Studenttthis a claw?
- Studentwho's annie
Bugscope TeamI am a PhD student in entomology
- Studentis this the claw
- Studentit looks like fangs
- Studentuhoh mrs schaab
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is our entomologist.
- Bugscope Teamsorry, mrs. S i meant...
- Studentare there poison in the claw
- Guestthat looks like a pretty tough claw
- Studentis the pointy stuff hair?
- Studentdo you ever look at things that are live?
- Bugscope TeamAnnie makes sure we do not tell you that lobsters are actually very large insects
- 1:31 pm
- TeacherThank you!
- Bugscope Teamwe can look at things that are live but it is not nice
- Studentin reel life is it will
- Bugscope Team:p Scott
- Bugscope Teamcoolness, working again...
- Studentis it hair
- Studentis that hair or mini thrones?
- Studentwhat is the hole
- Studentis there pioson in the claws
Bugscope Teamno i dont think so
- Studentwhat is that in the backround?
- Studentwhat are the stuff sticking out of the the insect and what insect is this. Are those the legs.it looks old
- Studentis that the whole where it got stabbed?
Bugscope TeamUsually people kill the insects before pinning them. We kill them by freezing them or by gassing them with ethyl acetate
- Bugscope Teamthe hole in the thorax is from where this beetle had once been mounted
- Studentwhat specimen are we looking at
- Studentis it from the needle
Bugscope TeamIt is from an insect pin!
- TeacherCan you please let Neiv & Sierra control the microscope?
Bugscope Teamok you two have control
- Bugscope Teamthe pin did not kill the beetle -- it was already dead
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhere dos it have eyes
- Studentwhat is the thing in the backround??
- Bugscope TeamGot it!]
- TeacherThank you!
- Bugscope Teamthere is a wing in the background
- Bugscope Teamand silver paint
- Studentwhat body part are we looking at
- Studentis the wing skrunched up?
- Studentwhat is the thing in the backround?
- Bugscope Teamneiv & sierra, you should now see special controls in your windows, YES, nice, you are now controlling the scope
- Studentthe eye is small
- Studentwhere are the eyes located?
- Studentcan you make eye biger
- Studentwhat is ethyl
Bugscope TeamEthyl acetate is a solvent that you can find in some nail polish removers
- Studentwhere are the eyes
Bugscope Teamin the middle of the screen now
- Bugscope Teamthere now you ahve made it bigger
- Studentis this the head?
- Studentwow
- Studentwhat insect is this?
- Studentwhat are the bumps?
Bugscope TeamThe little hexagons are the individual facets of the insect's eye
- StudentIs that the face
- Bugscope Teamethyl acetate is a chemical that is used to kill insects without making them shrivel up
- Bugscope Teamthis is a very special microscope, it's called an ESEM (environmental scanning electron microscope). here is a pic of it: http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/ms/equipment/microscopes/esem/
- Studentis this a dirty bug like the silverfish
- Studentwhy is it shiny
- Studentis ethyl painful for the bug?
Bugscope TeamUmm...well, they don't like to die. So probably it is not pleasant for the insect. We actually don't know much about pain perception in insects
- Studentis it harry
- Studentwhy does it look like an xray
Bugscope Teamthe images are all black and white because the microscope uses electrons to gather the image, and electrons are much smaller than the frequency of visible light, so thus no color.
- Studentcan you go in the eye
- Studentwhy is it flaty
Bugscope Teamoften when it is dead, the eyes will deflate or shrivel up
- Studentare tose the eyes
- Studentit looks like a golf ball
- Studenti mean flat
- Bugscope Teamit may be painful for the insect
- Studentis that the eyelid that looks like a golfball?
- 1:36 pm
- Studentwhat is the blck stuff on the eye
- Bugscope Teamit looks like an x-ray because the image appears reversed
- Studentcan you poke a hole in the eye??
- Studentdoes the ethly kill them
Bugscope Teamit does. It suffocates them. Sounds very cruel, doesn't it.
- StudentWhat is the watery stuff??????
- Studenti mean black
- Studentwhat are the blotches
- Bugscope Teamyou could poke a hole in the eye, and you would find if you broke the eye that it is composed of things that look much like crystals
- Student?
- Studentwhy are there spots on a ladybug
Bugscope TeamThe theory is that the red on black color pattern is a "warning sign" to other insects that ladybugs are not good to eat
- Bugscope Teamthe blotches we see are evidence that the samples are rotting
- TeacherCan you please give control to Reuben & Sebastian?
Bugscope Teamok you two drive away
- Studentdoes the bug die from the ethly
Bugscope TeamYup, the ethyl acetate suffocates them
- StudentAre they killed when you get them or do you kill tem
- TeacherNice job Sierra & Neiv! :)
- Bugscope Teamwe like it if insects are already dead when we get them
- StudentThank you Mrs.Schaab!
- Studentwhy?
- Studentcan the shell come of
Bugscope TeamNot without body parts sticking to it. The insect's muscles and organs are attached to the "shell"
- Studentafter can we have conttrol
- Studentis the shell hard and hairy
- Bugscope Teamwe usually freeze them to try to kill them
- Studentwhy does the lady bug have a little crack on the top of it?
- StudentHow do patterns form on insects?
Bugscope TeamIt is genetically controlled...and pre programmed. The cells incorporate different amounts of different pigments to form patterns.
- Bugscope Teameeeeeuw
- Studentcool
- Studentwhy are the eyes under the wings
- Studentwow
- Studentwhat is this thing?????
- Studentis that the mouth?
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhat is that ?
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentthat looks sharp
- StudentHow do patterns form on the bugs?
- Bugscope Teamthose are palps that help the insect eat and taste its food
- Studentthat thing looks like a cave
- Bugscope Teampatterns are formed when genes are expressed the same way we have different colors of hair, or eyes...
- Studentare we going i mean looking in the mouth now
- Studentdid you kill the bug with ethly
Bugscope Teamthis one got frozen
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see the eye pretty well
- Studentwhy do you put a needle in them to make a hole?
- Bugscope Teamum it does not have sideburns
- Studentwhat is ethly/
Bugscope TeamIt is a stinky chemical found in some nail polish removers.
- Studentis that a fang
- 1:41 pm
- Studentwhat are the spikes
- Studentwhat are the littleneddles sticking out
- Studentis thaqt a tooth ??
Bugscope Teamthose are more setae (hairs)
- Bugscope Teamethyl is ethyl acetate, which is a chemical that suffocates the bugs
- Studentwhats insided of the shell
Bugscope TeamMuscles, insects blood, organs, fat
- Bugscope Teamthey don't have teeth like we do
- Studentare the hairs anttenas
- Bugscope Teamthe shell is attached to the insect'
- TeacherCan I please have the controls back?
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamyou are the boss mrs. S!
- Bugscope Teamthere are ommatidia within the compound eye
- Studentcan we look at the praying mantis?
- Studentwhats the blac things in the disance
- Bugscope Teaminsect blood is called hemolymph
- Studenthow long it took to be a scientist
- Studentgross
- Studentwhat is a true bug
- Studenthow lod were you when you became a scientest
- Bugscope TeamI think when you are a scientist you are always learning -- you are never finished
- Studentwhy is the bug called a true bug
- Studentold
- TeacherCan you give Chris & Ryan controls please?
- StudentHow much cells do bugs have
Bugscope TeamAdult insects have probably too many to count
- Bugscope Teamannie is getting her phd in entomology, so she can tell you about getting a degree in science.
- Studenthow are the bones conected
Bugscope Teamgood question, but i'm afraid insects have no bones, instead they have the exoskeleton, which holds all their guts and stuff inside
Bugscope Teamthere are no bones...exoskeletons are hollow tubes with organs and body parts inside
- Bugscope Teamthere are no bones
- Studentdo true bugs have fangs
Bugscope Teamthey usually have sucking moutparts like ticks
- Bugscope Teamnot all insects are bugs, that is only a small classification of insects
- TeacherIn about 5 minutes can the kids ask you questions about being a scientist?
Bugscope Teamsure we would love that
- Studentare these bugs dead or trancleized
- Studentwhat is a true bug exactly
- Studentwhy is the bug called a true bug?
- StudentIs it fun to work with the bugs?
Bugscope TeamI enjoy studying insects very much. I get to travel all over the world, I get to "discover" new things, I get to interact with other scientists.
- Studentisthat the eye?
- TeacherAwesome, thanks!
- Studentfocus please
- 1:46 pm
- Studentwhatarewelookingat
- Bugscope TeamChris and Ryan can focus
- Bugscope Teamit is a little tricky
- Studentwhat is theat
- TeacherCan I have controls back? Their computer died
- Studentis it fun to work with the bugs??
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamsclerotized means thickened
- Bugscope Teami hate it when computers die :(
- Studentwhat are those bumps?
- Studentwhatis the difference between a true bug and a regular bug?
- Studentwhats the backround
- Studenthow many legs does it have
Bugscope TeamAll adult insects have 6 legs. It is one of the requirements for being an insects
- Studentwhat do you use to examine the bug
- Bugscope TeamI guess someone had to decide what is and is not a true bug -- it seems almost arbitrary
- Studentwhat part of the bug is that exactly
- Studentwhat is hemiptera?
- Studentwhy is it moving
- Studentwhat is hemiptera?
Bugscope TeamHemiptera is an order of insects defined by sucking mouthparts, incomplete metamorphosis, and half sclerotized front wings.
- Bugscope Teamadults will have six legs
- Bugscope Teamwe had to fix the scope there for a sec, we had driven off the edge!
- Studentwhay is it moving
- Bugscope Teamall is good now
- StudentWhat was the best specimen you ever saw in your life
- Bugscope Teamhemi means half and ptera means wing, and it means, as Annie said, that half of the wing is thickened, or sclerotized
- Studentis it hard being a scientist?
Bugscope TeamIt is hard being in school for so long and some times it is hard to figure out what is going on with your research. It mostly takes patience and persistence.
- Studenthow old were you whenyou started being a scientest
- Studentdo enjoy beig a bug scientist?
- StudentWhat is your most favorite part of working with bugs?
- Studentwould you rather have a diferent job
Bugscope Teami like my job a lot. I get to see the future of technology being developed sometimes
- TeacherI think I drove it off! They are going to ask you questions about being a scientist.
Bugscope Teamthat is okay mrs. schaab, it happens almost every session. we can fix here.
- Studentwhat age did you want become a sientest
Bugscope TeamI always like science, especially in high school.
Bugscope TeamI started college when I was 18, but I think anyone who is curious as to how the world works is kind of a scientist
- Studenthow did you find these insects
- Studentis being a sientest hared
- Studentand where
- Bugscope Teamit is fun being a scientist because you find so many questions. Answers are hard to come by, but we get an idea of what might be the truth.
- Studentwould you have a different job
- StudentIS IT HARD BEING A SCIENTISt?
Bugscope Teamit is not hard doing anything that you really like to do
- StudentWhat do you really want to look at through the microscope in the future?
- Studentwhen did you decide to be a scientist?
Bugscope TeamI decided I wanted to become an entomologist when I was a senior in high school.
- Bugscope TeamI would be a welder
- Studentwhy did you start bugscope
Bugscope Teamwe wanted other people in school to see the side of science they cant always see in their classrooms
- Studentis using the micro scope hard
- Studentis it fun being a scientist
Bugscope TeamIt is lots of fun being a scientist. I get to travel and be outdoors and meet interesting people.
- Studentdo you like like your job
- 1:51 pm
- Studenthow many jobs have you had
Bugscope Teamive had lots of other jobs that had nothing to do with science, like working at chuck e cheese and at meijer as a cashier
- StudentHow did you guy's get interested into being a scientist
- Studentwhen did you start liking science?
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug to look at
Bugscope TeamLonghorned beetles!!! THey have long antennae.
- Studentis it fun
- Studenthow long were you a scientist?
- Studentdo you have to have to have a lot of focus and patients to be a scientist
Bugscope TeamYes, you do. Graduate school and college can be tedious at times. But you have to keep your eye on your goals.
- StudentHow long have you been a scientist/
- Studentcool
- Studentwhen did you start
- StudentGive me one reason why you don't like being a scientist
- Studentwhat kind of bug do u really like to look at?
Bugscope Teami like ants, i dont know why but I do
- Studentwhere do you work for being a scientist
- Bugscope TeamI have been doing electron microscopy since I got out of college
- Bugscope Teamwe work at a research institute
- Studentwhat is your favorite inscect
- Bugscope Teamassociated with the university
- Bugscope Teami went to college in music, but now i work with computers. i'm the computer helper for bugscope
- Studenthow long do u work
- Studenta day
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug
- StudentTHANKS FOR BUGSOPE!!!!!!!!
- StudentWhat is cool about looking at bugs?
- Studentwhat colloge did you go to
- StudentBUGSCOPE
- Studentwhats your favorite bug
- StudentWE MENT
- Bugscope TeamI like earwigs because they have mites on them, often
- Studenthow early do you have to come to work?
Bugscope TeamI don't really have a regular schedule, grad students usually don't . Sometimes I get in at 8 sometimes 10.
- Studentwhere is the lab located?
Bugscope Teamchampaign, IL at the university of illinois
- StudentBYE
- Studentbu
- StudentBYE
- Studentbye!!!
- Bugscope Teampeople look at all sorts of things with the ESEM. metals, bones, self healing materials, etc...
- Studentbye-bye
- Studentwhats your favorite speciem to look up
- Studentgood by
- Bugscope Teamthanks you students, you were AWESOME!
- Studentc u l8r... ^_^ =)
- Studentbye
- Studentsee you later
- Studentbye
- Studentbye bye nice to meet you over chatting.!!!
- StudentGoodbye Scientists, thanks for this!!!!!!
- Studentgood bye scott and cate2
- Studentbye
- Studentsee ya
- Studentbye bye!1!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentBYE
- Studenti have enjoyed this bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teambye everyone
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Studentsee you later
- Studentseeya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentTHANK YOU
- Bugscope TeamWe had a great time with you. Please come back.
- Studentthenks for help
- StudentThank you for your time
- TeacherI have it posted on my website.... thanks!
- Bugscope Teamwe are leaving you with a lovely haltere
- Bugscope Teamthis way you can look at what you did during the session anytime
- Studentbye
- Bugscope Teamgrad students work all of the time
- 1:56 pm
- TeacherI will hopefully see you again in the Spring! Ryan & Chris' computer died and they say good-bye too!
- Bugscope Teamoh...
- Bugscope TeamBye Ryan and Chris!
- Bugscope Teamyou are welcome anytime mrs. S, this was a GREAT session
- Bugscope TeamHi Fred!
- Bugscope Teamplease apply again, we will look for your application
- GuestHi, Scott!
- Bugscope TeamAnd birdlover.
- TeacherThank You!
- Bugscope TeamThank You Mrs Schaab!
- Bugscope TeamGoodbye all!!!
- Bugscope TeamI am peeling out now -- need to do some ultramicrotomy.
- Bugscope TeamBye Annie!
- Bugscope TeamOver and out.
- Bugscope Teamhi fred and bird, either of you want to control the scope?
- Bugscope Teambird left, flew away...
- Bugscope Teamokay fred, we are done unless you want to control the scope for a bit?
- Bugscope Teamwell, okay, you must be afk. closing session now.
- Bugscope Teamrxl stopped, session disabled
- Bugscope Teamlocked interface.
- Bugscope Teamnice session everyone, great job!
