Ennis Early Childhood Center
Session 2008-057

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Connected on 2009-03-27 09:30:00 from Ennis, TX, US

• 8:01 am
• Bugscope Teamsetting up....
• 8:07 am

• Bugscope Teamgood morning, Huntah!
• Guestmorning :)
• Guestis this a moth?
• Bugscope Teamyes!

• Bugscope TeamI am making the presets for today's session.
• Guestah...I've just discovered this site..is there a one session a day?
• Bugscope Teamusu. three sessions a week
• 8:13 am
• Bugscope Teamduring the school year
• Guestvery neat..def. bookmarking!
• Guestthat looks crazy

• 8:18 am

• 8:24 am

• 8:31 am

• 8:38 am

• 8:44 am

• 8:50 am

• 8:57 am

• 9:04 am

• 9:13 am

• 9:41 am
• Bugscope Teamhello Maddy!
• GuestHi
• Bugscope TeamGuess what Maddy you may be the only person on today!
• GuestReally what happened to the class
• Bugscope Teamthe school is late
• Bugscope Teamand we can't get a hold of them
• GuestAre they in a different time zone
• Bugscope TeamSo we gave you control of the 'scope.
• GuestCool
• GuestWhat am I looking at
  Bugscope Teamwe are on the house fly head. you can take the mag down so you can see it better
• Bugscope Teamno they're in Texas

• Bugscope Teamthis is a very small housefly, likely a female since its eyes are separated.
• Bugscope Teamyou can see silver paint bubbles in the background
• GuestI will try to zoom in on the eye

• Bugscope TeamCool!

• Bugscope Teamwhen you focus, try going in one direction, and if it gets worse go the other way
• 9:47 am
• Bugscope Teamawesome
• Bugscope Teamyou can see that the eye is a little dehydrated since the fly died
• Bugscope Teamyou can go still higher in mag, of course
• Guestare they bumps the compound area

• Bugscope TeamYes!

• Bugscope Teamthose are individual ommatidia, the facets that make up the compound eye
• Guesthow do I move tot he mouth
• Bugscope Teambest way is to use click to center control
• Guestno can I see the simple eye
• Bugscope Teamyou can use click to center or click to drive. click to center will usually give you better control
• Bugscope Teamyou can click on the preset for the simple eye to go there if you want
• Bugscope Teamthe simple eyes will be on the top of the head toward the back from our perspective, and I think the head is in the wrong orientation for us
• Bugscope Teamor yeah as Cate said you can click on preset 12
• Bugscope Teamthat is a simple eye on the head of a fruit fly

• Bugscope Teamgood job
• GuestI need to back out to get my bearings

• Bugscope Teamthorax
• 9:52 am

• Bugscope Teamyou can see the wing and a spiracle and of course the haltere

• GuestWhere is the spiracle am I on the thorax now?
• Bugscope Teamthe spiracle is middle low down
• Guestthe circles I see two
• Bugscope Teamit has setae covering it like brush covering the entrance to a cave
• Bugscope Teamthose look superficially like spiracles but I think they are places where bristles are missing
• Bugscope Teambelow the left circle
• GuestSorry someone had a tech question
• Bugscope Teamthe spiracle i believe is the darker spot closer to the head in the lower middle

• Bugscope Teamyou can click to center now

• Bugscope Teami could be wrong though. it is hard to tell from this angle
• Bugscope TeamI think you are right, Cate.
• Guestthe science coordinator just came in
• Bugscope TeamTell her/him you are driving a $600,000 microscope.
• Guestlets move to the leg
• 9:57 am

• Bugscope Teamthere is another spiracle to the left of the base of the haltere

• Bugscope Teamooh and under the haltere, I think
• GuestWhat is the appendage above the leg mitten shaped
• Bugscope Teamthat is the haltere
• GuestI don't know what a haltere is
• Bugscope Teamlooks like a mitten for sure, or a boxing glove
• Guestyes
• Bugscope Teamit is a modified hindwing you find on Diptera
• Guestthe mitten is the haltere
• Guestis the spiracle below it
• Bugscope Teamit beats opposite the wingbeat and works kind of like a gyroscope to keep the fruit fly balanced in the air
• Guestwow
• Bugscope Teamit has hypertrophied mechanoreceptors on its shaft that help it sense motion

• Bugscope Teamand yes there is a spiracle below it

• Bugscope Teamfeel free to take the mag higher when you wish

• Bugscope Teamthere are a few fruitflies on this part of the stub

• Bugscope Teamyou can see one claw, to the left
• 10:02 am
• Guestyes do only certain feet have claws
  Bugscope Teameach leg should have a claw. We just see that often, after they die especially, they will fall off
• Guestwe're going to look closely at the mouth

• Bugscope Teamand there will usually be two opposed claws per tarsus
• GuestI think I clicked to soon and I've got the watch

• Bugscope Teamhere goes...

• Bugscope Teamyou learn to time your commands to the 'scope

• GuestWhere's the mouth
  Bugscope Teamit is at the bottom of the screen, kind of hard to see at this angle
• Bugscope Teamwith fruit flies the mouth does not dry well -- it shrivels if we let it airdry
• Bugscope Teambut you can see little fuzzy "feelers" which are the palps
• 10:07 am
• Guestcan we switch to a different preset
• Bugscope Teamthey have sponging/sucking mouthparts for sopping up liquids
• Bugscope Teamyou should be able to select any preset you want by clicking on it

• GuestAre the palps in center now
• Bugscope Teamyes!
• Bugscope Teamyes! palps are used to manipulate/taste food

• Bugscope Teamnow we're on the Japanese beetle antenna, up close

• GuestDoes the antennae sense objects distance what is their funstion
• Bugscope Teamyou can see its palps now, as well, mandibular and maxillary -- two sets

• Bugscope Teamthe antennae collect mostly chemical signals from the air or from touch
• Guestperomones
• Guestpheremones
• GuestWhat is That

• GuestHello
• 10:13 am

• Bugscope Teamthat is the head of a Japanese beetle, Josh

• GuestWhat are we learnin

• GuestWhat are we learning
• Guestanybody there

• Bugscope TeamMaddy is test-driving the microscope today since our classroom did not connect
• Guestanyone
• Guestwhat the foot holding
• Bugscope TeamJosh!
• Guestwhere are you all at
• Bugscope Teamthat is something we see often in the center of the body
• Guestanwser me
• Bugscope Teamit is likely not connected to the clas
• Bugscope Teamclaw
• Bugscope TeamWhere are you Josh?
• Guestdoes it have an ovipositor
• Bugscope Teamwe are at a lab at the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana

• Bugscope TeamYou could check, south, but we did not see one

• GuestWill you have an isopod for us on Thursday
• Bugscope Teamnice~

• Bugscope Teamyeah its feet will look kind of like this :)

• Bugscope Teamscott says we have one we can use

• Bugscope Teambut with a single pointy claw on each foot

• 10:18 am
• Guestwe want to see the gills

• Bugscope Teaminsects breathe through their spiracles, at least as adults

• Bugscope TeamOOF
• Bugscope TeamOh on the isopod? Sorry.

• Bugscope TeamWe have never seen them before; this'll be something new. I may be able to find some more rolypolies/sowbugs this weekend
• Guestwhat does drive to on the controls The teacher for thursday just came in

• Bugscope Teamclick to drive goes the direction you choose until you click to stop

• Bugscope TeamI personally find it easier to use "click to center"
• 10:23 am

• Bugscope Teambut I think that is cheating

• Bugscope TeamWe have this set up like the microscope -- you can make the same mistakes you can here, on the microscope itself -- but you can save yourself by choosing a preset if you get lost
• Bugscope Teamthis is the top of the head of one of the moths

• Bugscope Teamnow we see the head, its fauxhawk haircut, the eye, and the antennae
• Bugscope TeamI think the fauxhawk are the tips of the palps
• Bugscope Teammoths are apparently stylish
• GuestDo you often get cancellations or no shows
• Bugscope Teammore than we would like for sure

• Bugscope Teamno not too much anymore.
• Bugscope Teamthey seem to happen in clumps
• Bugscope Teamthe cancellations...not the fauxhawks
• GuestIf I wanted other fifth grade classes to see this would I be able to get a spot in the next week or so?
• 10:29 am
• GuestThey are all studying adaptation
• Bugscope Teamwe try not to take more than three sessions per week, and we are booked for awhile
• GuestOkay we'll go through the formal process then
• Bugscope Teamother people use the microscope to do their research, and it takes an investment of time for each session
• GuestI'm feeling comfortable with the interface now and want to thank you for being so supportive
• Bugscope Teamwe are busier than we used to be
• GuestThats a good thing
• Bugscope Teamhey cool we are glad you connected today, Maddy
• Bugscope Teamit's no problem, we are glad you got to see the interface before your session
• Bugscope TeamTen years and 8 days.
• GuestSee you next Thursday and thanks again
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Guestbye
• Bugscope TeamBye!
• Bugscope TeamOK kids...I am going to log off.