Connected on 2009-12-18 07:45:00
from Iselin, NJ, US
- 8:02 am
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- 8:08 am
- Bugscope Teamhi, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope TeamGood morning!
- Bugscope TeamThis is a water bug
- Bugscope Teamnice to see you
- Bugscope Teamwelcoming you to the session
- Bugscope Teamlet us know when you have questions
- Bugscope Teamhi kids, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Teamand let us know if you would like us to give a certain person control of the microscope
- Bugscope Teamright now IMS has the ability to drive
- Bugscope Teamright now IMS has control of the scope, we can give control to anyone who is logged in, mrs. coyle, just let us know when to switch control
- Bugscope Teamyou may choose from among the presets to the right of this chat
- Bugscope Teamfeel free to ask any questions, we are here to help you run your bugscope session
- Bugscope Teamwe are here to answer questions about the insects, or the microscope, or other things
- Bugscope Teamokay, now scott is moving the scope a bit
- Bugscope Teamthis is a close-up of the abdomen of a water bug
- Bugscope Teamwe think a water boatman, but maybe it's a different kind of water bug
- 8:13 am
- Bugscope Teamcan you all see this chat? minimum resolution required is 1024x768
- Bugscope Teamwe're driving, a bit, just to show you what you can do
- Studentwhats up
- Studentwasup
- Bugscope Teamhey N3il!
- Teacherwhat type of bug is this?
- Studenthey
- Bugscope Teamthis is a water bug
- Bugscope Teamthis is a water bug
- Bugscope Teamwe think a water boatman, but we aren't 100% sure
- Bugscope Teamit is a true bug, however
- Bugscope Teamyou can tell by its piercing mouthparts
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamnotice the eyes on either side of its head
- Bugscope Teamcool, this is the tongue of the water boatman
- Bugscope Teamif you zoom in on the head, you'll see more detail
- Bugscope Teamthese are all live controls of an electron microscope
- Bugscope Teamwe can control for you if you prefer?
- Bugscope Teaminsects have really amazing features when you look at them under a high powered microscope
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Bugscope Teamhey there, how's it going?
- Bugscope Teamokay, so i'm going to zoom in on the bugs face
- 8:18 am
- Bugscope Teamnotice how hairy the bug is. all bugs have TONS of these hairs.
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs are not really hairs, but setae (pronounced see-tee)
- Bugscope Teamsetae stick through the insect's exoskeleton, to nerves underneath, and that is how they sense their environment
- Bugscope Teaman aphid looks a lot like this
- Bugscope Teambut this is a water big
- Bugscope Teamokay, so i had locked the session to control it, but now i just unlocked brenda, you should be able to click on a preset and the scope will move to that bug
- Bugscope Teambrenda, can you see this chat?
- Bugscope Teamlet us know when you have any questions.
- Bugscope Teamyou can see there are a lot of hairs on this insect
- Bugscope Teambrenda, i'm wondering if you can't see this chat? i'm going to move to another insect
- Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of a flying insect
- 8:24 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of an insect we could not identify -- some kind of fly
- Bugscope Teamyes it is possible your screen resolution is not set up to work with this
- Bugscope Teamwe can tell you how to change it if you cannot see the whole interface
- Bugscope Teamplease feel free to ask us questions!
Bugscope Teambrenda, we are not sure you can see all the chat below the image, so i'm putting this question up on the left. your screen resolution needs to be minimum of 1024x768 to see all the chat and presets. do you see it?
- Studentcool
Bugscope Teamyeah, this is a fly head
- Bugscope Teambrenda, you zoomed out, it seems like?
- Bugscope Teamoften when insects have been collected in a trap, we find scales from some of them on other insects that normally would not have scales
- Bugscope Teammoths, butterflies, silverfish, mosquitos, and very few weevils/beetles have scales
- Bugscope Teamin the background you can see little craters in the carbon doublestick tape we used to hold the insects onto the stage
- Bugscope Teamokay, i'm going to move the scope to another preset now
- Bugscope Teamthis is the claw of a flying insect
- 8:29 am
- Bugscope Teamthese are live images of dead insects
- Bugscope Teambut the scope can zoom into 30,000-40,000 x!
- Bugscope Teamcool,! we are moving, click again to stop moving brenda!
- Bugscope Teamnice!
- Bugscope Teamthere ya go!!!
- Bugscope Teamnow we are getting somewhere
- Bugscope Teamokay, so see all those hairs, those are the setae
- Bugscope Teampronounced see-tee
- Bugscope Teamthe electron beam rasters across whichever area you choose, and the primary electrons from then electron beam cause what are called secondary electrons to be ejected from the surface of the sample. Those secondary electrons provide the signal that makes up the images we see
- Bugscope Teamthe setae can sense touch, taste, smell, temp, etc. they can be mechanosensory and chemosensory, at least.
- Bugscope Teamwhen something looks overly bright, it may be because it is charging up with electrons -- they are not able to run to ground
- Bugscope Teaminsects have TONS of setae on them, that really helps them to survive
- Bugscope Teamthis is the abdomen of this insect, which is some sort of wasp or fly -- in this case we are not sure
- Bugscope Teamif you click on preset #9 you can see setae on a fly proboscis, that's what it uses to taste the food that it easts. of course food being fly puke mixed with bug guts. yum!
- TeacherI can see the preset but that is it, I can
- Bugscope Teamif you click on preset no. 18 you will be able to see a tick. there are lots of samples on the stub today
- 8:34 am
- TeacherI cannot click on anything
Bugscope Teamhmm, maybe try refreshing your browser window (F5), that might help
- Bugscope Teamthere must be some reason it does not work for you, and if we cannot figure that out right away, please just ask us to go to any preset you'd like
- Bugscope Teamthis is brave of you to launch into this with no warning
- Bugscope Teamthis is the body of a hard tick
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its head at the top
- Bugscope Teamif you give me your direct phone line, i can call you and try to step you through some of the clicking problems
- Bugscope Teamthe head is called the 'capitulum,' and the pieces on the side fold down when it 'bites.'
- Bugscope Teamoh, okay, now i fixed it, you had logged in as IMS, which was now gone, so i moved control to brenda
- Bugscope Teamnow you should have control again
- Bugscope TeamPresently Brenda has control.
- Bugscope Teamhi Wyatt!
- Bugscope Teamme has control now
- TeacherThis is not working for us, so we are clicking
- Teacheroff
