Castlehill Country Day
Session 2009-090

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Connected on 2009-09-09 16:00:00 from , AZ, US

• 3:25 pm
• Guesthi every one
• Bugscope Teamhi aditi

• Guestif i am not answering it is because my computer won't show the transcript
• Bugscope Teamyou may need to change your screen resolution
• Bugscope Teamminimum screen res for bugscope is 1024x768
• Guesti've tryed refreshing
  Bugscope Teamdid you try to increase your screen resolution

• Guesthow do you do that
  Bugscope Teamor maximize your browser window
  Bugscope Teamto increase your screen resolution: right click on the desktop, select properties, click on the settings tab, then increase your screen res to 1024x768
• Guestit worked
• 3:30 pm
• Guestwell i don't need to know that at this time because I can see now
• Guestwhat are we looking at
  Bugscope Teamthese are worms, the school today wanted to see worms
• Guesta special kind?
• Guestor regular worms

• Bugscope Teami'm not sure, i think they were sent to us by the school
• Bugscope Teamscott or kate might know, but they are busy making presets at the moment
• Guestoh
• Bugscope Teamif you wantch the session, the might have some insights for ya
• Guestwhen will the class be here?

• Guestoh I just figured out worm spine
• 3:36 pm

• Guestalex?
• Guestanyone here
• Bugscope Teamyes, sorry, we are busy setting up
• Bugscope Teamwhat's up?
• Bugscope TeamHi Aditi! This is Scot, for a sec.
• Guestoh hi cate/scott
• Guestworm heads are not what I expected

• Guestwhat part of the worm is that hollow tube like thing

• Bugscope Teamwe think maybe it is the inside of a bristle
• 3:42 pm
• Guestwhat is a bristle
• Bugscope Teami'm not sure, scott may know in a sec, he's on the phone
• Guestpreset number 20 sounds mysterious
• Bugscope TeamThey are much like human hairs, with scales, apparently.
• Guestscales
• Bugscope TeamI don't know if they are retractable; they do seem directional.
• Guestithought fish only had scales
• Bugscope TeamIn this case we are thinking of the scaley nature of the surface, like a human hair.
• Guestwhen will the class be here
• Bugscope Teamabout 15 minutes, Aditi.
• Guestgot it
• Bugscope TeamAditi if you Google up 'earthworm anatomy' you will be better able to help answer the kids' questions.
• 3:47 pm
• Bugscope TeamUnfortunately we only have the external anatomy here.
• Bugscope TeamAnd we have a few insects
• Guestokay i'll do that

• Bugscope TeamUm hi Hi!
• 3:52 pm
• Bugscope Teamknitting

• Bugscope TeamYeah that is wild.
• Guestknitting?
• Guesti see what you mean
• Bugscope Teamthe surface of the worm's 'skin' looks like fabric
• Guestthe skin???????????????
• Guestthats the last thing i would think it was
• Bugscope Teamthis is where it is split open and we are peering into the subsurface
• Guestit split open?
• GuestThe epidermis is the name for the skin of an earthworm. It is the outer layer of worm and it secretes a mucous.
• Bugscope Teamyeah we critical point dried the worms so we could get them into the 'scope
• Bugscope Teamso they are pretty dry
• Bugscope Teamand it was cracked open
• Guestoh
• Bugscope Teamwe are probably looking at the skeleton of the mucus that you referred to
• Bugscope Teamhuman skin is also called epidermis
• 3:57 pm
• Bugscope Teammucus is a noun, anything refering to mucus is mucous, like mucous membranes
• Bugscope Teamreferring
• Guestwhat I wrote was about the only thing I understudd from my research
• Bugscope Teamwith what we have done to prepare the worm it can be difficult to tell if we are looking at the epidermis or the remnants of the slime
• Guest"mucous memmbranes" ?
• Bugscope Teammucous membranes are tissue at the surface of the skin that produce mucus
• Guesthow many times have you done an earthworm for bugscope
• Guestgot it
• Bugscope Teama membrane is thin like a sheet
• Bugscope TeamAditi this is the first time we have ever imaged earthworms using the electron microscope. Long ago we looked at vinegar eels or worms, whatever they are properly called.
• Guestvinegar eels????
• 4:03 pm
• Bugscope Teamyeah someone sent them about 9 years ago. they were hard to kill -- apparently they can live in nearly anything. they were super tiny -- you could hardly see them by eye.
• Guestwhta are thay
• Bugscope TeamI don't recall -- maybe they were nematodes
• Guesthow could you handle them if they were super tiny
• Guestwhat aer we looking at now
• Bugscope Teamum I thought it was a piece of grass, not sure
• Guestgrass!!
• Bugscope Teamwe had to use droppers to manipulate the vinegar eels, and then super fine forceps.
• GuestI've never seen magnifyed grass!

• 4:09 pm
• Guestwhta do earthworms use their bristles for
• Bugscope TeamThe school should know what they are used for.
• Guestthey should?
• Bugscope TeamHI Karen!
• Guesthello karen
• Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope
• TeacherHELLO
• Bugscope Teami just unlocked the session, you should see control on the right side of the browser, Magnify, Navigation, Focus and Adjust
• Bugscope Teamif you have any questions please feel free to ask
• Guesthi jojo
• Guesthi hi
• Studentyo
• 4:14 pm
• Studenthi
• Guesthello shane
• Bugscope TeamThis is one of the bristles on the surface of the earthworm's body
• Teacherwhat is the magnification of this bristle
  Bugscope Teamthe magnification is in the upper right
• Studenthi
• Bugscope Teamwe think it looks kind of like a tooth, but also that with its scale-lilke features it resembles a human hair.
• Guesthi nate maltry
• Studentthis is awesome
• Studenthi i'm nate
• Studenthi
• Bugscope Teamsee the scalebar at the lower left?
• Studenthi from sopie g
• Bugscope Teamor if you click on the scale bar in the image (lower left) it'll bring up a key that has the magnification
• GuestI can't keep up! high everyone
• Studenthi im cole
• Bugscope TeamMs Hall you have control of the microscope if you would like to drive, or change mag, etc.
• Studentwhat is contras

• Studentdo you know what contrast means?

• Bugscope TeamAlex, Aditi, and I are here to help answer questions when we can

• Studentwhat is the base word for magnification
• Studentwhat is a contrast
• Bugscope Teamcontrast is the difference between black and white

• Studentgilly said she likes pie
• Studentwhat is the stuff around the bristle?
• Studentwhat`s around the bristle
  Bugscope Teamwe are not sure -- it is the epidermis of the worm

• 4:19 pm
• StudentHi
• StudentHi!

• Studentwho is driving the microscope
  Bugscope Teamkaren is driving the scope, unless scott is?
• Studentwere is the mouth
• Guesthello alex

• Studenthi scott

• Studentcan you show it
• Studentll likes seaweed

• Studentwho is driving the microscope
• Studentcool
• Studenthi scott and what is this?
• Studentwhat is that
• Bugscope Teamthese are worms
• Bugscope Teamnote that there is a claw reaching out to the worm from the right
• Studentkaren
• Bugscope TeamKaren is driving
• Studentthanks
• Studentdo earth worms have hair?
• Bugscope Teamthis is just one worm
• Guestwhat is that claw for
• Studentthis is cool!
• StudentWhat is the typical range of magnification used?
  Bugscope Teamfor bugs it's 40x - 40,000x. but the scope can go much higher...
• Studentwhat is this
• Studentwhat is that part of the earthworm?

• GuestI think it is the head
• Studentwhat is that

• Bugscope Teamthis is the back end -- the last few segments -- of the worm

• Studentthats so freaky
• Bugscope Teampointing up toward us
• Studentawesome
• Studenthi is cool and my dad is a dumbo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Studentwhats around the main picture
• Studentwhat is the root word for magnification
• Bugscope TeamKaren you may choose from among the presets on the right side of the chat box. If you click on one the microscope will drive to that place.
• Studentwow
• Guestmagnify
• Studentwow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• StudentWhat does contrast mean?
  Bugscope Teamcontrast is the difference between dark and light
• Studentwhat is the specimens that we sent?
• Studentawesome!
• Studenttrast
• Studentwhat does contrast mean?
• Bugscope Teamsomething very black on a white background would be said to have high contrast.
• Studentwhat r those dots?
• Studentwhat does that weared thing scott
• Guestsalt
• Studenti cant see the questions
• Studentwhat specimens did we send?
  Bugscope Teamyou sent us worms
• Studentwhat is the specimen we sent
• Bugscope Teamsomething with lots of gray in it that makes it hard to see the samples would have low contrast

• 4:24 pm
• Studentwhat is the part of the worm you are showing
• Studentwhat is the root word for magnification
  Bugscope TeamLatin: magnus = big
• Bugscope Teamand also a moth, but I am afraid it got lost, so we put some other insects in the 'scope for today
• Guestanother example of contrast is the difference between red and blue
• Guestone is a bright color the other is a dark color

• Studentwhat does contrast mean

• Studentwhat are the specimens placed on?

• StudentHOW DO THEY DO THIS STUF
  Bugscope Teamelectrons are shot at the worms, and they hit the worms causing a thin film of electrons to get knocked off, those knocked off electrons are collected by the secondary electron detector and that's how the image is made

• Studentwhat is the specimen placed on?
  Bugscope Teamthe samples are all on doublestick carbon tape

• Studentcan we see the mouth
  Bugscope TeamI just moved you to the mouth
• Studentwhat is the specimen placed on?
• Studentwhet r the specimins placed on?

• Studentwhat does multi user mean
  Bugscope Teammultiuser means, in our case, that many people use the lab here
• Studentwhat is that
• Guestdoublestick carbon tape
• Bugscope Teambut you can drive the microscope yourselves

• StudentTHAT LOOKS LIKE A BEAK
• Studentthanks

• Studentthakyou for all your doing!
• Guestmulti user means more than one user
• Studentthis is kind of wierd
  Bugscope Teamthere is lots of fungus on the surface of the worm, and also, the remnants of the slime, or mucus
• Bugscope Teamas Aditi says
• StudentSWEAT
  Bugscope Teamsuper sweet
• Studentwhat is that?
• Studentcan we see the kllitelim
• Studentwhere are speciments placed
• StudentWhat does contrast mean?
  Bugscope Teamcontrast means dark versus light
  Bugscope Teamcontract is the different between light and dark
• Studentcan i see the mouth closer
• Studentcan i see the mouth closer

• Studentthis is incredible!

• Studentgo back go back
  Bugscope Teamyour teacher has control!
• Studentare those hairs?
• Studentcan we see the clytelum
• StudentCAN WE SEE THE END
• Studentwere is the clitelum
• 4:29 pm
• Studentmine isnt working
  Bugscope Teamif your image is black, try hitting refresh (F5)
• Studentwow thats cool

• Student What does multi-user mean?
  Bugscope Teama unicycle is single-user. a car is multi-user....

• Studentwhat is that

• Studentcool

• Guestmore than one persoon is what multi user means
• Studentwhat are spedimens placed on

• Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth of the worm

• Studentwhat is that
• StudentCOOL

• Bugscope Teamthis is pretty awesome
• Studentthat is so cool
• StudentA WORM
• Studentwhat is that?
• Bugscope Teamthis is the surface of the epidermis of the worm
• Studentwhere is the worm

• Bugscope Teamit looks so much like fabric, but it is not woven
• StudentTHER
• Guestyou are looking at the worm right now

• Studentzoom out all the way
• Bugscope Teamnow we see a crack

• StudentPLEAS
• Bugscope Teamoops not now
• Studentthanks for doing this!
  Bugscope Teamthis is fun for us Sophia.
• Guestyes it is
• Studentwhat do specimen get placed on
  Bugscope Teamon carbon tape, on an aluminum stub
• Studenttanks thanks

• StudentHI I AM MAX MM
• Guesthello MAX MM
• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the cracks between the segments
• Studentis it alive?
  Bugscope Teamnope, they are dead. they need to be very still inside the scope so we can get good images
• Guesthow many segments do worms have
• StudentA CRAK!!!!!!!
• 4:34 pm
• Studentthanks

• Bugscope Teamyep, things dry out without moisture, and when things die they can dry out, and thus you'll see crack and stuff like that
• Guestmy class sent in an antlion and it was alive so we never got to see it
• Bugscope Teamnow we see some fungus

• StudentTHATS ALOT OF HAIR
• GuestI did but not the rest of my class
• Studentwhat is that
• Bugscope Teamwe think this is the inside of one of the bristles
• StudentA HOLL
• Studentwow

• Bugscope Teamnow, this is pretty cool
• Studentwhat is that
• Guestyep its a hole
• StudentSPIN?

• Studentcool
• StudentA HEAD
• Studentcoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool

• Bugscope Teamthis is the worm's head, and now the body
• StudentAWSOME!!!!
• StudentWOW
• Studentoh my

• Guesta worms body is made up of segments
• StudentWHAT IA A TOOTH FOOT
• Studentwhat is a tooth foot
  Bugscope Teamit's really one of the bristles
• Studentwhat is a tooth foot

• Bugscope Teamnot really a tooth or a foot
• Bugscope Teambut we called it an odontopod as a joke
• StudentREALY
• Guestwhat grade are you guuys in?

• Student4TH
• Studentwhat does multi user mean?
  Bugscope Teammultiuser means that many people can use the facility, or whatever it is that you are referring to
• Studentwhat all of that hairy stuff
• Bugscope Teamthis is a place where the epidermis was torn open

• StudentCRIKET
• Guestmulti user means more than one user
• Studentwhat does multi user mean?

• StudentWOW
• Guestgot to go bye
• Bugscope Teamthis is part of a cricket, next to our worm friends
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentwhere is its botom
  Bugscope Teamfurther south, Hiram

• 4:39 pm

• StudentLEG

• Guestsee you afew months later scott
  Bugscope Teamwhoa that is a long time
• Bugscope Teambye bye aditi

• Studentwhat is that
• Bugscope TeamSee you Aditi!
• StudentCLAW
• Studentwow
• Bugscope Teamthis is a claw for sure
• Studentcool
• Bugscope Teamyep, this is a claw
• StudentA LADY BUG
• Bugscope Teama claw on a ladybug
• StudentREALY
• Bugscope Teamyup a ladybug

• Studentcool
• Studentcan we see its mouth
• StudentHAIRE AGAIN
• Studentcool
• Bugscope Teamand these are special setae, they help the ladybug to stick to walls when it's climbing. these are called tenent setae

• Bugscope Teamthis is how bugs breath! this is a spiracle
• Studentdo you like youre job?
  Bugscope Teamyes this is a fun job
• Bugscope Teambugs don't breath through their mouths, they have holes in their bodies and breath through them
• Bugscope Teamthis is how they breathe
• StudentWHAT THE
• Studentdo all bugs have setae
• Bugscope Teambreathe, i'm sorry...

• Studentwhere is this on the body?
  Bugscope Teamoften the spiracles are on the sides of the body
• StudentWA
• Bugscope Teaminsects have segmented bodies too

• StudentI wish i had this job
• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the halteres
• Studentdo all bugs have setae?
  Bugscope TeamI think so, can't think of one that does not
• Bugscope Teamand the pore-like thing is another spiracle

• StudentWHAT THE HEAK IS A TRUE BUG
  Bugscope TeamTrue Bugs are classified as Hemiptera, and they have specific features like piercing mouthparts that make them part of that group.
• Studentfruit flys rock
• Bugscope Teamthis is an eye!
• Studentwhat is that
• Bugscope Teamsome insects have compound eyes, that are made up of hundreds of those bumps, called ommatidia
• 4:45 pm
• Studentthis is fun
  Bugscope Teamyeah it is fun for us as well
• Bugscope Teamthe spikes are setae, and they are thought to help flying insects fly better
• StudentTHANK YOU SCOT
  Bugscope TeamNo problem Max
• Bugscope Teameach of those bumps has an eye lens in it

• Studentcoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
• StudentEYE
• Studentwh
• Bugscope Teamthis is another compound eye, but the ommatidia are dried out, and thus they kind shrunk a bit
• Bugscope Teamthis is the eye of a mosquito, and it is fairly dry

• Bugscope Teamthere now you can see the head
• StudentHEAD
• Bugscope Teamon the lower left
• Studentwow do you like this?
• StudentTOUNG

• Bugscope Teamthe proboscis is sticking out toward us

• Studentthats cool and groos at the same time
  Bugscope Teamyeah that is out specialty ; )
• Bugscope Teamtotally
• StudentIT LOOKS LIKE A CLAW
• Studentproboscis
• Bugscope Teamthis must be a smile with food dripping out of the mouth )'
• Studentfunny
• Studentthis is pretty cool

• Bugscope Teamonly female mosquitos bite
• Bugscope Teamall those hairs are setae and they reallyhelp the little buggers to sense their environment
• StudentMAN

• Studentgrass hopper
• Bugscope Teamand the biting parts are inside of the proboscis
• Studenti want to make a song this is so cool do you?
  Bugscope Teamyes a song would be good about now, but it would look like a poem
• StudentCould we get closer please?
  Bugscope TeamKaren can make the 'scope get closer.
• Bugscope Teamwithout those setae, they'd be unable to feel much of anything. that's because their outside is a hard exoskeleton, like wearing a suit of armour
• StudentONLY THE FEMAIL BITES
  Bugscope Teamthat is right. the female needs a blood meal so she can successfully lay her eggs.
• Bugscope Teama song! that would be way cool man
• 4:50 pm
• Bugscope Teamkaren, we can give control to a student, if you want us to?

• Studentwhat is that?
• Teacherthat's Ok
• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the bristles on the worm's body
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentsong time
• Teacherno thanks
• StudentTHAT WASENT A QUESTION
• Studentgood thing both dont bite
• Bugscope Teamwhatever you think is best karen
• Studentthat looks like a whale
• Bugscope TeamNo thanks to the song? We were looking forward to it!
• Bugscope TeamIt does -- it looks like a sperm whale tooth.
• Studentwhat time did u start magnfying the worm
  Bugscope Teamjust before you got on today
• Studentwhat time did you start magnifing bugs
  Bugscope Teamwe started setting up for this session at 3PM central, 2 hours ago
• Bugscope TeamIt is so cool that is has a scaley surface, much like a human hair
• StudentYAU
• StudentI FORGOT ,DOES THE EARTHWORM HAVE ANY BONES?
  Bugscope Teamno they are invertebrates -- so they have no backbone, and no bones at all.
  Bugscope Teamnope, no bones, no spin, it is an invertebrate
• StudentWOW

• StudentYA
• Bugscope Teamsee the piercing proboscis?
• Bugscope Teamand the eyes?
• Studentyes
• Studentaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! thats scary
• Bugscope Teamand the two antennae?
• Bugscope Teamspine, i mean
• StudentYA
• Studentwhat is your favorate picture Hiram
• Bugscope Teamthis insect pierces whatever it eats and sucks the juice out
• Studentcooool
• Studentwhoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
• 4:55 pm
• Studentmisqueto head
• Studentwhat is youre favorite?
• StudentEXOSKELITON
  Bugscope Teaminsects have exoskeletons -- that is correct. they are also invertebrates, like earthworms
• Bugscope TeamHiram this is a true bug -- what stinkbugs are, and assassin bugs, and ambush bugs
• StudentCooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
• StudentSO WHAT IS THIS ?
• StudentIs that the head?
  Bugscope Teamyeah to the right
• Studenthow did you get this job its cool
  Bugscope Teamwe started Bugscope 10 years ago. I started doing electron microscopy in college
• StudentWHAR AR THE ANTANA ON THIS THING
  Bugscope Teamto the right
• StudentI want to have that job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Teamyou all could totally have a job like this, if you take time to work at something, you can do just about anything
  Bugscope TeamAlex is right.
• Studentcool
• Studentwhat is this
• Studentthank you for showing us the worms and the other bugs
  Bugscope TeamThank You LeeC
• StudentI think so.
• Bugscope Teamone antenna is broken or pointed away so we cannot see it fully
• Studentthank you
• Studentthank you we have to leave this was so cool by by by by by thank you for youre work i loved it soooooooooo much
• Studentthank u.that was amazing
• TeacherThank you, Scott. Fascinating work. We loved it!! School is done. Thankss
• Bugscope TeamThank You Cole. Be thinking about that song.
• StudentThank you for being with us today. This has really been a wonderful experience.
• Bugscope Teamyou all rocked! thank you. it was a pleasure having you on bugscope
• StudentThanks a lot we loved it a lot we have to leave
• Bugscope TeamThank you Mrs Hamil, and Karen, and everyone else!
• StudentWE HAF TO LEAV NOW BYE THANK YOU FOR HELPING US LEARNABOUT BUGS
• Studentthank you Scot , ScotJ and alex
  Bugscope TeamThank You, Hiram.
• Studentthank you Scot, Scot.J
  Bugscope TeamThanks, Caitlin.
• Bugscope Teamkaren, all the chat and images from today's session are stored on your bugscope member page: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-090
• Bugscope Teamyou are totally welcome
• Studentby
• Bugscope Teamlaterz
• 5:01 pm
• Bugscope Teamkaren, remember you can review all the chat and images anytime with your clas, just visit this link: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-090
• Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-090/
• Bugscope TeamOops Alex beat me to it.
• 5:08 pm
• Bugscope Teamgood bye karen, nice job!