Connected on 2011-05-17 09:30:00
from San Antonio, TX, US
- 8:59 am
- Bugscope TeamHi welcome to bugscope. I was just checking over the presets. I believe they show what you want to have
- Bugscope TeamSuspect B had 2 types of pollen on it, so I put them both on. I think it will still work out for you
- TeacherHello...it looks different than last year! Very nice!!
- TeacherWe will have a lab of about 30 students in about 30 min...are you ready??
- Bugscope Teamyes we are ready here
- 9:04 am
- TeacherThe presets look GREAT!!
- Bugscope TeamGood. The baseline pollen looks like it has 2 different types but i think the rounder looking ones are just ones that somehow didn't dry out like the rest. I just thought I would show both
- 9:11 am
- TeacherThere may have been multiple ones... It's been so long I can't remember...lol
- Bugscope Teamit's ok. It all looks like it shows what you want
- 9:19 am
- Teachergoing to get the kids...
- 9:33 am
- Bugscope Teamlet me know if you have any questions
- 9:43 am
- StudentIn suspect a
- Studentin suspect a... what are the little things on the material? are they the polen
- StudentAre the long strands hair or pollen?
Bugscope Teamthe long strands is the material that makes up the shoe lace and the little things clinging to them are the pollen grains
- StudentWhat are we looking at
Bugscope Teamwe are magnified on suspect a's shoelace evidence. The shoelace looks like a bunch of long strands when you zoom in. The little banana shaped things are the pollen grains
- Studentwhat are the blobs on susupect a's lines or strips
- StudentAre the little things pollen
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- Studentwhat are the little bacteria like things?
Bugscope Teamthey would be very big bacteria, but they are similar in shape. They are the pollen grains
Bugscope Teambacteria are about 2 microns (micrometers) big. These are about 100 microns
- TeacherWe are sketching this image now for our evidence collection.
- 9:48 am
- Studentso theyre related to bacteria
Bugscope Teamno not at all. Bacteria job is to help eat away at whatever it is on. The pollen grains are here because the shoelace brushed up against the plant. The pollen grains are meant to be easily transported to another plant
- Studentwhy do the pollen appear to be bent?
Bugscope Teammost likely because they dried a little bit. The rounder looking ones are the ones that haven't dried as much. Like the 2 in the upper part of the screen
- Studentthe little things are pollen?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentwhy are there weird bent stuff and then straight stuff?
- Studenthaha ok
- Studentsuspect b2 and the crime scene pollen look the closest in comperison.. but not exactly.. are they the same but something happened to one of them??
Bugscope TeamI think that is for you to decide. I can only help you with describing what you see,
Bugscope TeamOn suspect B there were 2 different kinds of pollen found on the piece of shoe lace
Bugscope TeamThe baseline pollen looks like 2 different kinds but I believe the flatter ones are the more dried out pollen grains like the bent ones we see on suspect a
- StudentWhy is the pollen in different shapes and sizes. Does it change with the magnification of the microscope
- StudentAre these the inner fibers of the shoelace or the outside fibers of the sholace?
Bugscope Teaminner and outer fibers should look the same, but we are seeing the outer
- Studentwhy does the pollen look stringy
Bugscope Teamthe strands are the fibers from the shoe lace, but the bent things are the pollen grains and they are good at sticking to materials
- StudentWhy is the pollen in different shapes and sizes. Does it change with the magnification of the microscope.
- Studentoh cool
- Studentsuspect a and b look the same to me.
- Studentooo ok.. but what is the difference between b and b2
Bugscope Teamthe difference is, there are 2 different kinds. One looks like what you see on suspect a. and one looks like round balls. If the teacher would like. SHe can click on the presets to move to one of them
- 9:53 am
- StudentIs there a substance on the pollen that makes it stick?
- Studentwhy isnt it in color? or is it dirt? just wondering
- StudentSo all the photos will be of the outer fibers
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentshoa
- StudentHow does the pollen get on the shoelace??
Bugscope TeamUsually you just have to rub up against the plant to get the pollen grains on it
- StudentOhh ok.
- Bugscope TeamSo you can see this part of the suspect b shoe lace looks similar to suspect a
- StudentSo are these ones less dried out because they appear 2 be more closed
- Studentwell i guess what im asking is why is it b2 instead of something else..is it still on the same shoelace
- StudentWhy does the pollen look rinkled
- StudentWhy is there so much more pollen on Suspect B??
Bugscope Teammaybe suspect b walked in more of that type of plant
- Studentwhy is suspects b shoelace all swirled together?
- Studentare all the dots on the shoelace bacteria
Bugscope Teamno those are pollen grains. I didn't find any bacteria on the fibers
- StudentCould the shoelace have been untied?
- Studentwhat is that big thingymabobber in the middle
- StudentThere seems to be more pollen in this photo. Is it because the suspect went through more pollen than suspect a?
- StudentOn b what are those huge chunks? are they pollen or what?
- StudentB and A look very similar.... But why do the pollen grains look different?
Bugscope Teamthese pollen grains probably are the same as found in suspect a. The other pollen grains found on this suspect are different
- Studentjohn.. i think its because one of the showlaces were frayed
- Studentwhats frayed? is it burnt?
- Studentwhy does there seem to be more pollen in this photo
- StudentWas this shoelace possibly frayed?
Bugscope Teamit looked a little frayed at the ends maybe
- StudentWhy is there much more polen on suspect b??
- StudentDid suspect B go in a patch of flowers
Bugscope Teamit's possible
- 9:59 am
- Studentwhy does there seem to be more pollen in this photo
- StudentWhy are some of the pollen particals open, and some closed?
- StudentAre the flat pieces of pollen different from the rounder pieces??
- StudentWhy is the shoelace all wirled together
- Studentwhy did the sh
- Studentya and whats in the middle
Bugscope Teamthe fibers on clothes and shoelaces are often braided together, like rope. It makes them look like spaghetti. The little flat round things are the pollen grains
- Studentwhy did the shoelace fibers twirl up
- StudentWhat are the chunks on b ?
- StudentWhy is the shoelace in a vortex shape
- StudentCould some pollen be different from others?
Bugscope Teamhere all the grains look the same. There is another patch on the same lace that looks different
- Bugscope Teamhere on the same piece of lace, the grains are different
- Studentare these still pollen or something else
Bugscope Teamthese are still pollen grains
- Studentooooo thanks
- Studentare the shperical things pollen?
- Studentwhy do they look different than the other pictures
- Studentwhy are these different could they be from seperate plants?
- Studentis this a different type of pollen maybe?
Bugscope Teamit looks very different doesn't it. They don't look all look as flat
- StudentSo it iS! a different type!
- StudentWhy is it all bunched together
- StudentHow come the pollen on b2 is rounder than the others?
Bugscope Teamthese are different pollen grains then found previously on suspect b. A person can walk in different plants. Suspect A looks like it walked only in one plant. Suspect b looks like he/she walked in 2 different kinds of plants
- Studentwhy is there b and b2?
Bugscope Teambecause there were 2 different patches of pollen grains on the fibers
- Studentyes i was rigut!
- Studentwhy are some pollen flat looking and some rounder?
- Studentwhat are those little balls
Bugscope Teamthose are pollen grains
- Studentdid the same thing happen on this sample
- StudentJohne those are the pollen.
- Studentwhat plant, do you think, suspect b2 walk threw?
- 10:04 am
- Studentdaqda\
- Studentjust looking at the pictures on the first page.. what are the base line pollens?
Bugscope Teambaseline pollen 1 and pollen 2 are the same, but I believe 2 is a more dried variety. They sometimes flatten out. baseline pollen 1 had that small patch that somehow resisted drying out a little, but are still different from the pollen you see in Suspect B 2
- Studentand the crime scene pollen..
- StudentIs B2 just another part of B? And if it isn't could suspect B have gone to two different places?
Bugscope Teamyes
Bugscope Teamsuspect b 2 is still suspect b. Just wanted to differentiate the presets
- StudentCould susbect b have had their shoes untied and took a different path?
Bugscope Teamit means suspect b walked in a different area than suspect a, since suspect a didn't have those rounder pollen grains on it
- Studentit looks like differet types of pollen
- StudentIs the really thin grain dry?
- Studentsuspect C looks like peanuts
- StudentThe pollen here looks similar to Suspect a, could they be the same type of pollen?
- StudentThe pollen grains look like cashews.... Do you know why?
- Studentwhy does the pollen look like seeds
- Studentwhy are the pollen bigger. Is it because that haven't dried up yet?
- Studentalmost every string has a thingy atached to it. why is that
- StudentIs that very dry pollen? Or is it something else?
- Studenti guess what im asking is what was the baseline pollen on when the picture was taken?
Bugscope Teamthe baseline pollen was on a small part of the flower it is found on
- StudentAre there still different kinds of pollen on suspect c?
- StudentAre the thin but straight grains dry?
- Studentis that all pollen? because i can see is big pollen.
Bugscope Teamthey are big pollen yes
- Studentwhat are those big plant like thins
- Studentwhy are the pollen bigger. Is it because that haven't dried up yet?
Bugscope Teamwe are zoomed in more on them, they are the same size
- StudentWhy is there so much pollen?
- Studentwhy do they look like sunflower seeds
- StudentSome pollen have holes in the center, is that due to dryness?
Bugscope Teampartly yes. They would look a little more round like the baseline pollen 1 normally. Think of them as what happens when a football loses air in them
- StudentAre the straight lines the shoelace or still pollen??
- Studentoh okay but they seem to be more fresh and not dried up because in the others the are flat and these seem puffy
- Studentryuqweiryqoweryweioryeqo
- StudentIs that all just 1 kind of pollen???
Bugscope Teamyes
- StudentWere these samples all taken from the same place?
- StudentWhy do they look like seeds
Bugscope Teamthey are kind of like seeds. But much smaller. They have a hard coat on them to protect the cells inside that germinate the flower
- 10:09 am
- StudentWhy does the pollen look like cashews?
- Studentoh okay but they seem to be more fresh and not dried up because in the others the are flat and these seem puffy
- StudentIs that straight but thinish pollen dry?
Bugscope Teamthe straight things are the fibers
- Studentk
- StudentAre this all the same pollen or are there diffrent kinds mixed together??
- StudentAre they folded. Or is that how they already are?
Bugscope Teamthey do get little folds in them, but the deeper folds mean they dried out some- they deflated a little
- StudentWhat exactly are the lines down the center?
- StudentWas this sample on a flower or some kind of plant?
- Studentwhy is one of them squished
- Student51
- Studentand the crime scene pollen was on the patch of flowers?
Bugscope Teamthe crime scene pollen did come from a flower but I took the pollen and stuck them straight to tape
- StudentThe pollen that is in the middle, is that dry?
Bugscope Teamyes these are all a little dried out
- Studenta lot tyson
- Studentis the pollen from a sunflower
Bugscope Teami'm not sure
- StudentAre some of the pollen dried up
- Studenthow many grains of pollen do you think there are?
Bugscope Teamhundreds on here, if not more.
- Studentwhy is one of the pollens sort of bent and crushed?
- Studentyes steven
- StudentWas this pollen given time to dry out or was it found like this?
- Studentso it is the same pollen as the base line.. just on tape??
- Studentdo different fibers attract different amounts of pollen
Bugscope Teamit's possible. You wouldn't think things like silk would be able to carry as much as wool because wool is a lot fuzzier
- Studentwhy is the pollen so hairy
- StudentWhat are the cracks?
- TeacherNevermind...seems my CSI genius, Dylan, already asked all the tough questions...
- Studentwhy there are alot of cracks
- StudentAre they on a leaf?
- Studentis that all pollen?
- StudentWe don't know if it's a leaf
- TeacherCate, I think the baseline pollen A is actually the crime scene evidence (shoelace)
Bugscope Teamno they are slightly different. I had them at completely different areas of the sample holder. Baseline pollen 1 is just a small patch I found that somehow didn't dry out as much, and I wanted to show that. If you want to ignore that preset altogether you can, since it is different from everything else
- 10:14 am
- Studentwhyis the pollen crushed
Bugscope Teamthe rounder ones are the ones you want to focus on. It is possible when I brushed them on, I got some that were crushed. It happens
- Studentagain why is the pollin cracked
- StudentAre the cracks from the sidewalk?
- StudentWhich suspect did this pollen come from???
Bugscope TeamThis is the crime scene pollen- pollen found at the crime scene. So the real question is, which suspect has this type of pollen on him or her
- Student Johnny L. it's probably dried out or something
- Studentwhy are the pollen broken into pieces
- Studentoh thank you the fibers material could attract more pollen than something lighter or softer
Bugscope Teamyes, for sure
Bugscope Teambees are ultra hairy to help collect pollen
- Studentshouldn't the pollen be hairy
- StudentThe pollen are the width of a human hair?
- StudentAre the pollen shown 2 different kinds?
- StudentThis pollen looks alot like Suspect b and b2 correct?
Bugscope TeamMy guess is these look just like the pollen grains found on the part of suspect b fibers that we see in the preset image suspect b 2
- StudentWere on the shoelace was the pollen found?
- StudentThis pollen looks alot like the pollen that appeared on B and B2.. could it possibly be the same?
- Studentoh ok i see thanks.
- Studentit looks like ice
- TeacherBaylor, that's the microscope
- Studentwhy are the pollen broken into pieces
Bugscope Teamsome of the little bits that don't look very nice might be bits or pollen or dirt. The rounder ones are the better looking pollen grains
- StudentAre the cracks from the sidewalk or something else?
Bugscope Teamthat is the carbon tape that the pollen grains are sititng on
- Studentwhy is the backround of the pollen cracked? And why does the pollen look rough?
- StudentNo Lauren T., the whole view is the size of a human hair, the pollen is even thinner than a hair! so we r very close
- Studentit looks destroyed
- Studentwhy is the bottom cracked
- Studentis it possible for pollen to break apart?
Bugscope Teamyes, that is where the cells are that are for germination. So each pollen grain is holding a group of cells.
- Studentis that pollen shown the same kind?
- Studentpollen is so small gosh
- Studentwhy does it look like someone stepped on it
Bugscope Teammaybe someone did :)
- Studentwhoa
- Studenthow many fibers are there
Bugscope Teamthere aren't any fibers here
- StudentThank you for answering our questions
- Studentso would saying suspect b was the person who did it be right? or atleas close?
Bugscope TeamYes since, as you can see, neither suspect a or c have pollen like this on them
- Studentfe
- Studentthanks for answering.. i think our group figured it out
- TeacherCate, we are wrapping up with this group and then we will rotate...back in 5-10min
Bugscope Teamok sounds good
- Studentwhat nathan said..Thank you
- StudentThank you for answering our questions
- Studentif you look at the bottom left cashew thingy it has a part of another thingy was it destroyed
- 10:19 am
- Studentthanks you!!!!!!
- StudentThank you so very much!!!!
- StudentGracious
- StudentThank you Cate
- StudentThank you very much Cate I had fun
- StudentThank you Cate from Illinios
- StudentThanks for all the help :)
- StudentThank you !
- Studentthanks i think we got the answer
- Studentthank you for answering our questions
- StudentGod bless
- StudentThanks for answering all of our questions! :)
- Studentwhat are those rock like things
Bugscope Teamthose are the grains
- Studentthanks for helping Cate!
- Studentthanks for helping us
- StudentThank you so muchhhhh you were a very big help:)
- StudentThank you for answering our questions! :D
- StudentThank You!
- Studentthank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!- i win
- StudentThanks for awnsering my questions!
- Studentthank you for letting us do this
- StudentBye. Thank you for helping us, Im sure your very busy.
- Studentu are the best person ever ur even cooler than me and im pretty much the best person I know
- StudentCATE I KNOW YOU WILL GET LOTS OF THANKS SO MINE IS CAPPED AND YOU WILL NOTICE IT. THANK YOU!!!!!
- StudentThank you, you have been a ton of help and we couldn't have done this with out you you're the best!
- StudentThank you, Cate, you were a big help
- Studentthank you
- Studentno caps
- Studentthank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentgo illy
- Bugscope Teamthanks michaell/art
- Studentsqueel
- Studentttyl
- StudentTANK YOU
- StudentGod Bless, talk to you some other time bye!!!!!
- Studentdylan must squeel
- Studenttoo bad keats
- Studentgood bye we luv u
- StudentThanks again... had lots of fun!
- Studentangie thats what i said
- Bugscope Teamhaha thanks and bye
- StudentCate thanks for all your help. I really appreciate it. =D=D=D=D=D=D
- Studentya, what gage said
- 10:35 am
- Bugscope Teamhi everyone
- Studenthello
- Studenthi
- StudentHI
- Studenthello my friend
- StudentThanks for doing this.
- Studenthi
- StudentHow ya doin
- Studentcoraline is sitting next to me
- Bugscope Teamalright. So the long spaghetti strands are the fibers from the shoe lace
- Studenthola
- 10:40 am
- Studentheyy
- Studentcoo stuff ya got here
- Studenthello
- Bugscope TeamThe little banana/cashew shaped things are the pollen grains
- Studenthey ryan
- Studentyou rock for giving us this for free
- Studentcool
- StudentOh interesting
- StudentCool
- Studentwow
- Studentwow
- Studenti see how it is no heyy kiska:(
- Studenthey guys
- Studenthey
- Studenthi quinn
- Bugscope Teampollen grains are meant to be easily transported onto clothes and fur and insects to help pollinate other flowers or plants
- Studentand cole
- Studenthi kiska
- Studenthi cole
- Studentlooks like bean sprouts
- Studentwow
- Studento thats really interasting
- Student.....
- Studenthi zach kiska needs to leave coraline alone
- Studenthaha yeah it does
- Bugscope Teamkind of.
- Studentlooks stringy
- Student..........
- Studenthi maddie and macy
- Studentha thts wat she said red
- Studentit looks creepy
- Bugscope TeamThe long skinny things are fibers, and the smaller things are the pollen grains found on suspect A
- Studentwhat ar those blobs
- Studenti said thts wat she said red
- Studentya how big
- StudentWhat are the penut things attached to the strands
Bugscope Teampollen grains
- Studentcool awsome
- Studentit looks like a plant
- Studentwho knows
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- Studenti think coraline shuld be nice to airgoood
- Studentwow thats big
- Studentthats hugh!
- Studentbreak it up yo's
- Studentcate hi
- StudentThis looks like stems and leafs
Bugscope Teamthe things that look likes stems are part of the shoelace. Cotton looks this way. They are individual strands that are often braided together. The leaves are the pollen grains found on this suspect
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentis this the shoelace
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studenthi macy
- Studentwhat are the ball things
- Studentwat are the string things
- Studentwow that's cool
- Studentthis is a very accurate microscope.
- StudentWhat is the string like thing?
Bugscope Teamcotton fibers from the shoelace.
- StudentThank you for answering my question!:)
- Studentbrax twss
- 10:45 am
- Studenthow does the pollen grains get on the shoelace
Bugscope Teamusually all you have to do it rub against the plant. In this case, the suspect a walked by the plant and the shoelace brushed against it
- Studentsup quinn
- Studentmaddie penque hi
- Studentthis is so awsome. how much does the microscope cost?
- Studentsup fool
- Studentwhat kind of pollen is it?
- Studentthats helpful info in this case.
- Studentno zach
- Studentit says at the bottom of the magnification human hair though cate
Bugscope Teamit's not saying it's human hair, just giving you an idea of something you know, so you can see how much we are magnified
- Studentis this a whole grain of pollen or a piece
- Studentyes what kind of pollen type is it
Bugscope TeamI'm not entirely sure what type of plant/flower it came from
- Studentoh ok i was just wondering
- Studentare the pollen tings alive?
Bugscope Teamin a way yes. They are like seeds. They contain cells that germinate plants
- Studentsorry but what is those long wide strings :)
- Studentdid you find pollen on any other evidence
- Studentis there alot of bacteria in the shoelace
Bugscope TeamI didn't find any.
- Studentcool
- Studentthis is one shoelace?
- Studentare they alive?
- StudentDo real CSI investigators use this type of microscope?
Bugscope Teamyes they do. You often see images like this, but maybe with some weird coloring (false coloring) in the shows like csi and bones
- Studentare the things on the shoelace fibers
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studenthow much does the microscope cost?
- Studentthey look like little catapillars
- Studentdid you find this same pollen on any other evidence?
- StudentIs there a reason that the pollen is shaped like that?
- Studentme too
- Studentthis is a very accurate microscope.
- Studentit looks like a cartoon
- Studenti watch csi miami
- Studentim fused:]'!?!@
- Studenthow much would this microscope cost???????
Bugscope Teamit cost around $600k in 1999
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentit looks like clover Ha
- Studentthat looks like spagehetti with meatballs
- Studenthahaha
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentare the balls pollen seeds if they arent what are these
- Studentits amazing how you guys know everithing about this
- StudentWHat is this.
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwut are the strands again?
Bugscope Teamcotton fibers from the shoelace
- 10:50 am
- Studentwhat are the round thingys?
Bugscope Teampollen grains found on this suspect
Bugscope Teamsuspect b had a different kind of pollen on it
- Studentoh their cotton fibers! i didnt know opps
- Studentis this the same thing but bigger?
- Studentpollen grains were on the other suspect to right
- Studentwhat is this?
- StudentIs that another shoelace
Bugscope TeamYes this is Suspect B, before we saw Suspect A
- Studentso is this another shoelace
- StudentIt looks twisted
- Studentlooking at it up close is interesting huh
- StudentWhat type of pollen is this?
Bugscope TeamThis is from some type of yellow plant.
Bugscope Teamat least that is the color of the pollen
- StudentWhy are the strings stuck together?
Bugscope Teamif they weren't our clothes would have holes
- Studentwhat are the stringy things? shoelaces?
Bugscope Teamyes, just a small portion of the shoelace
- Studentthe pollen grains were on suspect A right?? :) :) :)
Bugscope Teamthere are pollen grains on all 3 suspects. The question is, which is from the crime scene
- StudentWht are the round things on the shoe lace
Bugscope Teamthose are the pollen grains on this suspect
- Studentcool thanks cate
- Studentwhy is the pollen long and strand like if im explaining it correctly!?
Bugscope Teamthe strands are fibers. The pollen grains here kind of look like rocks
- Studentthts wut im sayn
- Studentcan pollens merge
Bugscope Teamgood question. I don't think so. Maybe they can kind of get stuck together but that's it
- Studentis this the same pollen from suspect A?
Bugscope Teamsuspect a's pollen grains kind of look like cashew nuts or deflated footballs. These are rounder so I would think they are different
- Studenthow come these pollens come in different shapes and sizes
- Studentso we are checking the pollen and trying to match it with the plants at the crime scene
- Studentwhat would happen if we tried to consume this
Bugscope Teamthe pollen grains or the shoelace? :p I assume the pollen grains. I don't think anything would happen unless you had a corresponding plant in your body for it to germinate
- StudentSo suspect A and B both walked in plants?
- 10:56 am
- Studentis pollen deadly
- Studentwould you ever eat one in order to get a deises
- StudentWhat are pollen grains made of
Bugscope TeamThe shell is made of cellulose, which is plant material. Inside are cells that are both reproductive and non reproductive
- StudentSo both suspect A and B walked through plants but diffrent plants?
Bugscope Teamyes
- StudentThis is pretty beast:)
- Studentso what do the pollen grains do? what is their purpose?
Bugscope Teamthey germinate plants
- StudentWhat are pollen grains?
- Studenthow does an electron microscope work?
Bugscope Teamelectrons hit the sample, and if the sample is conductive, secondary electrons are returned to a detector where a signal is read and we are given this 3d image of the sample
Bugscope Teamto make this sample conductive, we coated it with a thin layer of metal
- Studentthats very neat!
- Studentdoes your microscope have some of the same parts as a classroom microscope? (I think we use compound microscopes (: )
- Studentwhat does germanite do
Bugscope Teamthey ultimately make sperm cells which are transfered to the female part of the plant
- Studentomg that looks awsome
- Studentall the pollen looks differnt how do you tell if they are the same
- Studentthat looks really cool
- StudentWhy is this part of the shoelace twisted together?
- Studentwhat is this?
Bugscope Teamthe ropes are the cotton fibers. The pollen grains are slightly different here, which would probably mean suspect b walked through 2 different kinds of plants
- Studenthave you ever had to use the microscope to solve a real mystery?
- Studentit looks like the ''speghetti'' is wraped up together
- StudentWhy are they all tangeled togteher?
- 11:01 am
- Studentis this pollen too
- Studentare there different kinds of pollen on this
Bugscope Teamyes these are more of the kinds of pollen we found on suspect a. Looks like suspect b walked in the same kind of plant, but then also walked by another plant to get those round ones we saw earlier
- Studentoh ok thanks cate!:{)
- Studentwhy does the pollen look clumped?
Bugscope Teamit happens sometimes. They don't look very pretty either. Maybe it got a little bit of plant sap to goo them up and stick them together
- Student2 diffrent pollens on 1 shoelace
Bugscope Teamyes exactly
- Studentthat is weird
- Studentwait so if suspect B went through two diffrent plants? does that mean this is suspect B still?
Bugscope Teamyes.
Bugscope Teamto help you know which suspect we are looking at, look at the upper left hand corner of the image. It should say where we are currently 'near'
- StudentIs the fiber cracked?
- Studentwhy does the fiber look cracked or dusty?
Bugscope Teamprobably got some plant sap on it. Not very clean
- StudentWhat kinds of pollen are in there?
- Studentgotcha
- Studentthe pollin thing
- StudentO_o
- Studentwhat is the little wedge in the middle left
Bugscope Teamhmm... I mostly just see fibers all woven together. There are pollens on the left and one in the upper right area
- Studenthow can the microscope zoom in so much?
- Studentwhy does the grain that is tucked in look like shredded meat
Bugscope Teamew, I think it's because it got on it whatever is making the strands look dirty. My guess is plant sap
- Student-O_O- ugh i wish i was smart ihave no idea what to ask
- Studento_o O_O thanks cate
- Studentis that a third kind of pollen in the upper left, of the pollen from suspect a?
- Studenthow can the microscope zoom in so much?
Bugscope Teamthe microscope can zoom in much higher- up to 200,000x, but to answer your question, we are using electrons which are much smaller than lightwaves
- Studentthanks.
- StudentWhat is this one?
- StudentDoes pollen break apart
Bugscope Teamyes it can happen. They are really just plant material
- Studenta lot of like cashews
- 11:06 am
- Studentit looks like pea pods
- Studentthis is more fun than a field trip!
- Studentway to much pollen
- Studentthose pollens things looks like peanuts
- Studentthose are some dirty shoelaces
- Studentthat is alot of pollen
- Studentno it isnt
- StudentI agree with Cole
- Studentplant sap like what kind of plant a tree maybe??
Bugscope Teamall plants have sap in them. Mostly made of water. Insects drink it for sustenance
- Studentsame here
- Studentoh ok thanks cate
- StudentAbout how many diffrent pollen grains are on suspect C's shoelace?
- Studenton the left
- Studentis that plant sap i see dripping
Bugscope Teamit's possible. Or it could be some sort of dust maybe? Not sure. It's a good guess.
- StudentIs there a camera in the microscope?
Bugscope Teamthere is an infrared camera in it
- Studentwait did all three suspects have this same pollen
Bugscope Teamyes. But remember suspect b had 2 different kinds of pollen
- Studentwhat is the small object in the left corner
- Studentwhat is the small object in the let corner
Bugscope Teamthe lower left, could be what caroline v thought- plant sap, or maybe dust. Upper left could be anothe rpollen grain
- Studentwhat type of pollen is this?
- StudentWhy are the samples black and white?
Bugscope Teambecause we are detecting a signal coming from the electrons. You might sometimes see images like this, but in color, and those were false colored after they were attained. We aren;t using light to get these images
- Studentis this one shoelace zoomed into
- 11:11 am
- Studenty does she have nasty shoe laces???? :P grodie
- StudentThanks Cate
- Studenti think im done
- Studentif the samples were in color would we get a better idea of what they looked like
- Studentsame here
- Studentso are these thins on our clothes,shoes, US?
Bugscope Teamit's very possible if you have been walking through plants or fields in general. They can also travel in the air, which is why people get such bad allergies
- StudentIs there something in the pollen because there is a slit in the peices
- Studenthow often do you use this microscope?
- Studenthow hard is it to operate the microscope?
Bugscope Teamnot too hard to do the basics. Your teacher is driving right now
- Studentdid u find any life in the shoelace
Bugscope Teamno sorry. That would be cool to see though
- StudentThanks for all your help cate :]
- Studentcool.\
- Studentcool
- StudentSo Cate pollen in the air causes allergies?
Bugscope Teamyes.
- Bugscope Teamhere is the crime scene pollen
- Studenthow come there is no lines
- Bugscope TeamSo these are the round ones that I'm sure we found on one of the suspects...
- Studentwhy are there cracks?
- Studentwhat does the microscope run on
Bugscope Teamelectricity. Or did you mean something else?
- Studentnevermind
- StudentThe pollen looks like fossils
- Studentthis is the pollen from suspect b.
Bugscope Teamyes. The kinds that look a little like rocks
- StudentWhy is there alot of cracks in this picture?
- Studentwhat are the crackis in the floor
Bugscope Teamthe cracks are from the carbon tape the samples are sitting on
- Studentno i didnt mean anything else
- Studentyes they're the one snes we found on suspect b right?
- Studentdid the pollen on the right get mutilated or torn?
- StudentWhy are some of the pollen grains rounded and the others kind of flattened
Bugscope Teamwell the better ones are the round ones, but yes some are flattened. And it happens. They are made of plant materials, so to a human they are extra squishy
- Studentone 1 flower are there different types of pollen or not?
- Studentare pollen living organisms?
- Studentis pollen skwishy
- Studentwhy do some of the look round or oval and the outhers look like deformed or messed up
- Studentwill pollen break if touched
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- StudentAren't asll pollen peices yellow
Bugscope Teamno they can come in different colors like green and brown and grey and some are even a little red
- StudentWhat is that thing the one in the right corner tht looks squished?
- StudentWhen the pollen grains get flattened does any fluids come out?
Bugscope TeamI think some would. They can get dried out a little. But I dont think much will come out
- Studentso this id the pollen tat all three suspects had?\
Bugscope Teamthese don't look like cashews or flattened footballs to me....so no
- Studenta
- Studenthow often do you use the microscope?
Bugscope Teameveryday, but we do a bugscope session usually around twice a week
- Studentare pollen living organisms?
Bugscope Teamthey don't breathe, but they have living cells in them
- Studentmaybe suspect B did it becuase he has many diffrent pollens
- Studentdid the pollen on the right get torn?
Bugscope Teamyes it looks that way
- Studenthaha fluids
- Studentthx cate
- StudentThank you
- Studentthank you cate :)
- Studentso pollen is what is on plants and what gives us allergies? right -o_o-
Bugscope Teammost people are allergic to ragweed. But some can get allergic to tree pollen or grass pollen
- Studentthank you for letting us use this microscope.it was very fun!
- Studentyes thank you cate
- Studentthank you! this was so fun XD
- Studentthankyou for providing the oppertunity to look at the microscope! :]'
- Studentthank you!! :)
- Studentthank juw
- StudentTY
- Studentthank you
- Studentthx!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthank you for letting us use your micrscope :-)
- StudentThank you :) you guys are beast!
- Studentthat wasoneofthe coolest things ive ever seen thanks kate!
- Studentthank you cate for teaching us about pollens
- StudentThank you for letting us look through your mircoscope, and answering our questions.
- StudentThank you for everything
- StudentThank you Cate I learned alot :)
- StudentWhy do pollen create allergies
Bugscope Teamwhen we inhale them, our bodies think they are like viruses and attacks them ,even though they are harmless
- Studentthank u so much for giving us this apportunaty to learn about this i wish we cuold do this soon thanx again have a good day and good bye cate
- Studentthank you for ansewering our questions! thanks!
- TeacherWe are wrapping up now. Thanks so much again for a great session! Please have admin send me the link for submitting the feedback and I will complete that today! LOVE YOU BUGSCOPE!!!
Bugscope Teamthanks for using bugscope today. This was very fun and different from what we usually do
- Studentthank you so much you gave us an oppertunity to look under this amazing microscope i am very happy i learned so much
- Bugscope Teamyou can see chat and images from tody at your member page: https://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2010-105
- Studentthanks
- StudentThank you very much Cate
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- Bugscope Teamand sorry that this had to be rescheduled from your original date
- TeacherI worked out fantastically with the extra time!!
- TeacherIt...lol
