Connected on 2011-01-24 09:30:00
from Pittsburgh, PA, US
- 7:59 am
- Bugscope Teamsample is pumping down...
- 8:07 am
- Bugscope Teamgood morning, Mrs V
- Bugscope TeamI'll start setup in a few minutes
- TeacherHi Scot! I'm previewing Bugscope with my class that is going tomorrow! They say Hi!
- Bugscope TeamHi!
- Bugscope Team(this is also Scot)
- Bugscope Teamnot much to see yet
- 8:12 am
- Bugscope Teamyou can make out the head of a katydid, to the left on the specimen stage
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its eye
- 8:18 am
- TeacherThanks, Scot. I know you are just prepping now. Our session is scheduled for an hour or so from now, correct?
- Bugscope Teamyes at 9:30
- Bugscope Teamit starts at 9:30 Central Time and runs 'til 11
- TeacherThanks, Scot. "See" you then!
- 8:24 am
- 8:30 am
- 8:37 am
- 8:42 am
- 8:48 am
- GuestHello Scott & Mrs. V.
- Bugscope TeamHello Jenks!
- Bugscope TeamI am doing the presets for today's session, which starts in about 45 minutes.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a cricket
- Bugscope TeamI'm logged into two confusers so am SJ and Scot
- 8:53 am
- 8:58 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is the claw of a roach, and you can see the pulvillus, with the fine tenent setae on it, that help the roach cling to walls
- 9:04 am
- 9:11 am
- 9:18 am
- Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll!
- Bugscope Teamthese are the fangs, chelicerae, and retention ridges beneath the fangs, of one of the spiders on the stub today
- TeacherHi! We should have students logging in soon.
- 9:24 am
- Bugscope Teamcool!
- Bugscope TeamI will be here for as long as I can; soon I will have reinforcements. I have to give a tour on another set of instruments a bit later this morning.
- 9:29 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is an odd view, with one of the spider's legs in the foreground, but you can see one of the eyes to its right, and one to its left in the back
- StudentHello everyone!
- Bugscope Teamgood morning!
- Studenthey
- StudentWASUP
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to Bugscope!
- StudentWASUUUUUP!
- Studenthello people!!!!
- StudentThank you
- StudentVery hairy....
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking right into the mouth of one of the spiders
- Studentcool
- StudentOMG
- StudentI have arachnaphobia
- StudentLOL
- Student how are you able to make this
- Student???
- Studentpaul is goofy
- Studentwat up JD
- Bugscope Teamspiders don't really have mouths -- they eat by injecting venom into their prey. the venom dissolves the insides of the prey, and the spider sucks it all up like a milkshake
- TeacherThis looks a bit different than last year. Can one of the kids (Noa) drive the scope?
- Bugscope Teamyes, just a sec
- Studentinterestin
- Studentwat up paul
- StudentSo this is a spider?
- Bugscope TeamNoa is now able to drive
- Studentstop malik
- Studentwat up jd
- Studentwow that is scary cool!
- Studentyaeh malik
- Studentmalik quit it
- StudentHi
- StudentOOOOooooooo
- Studenthehe
- Bugscope Teamthe presets are viewable to the left, and the person controlling the 'scope can click on them, one at a time, to get the 'scope to drive to that area
- Studentkwl
- Studenthi mack
- Studentwhat is this new picture of?
- StudentNoa has control of tha microscope!
- Student this cool and nasty at the same time
- Bugscope Teamyou can see one of the spider's eyes to the right
- Studenti agree cole
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentyeah
- StudentIt looks like the spider has fangs
Bugscope Teamyes it has serious fangs
- StudentThat looks so cool!
- Studentthis dust mite should shave
Bugscope Teamit's really big for a dustmite
- Studentrealley alex
- Studenthi scot
- Studenthi scot
- Studenthey paul
- Studentthis is a spider
- Studentit has thorns like roses??!!??
- StudentShould I be looking for anything??
- Studentyeah mack
- Studentdo you like potatos
- Studentarana
- Studentno cole
- Studentwhat?
- Studentlooks like a dust mite
- Studentcole you are random
- Studentoh thanks!!
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentis this a spider? i am so confused!
Bugscope Teamwe are so close up it is hard to tell just where we are
- Studentthis is totally awesome
- 9:34 am
- Studentthe beatle hed looks like a D-I-N-S-O-U-R!!!
- Studentdoes he have a french mustache???
- Studentyes adero it is a spider
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentWoah! (I hope I spelled that right)
- Studentwhoops i spelled it wrong
- StudentHi
- Studentsorry!!!!!
- Studenthehe
- Studenttina no offense but you spelled dinosaur wrong
- Bugscope Teamthese are another form of 'hair' called tenent setae
- Studenthi scott
- Studentmike the slug is the man
- Studentyeah mike
- StudentHey Scot what's up!
- Studentoh okay i know who scot uis sorry scot
- Studentyea mike
- StudentI'm almost there!
- Studentwhat do spiders use the tenent setae for
- Studentawesome!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- StudentI'm almost there!
- Studenthmmmm
- GuestHello students - I am a science teacher in California interested in what you see today!
- Bugscope Teamthese tenent setae allow insects (they are 'sticky hairs') to climb on ceilings, etc.
- Studentscot....does the grass hopper eyes actually look like that picture??
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Bugscope Teamthis is the face of a katydid you sent
- StudentNice to meet you Michele
- StudentThis is the Katydid head now
- Studentok
- StudentAH nostrils
- Studentit looks so cool!
- Bugscope Teamit is so big we cannot see the whole thing at once
- Studentim from california
- GuestNice to see you
- Studentwhat is that?!
- Studentwhat are those circle things scott?
Bugscope Teamthe ones we see now are the eyes
- Studenti thought halloween wuz over!!!!!!
- Studentor parts of bugs
- Studentare the two lumps on the side the eyes
- StudentLooks like a tounge!
- Studentya
- StudentWow it is huge\
- StudentTis Disgusting
- StudentScot i have a question y is it all hairy???
Bugscope Teammany insects are super hairy -- the hairs are called setae, and they are sensory
- Studentwhatever that is it is sure scary!!!
- Studentthose eyes are huge:O
- StudentTis' Disgusting
- Student?
- Studentahh i see thenaks scot!!!
- Bugscope TeamHello All!
- Bugscope Teamthe antennae are busted off, here
- StudentAh
- Studentoh okay!
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teammandibles
- Studentdo you love bugs?
- Studentscot
- Student?
- Studentbak in
- GuestGood imagery Julia - melted rock!
- Studentwelcome, Umesh Thakkar!
- Studentwuz logged out for a sec
- StudentDown at the workshop, where the elves were making toys...
- Studentcool
- Studentwow scott you know a lot about bugs!
- Studentwow
- Studentwhere do u live michelle
- Student(:
- Bugscope TeamI am sorry I cannot keep up with everyone's questions
- Studentwhy thank you michele
- StudentAWESOMEE!!
- StudentLet's look at something else now..
- Studentomg
- Studentthat a lot of money$$$$$
- GuestI live in Oakland, near San Francisco
- Studentthat is okay[:
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see one of the eyes
- Studenti lived in orinda
- Studentomg!!!!!!!
- GuestLOTS of spiders here.
- StudentI wannna control the microscope
- Studentwow
- Student yes we have a lot of questions scot!! we love to learn
- Studenthahaha! the katydid got what it deserved
- Studentwhat is the head on top of?
- StudentHis antennae are missing
- Studenti know right
- Studentwow what is that?!
- 9:39 am
- Studentyeah it is!!
- Bugscope Teamsetae can be chemosensory, mechanosensory, thermosensory, and sticky as well
- Studentthat is interresting
- Studentooooooo
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of an earwig
- StudentOHHH!! what happend to that bug!! it head looks discombobulated
- Studentthose are big words scopt
- StudentI like this picture. I can see all the details.
- Studentcool
- Studentis that string on the back of his neck
- StudentBLACK AND YELLOW ALL DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teammechanosensory means that they seta can sense touch, or wind
- StudentTina, make a hypothisis
- Studentwhat is that little string coming out of the mouth is?
- Studentthat is interresting the body that kadydid bit me setae can be chemosensory, mechanosensory, thermosensory, and sticky as wellyeah it is!! wow what is that?!li know right # MikeHis antennae are missing # Jacob Dwhat is the head on top of? # Alexhahaha! the katydid got what it deserved
- Studentreally?
- Studenthaha i do julia
- Studentum...english mike?
- TeacherGood job driving, Noa! Adero to drive, please.
- Studentscott
- Studentcool
- Studenti caught that kadydid from the north hills
- Bugscope Teamand thermosensory means the setae can sense hot/cold
- Studentawesome....bugs are very interesting
- Studentit bit me!
- Studenti think they are dead
- StudentThanks Mrs.V
- Studentalex it lasted a long time right????
- Studentdid you know we disected a GRASS HOPPER!!?
- Studentis that string?
- Studentyeah
- Studentthe earwig bug looks cool
- StudentAre the bugs dead or alive
Bugscope Teamthey are dead; otherwise they would move around too much as well as being too juicy to work with the vacuum in the 'scope
- StudentI'm sorry Alex
- StudentSj
Bugscope Teamthat is me too
- Studentoh okay!
- StudentTis thee earwig mouth
- Studentwow what is that?!
- StudentEsem
- Studentscot do you love bugs?
- GuestOoh...nice image!
- Studentcan we go to another bug
- Studenton the mouth
- Studentwhat is that in its (I think) mout
- Studenth?
- Studentwe almost got a dragon fly
- StudentHelp! Harry mouth!
- StudentMike the Slug AOE
- Studentscott
- Studentew!
- TeacherBeautiful image!
- Studentcan we have the bugs back with the gold
- Studentbut it got away
- StudentMeow
- Studentthat is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studenti remember my hard 30 minutes trying to decide if i should put the gloves on or not!
- Bugscope Teamthe stuff around the mouth is fungus
- Studentwow fungus?? that is super interesting
- Studentwhat are the hairs on it's mandibles am I correct mandibles
- Studentcool
- Studenti was thinkihg about that
- StudentLook at all the eye lenses!
- StudentAre slugs insects?
Bugscope Teamno but they are invertebrates, as are insects
- Studentwhy does it have fungus around its mouth?
- Studentin its mouth
- Studentiwas thinking it was fungus
- Studentwhen using a bugscope, do we look at a bunch of different microsopes all at different angles? Or is there one microscope that moves by remote control?
- Studentnope
- StudentWOWZERS!!!(:
- Studentwhy is fungus there????
Bugscope Teamit shows up soon after most things die, and it helps break them down
- Studentwhy is the bug gray?
- Studentslugs r not insects
Bugscope Teamright
- Studentoh ok
- Studentwhat are the holes next to the bug
- StudentWhat is that stuff in the background?
- Studentwhats an ear wig?
- Studentwhat is it layingon
- GuestGreat question, Jacob D.
- 9:44 am
- Studenttotally tina
- Bugscope Teamha fungus, sorry about spelling
- Studentthanks
- Studenti really like this bug it is awesome but can we look at a different bug instead of this one
- Studentthey looked like the bugs vains!
- Studentjd
- Studentis that a thigh
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwow that is so clear
- Studentare those veins Mrs.V?
- Studentyes!
- Studentcan we look at a different bug now?
- Studentscot how long have you been involved in bug stuff?
- StudentHe is clutching his heart...but I don't think his heart is there.
- Studentthat is so awesome
- Studentit looks like a bunch of diffrent insects
- Bugscope Teaminsects have their skeletons on the outside, and they don't have veins -- they have an open circulatory system on the inside of the body
- Studenti think i caught that moth
- Studentwhoa that is cool
- Studentthat is so amazing
- Studentthat looks soooooo cool
- Studentwow it looks like a corn field when your up in a plane!!!
- Studenti know it does julia!!
- Studentit looks so cool!
- TeacherI think that all of the string-looking things are dust and dirt; as I recall, the Bugscope team calls it "juju" (right?)
- Studentoh!
- Studentawesome!
- Studentit looks like a road with a bunch of blocks
- Studentwhat color were they?
- Studentonce i found a big grasshopper on my street.
- StudentI love the pattern on the wing. I can see all the little details.
Bugscope Teamthe tiny round things are pigment granules
- Studentare the wings connected to the exosceleton or do they go through the sceleton to the insides of the insect
- Studentya i agree with paul
- StudentScot
- StudentWAIT A SEC!
- Studentthe grass hopper antenna looks awesome far away and close up!! looks like sea weed or something
- Studentwhat type of pigments
Bugscope Teamthey are called pteridines, and they are chemicals that are colored
- Studentthis is a bit blurry...I like the other focus better...
- Studentthat grasshopper head was the grasshopper i caught on my street!!!!
- Studentwow
- StudentUmesh Thakkar
- StudentScot, is pigment like the stuff that makes us dark skinned or light skinned
- Studentand what is a pigment
Bugscope Teama pigment is something that gives color to whatever it is in, like pigment in paint
- Studenti've caught so many of these insects!
- Studentyuppp
- Studentoh
- GuestGood job catching insects, Alex.
- Studentthis is really cool
- StudentHigh Tension: 5000 Volts Magnification: 58x Stage Position X: -10.544mm Stage Position Y: 17.239mm Brightness: 47% Contrast: 8% Forward Working Distance: 27.704mm Beam Spotsize: 3 Detector: Secondary Electron Det. #1
- Studentthanx
- Studentmosquito eyes are really cool!
- TeacherShe is trying to focus but it isn't happening; be patient! :-)
Bugscope Teamwe are up so close it is hard to get much better
- Studentya a
- Studentit is already magnified 20919 times
- StudentWhat are the dots in the rectangles?
- Studentmike korb phd
- StudentPigments
- TeacherAdero, you did a great job! Jacob C. to drive, please.
- StudentThanks, Mrs. V!
- Studenti agree with scott
- StudentThe ball things
- Studentso the closer you are the harder is the image
- Student.....:P
- StudentThe wings look like lace
- Studentlike to get the image focused
- Studentwinky face, tina? really?
- Student:D
- StudentAre You able to know how many eggs are here Scot?
- Studentcan we go to another bug...
- Studentthat looks like a blanket i own...
- Studenthola!
- Studentthere are so many scales
- 9:49 am
- StudentWhat are the ball things in the rectangles?
Bugscope Teamthose are the pigment granules
- Studentyo puedo ablar en espanol
- Studentbonjour\
- Studentpigments mike
- GuestGreat analogy, Taylor!
- StudentAre You able to know how many eggs are here Scot?
Bugscope Teamthose look like eggs, don't they?
- Studenti like insects
- Studentthat looks very cool!
- Studentno spanish alex!
- Studentit doesn't look like wing
- Studentthanks Michele Korb, PH.D
- Studentthese bugs are so cool
- StudentMrs.V is that a moth?
- Studentlooks like a quilt
- Guest:)
- Studentin nonblack and white form, do you know what colors the wings actually are?
Bugscope Teamif we looked at various wings and knew the colors we would be able to guess. white wings have big open spaces in the scales, for example
- Studentno cole not eggs
- Student i know... everyone hates spanish....
- Bugscope TeamMs. Valenty, your students are doing great!
- Studentit does
- Student:)
- Studenthow much do the moth heads weigh?
- Student..
- StudentIt's a beehive!
- Studentvery interesting thanks
- Studentis that fungus?
- Studentnot every one alex
- Studentthat is diguisting
- Studentis that mold
- Studentit looks like a tile floor
- Studenthoney comb?
- Studentwhat are those tile like thingies
- Studentyeah
- StudentCalled
- Bugscope Teamnow we see how the exoskeleton is formed -- it looks scaley
- StudentScott what is that?
- GuestWow - great image! Another good analogy, Maggie!
- Bugscope Teamthose things are mold spores
- StudentWhat are the things that look like pickles?
- Studentim bislingual
- Studentnice image
- Studentthat is a really great zoom
- StudentHigh Tension: 5000 Volts Magnification: 58x Stage Position X: -10.544mm Stage Position Y: 17.239mm Brightness: 47% Contrast: 8% Forward Working Distance: 27.704mm Beam Spotsize: 3 Detector: Secondary Electron Det. #1
- Studentnoooo my screen went black
- Student yeah paul
- Bugscope Teamthey look much like pollen
- Studentthat looks like melted tar
- Studentwhat are those tile like thingies Called
- Studentmine too
- Studentyeah malik
- Student???
- Studentwow what is that!!!!!
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentit looks like cabbage
- Studentit looks like cabage
- Studentit looks like cabage
- Studentwhat is the "mystery sample"?
- Studentwhat is that called inside
- Studentoh really cool!
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentits a fungus
- Studentthat looks like iceberg lettuce
- StudentRadish in Cabbage?
- Studenti think
- Studenttrue
- Studentwhat is this????????
Bugscope TeamI don't know -- it looks like a chrysalis
- Studentwhat is that called inside
- Studentnow its a big cabbage
- Studentwhat is your favorite insect scot?
Bugscope Teamusually it is the earwig
- StudentActually I think it's a mystery
Bugscope Teamyeah it is to us as well
- Studentmine is a bee...for the honey
- Studentawesome!
- Studentit looks like cabbage
- Studentit looks like a half peeled radish
- Studentmine is a ladybug
- Studentchrysalis? that is awesome[:
- Studenthow big is this
- Student: )
- Studentoh
- Studentis this cabbage scot
Bugscope TeamI think it is a tiny chrysalis
- Bugscope TeamScience is all about mystery!
- Studentyes a ree
- 9:54 am
- Studenta katydid pulp
- Studentcabbage is not an insect, mckanna!
- Studenti know right
- Studentyes the thing looks like a pig or a cabbage
Bugscope Teamha yeah, like Alice in Wonderland
- StudentWhat is this????
- GuestNICE!
- Studentwhat does palp mean
- Studentit looks so sharp
- Studentit looks like a leg that needs shaving
- StudentIs that a mouth?
- Studentits like elphant nose
- Studentwhat's a palp?
Bugscope Teamit's a feeding mouthpart that helps taste and manipulate food
- Studentan elephant nose?
- Studentit looks sharpp
- Studenti know!!!!!
- Studentis this a catipilliar
- Studentit looks like a jellyfish
- Bugscope TeamHello Cole: I am part of the Bugscope team, but I am logged in from our nation's capital today.
- Student(:
- Student:P
- Studentwhat are those pointy things?
Bugscope Teamthose are setae -- some are chemosensory and some for touch
- StudentIs that hair
- Studentcole ask your question
- Studentlooks like a puffer fish
Bugscope Teamyes it does!
- Studentlol
- Studenti agree with Maggie
- Studentare those the hairs on it?
- Studentinteresting observation maggie
- Studentit looks like tentacles
- Studentwhat are those spikes callesd
Bugscope Teamthey're called 'setae,' pronounced see-tee
- Studenti think so Adero
- Studentummmm
- Studentno
- Studentyes i do i think
- Studentsensitivity to chemicals maybe???
- Studentno Mrs.V sorry i dont remember
- Studentthis is a roach claw
- Studenteeeeeeewwwwww
- Studentit that a claw?
- StudentSWEET
- Studentthat looks so weird
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that the setae pass through the chitin -- through the cuticle -- and connect to nerves beneath
- Studentit kind of looks like a bird
- Studentit looks like a finger
- Studentits all curled up!
- Studentthat looks like a claw
- Studentla garra de una cucaracha
- Studentmrs.valenty.....did you send any grass hoppers to illinois
- Studentawesome
- Student?
- Studentwhat is that in the inside of the claw?
- Studentis a tounge coming out of his arm?
- StudentWoow
- Studentyess it is a great image!!!
- Bugscope Teamso here you can see one claw -- there are two, and you can see the pulvillus, which has all of those tenent setae on it.
- StudentAre those taste buds?
- StudentOOOoooo
- Studentinteresting
- Studenthairy
- Studentyuk
- Bugscope TeamTener in Spanish is to hold, or to have, and the tenent setae help the insect stick to things
- Studentwow the width of a human hair? Look at the bottom of the picture.
- Studentzoom back pleas
- GuestSee - Spanish is a helpful language in Bugscope land!
- Studentare the roach's claws strong enough to hurt anybody?
Bugscope Teamno they are so tiny they would only tickle
- StudentI don't thin they are
- Studenti love spanish
- Studentoh thanks
- Studentya i bet
- Studentreally I would like to feel that
- TeacherI guess owe Alex an apology....:-)
- Studentmrs. valenty did you send any grass hoppers to illinois??
Bugscope Teamthere is a grasshopper on the stub as well
- Studentil fait frais
- StudentI still dont want roaches in my house
Bugscope Teamnaw me neither
- GuestCalifornians love Spanish too. Most kids in school speak it as well as English!
- TeacherKatydids, yes but I can't remember if I sent grasshoppers.
- Studenttoo bad ua killed our moth chrysallis...i would really like to see that
- Studentbonjour
Bugscope Teamha bonjour Alex
- Studentwho does Noa?
- Studentoh okay! thanks mrs. valenty
- StudentAre the blobs food? roaches are unappetizing.
- Studentand the katydid heads are so cool
- 9:59 am
- Studentmucho gusto
- Studentje amie les insects
- Studentthey eat roaches in africa
- TeacherOooh. Madagascar hissing roaches are cool. My husband won't let me bring them into the house, though.
- StudentIs that food?
- Studentwow
- StudentBlech.'
- Studentinteresting
- Studentwhat the...
- Studentthats awesome
- StudentWow!
- Studenti like the black and white it makes it look dramatic
Bugscope Teamwe see black and white because the images come from the 2ndary electrons as signal
- Studentin a really scary way
- GuestMrs. V - gotta love being a teacher :)
- Studentso what is the feathers or scales right there
- Studentwhat big eyes you have...
- Studentwhat bug is that? and what is in the middle of its eyes????
Bugscope Teamthose are palps, and this is a moth
- StudentThat looks like it's made of grass and bark
- Studentlooks like a housefly with stuff on it
- Studentshe does
- StudentScot, whats on his right eye???
Bugscope Teamprobably scales, I missed it I'm sorry
- Studentthat is very amusing
- Studentyea you do mrs. valenty
- Studentthe moths mouth looks strange
- Studentwhat are those wood cjips all over his face
- Studentchips
- TeacherFantastic view! Good job Mack!
- Studentthe sides look like a fish
- Studenthe looks so rough when magnified 293 times.
- Studentits ok
- Studentso what is the thing underneath the left eye
- Studentchips?
- Studentdo the cattapillar head
- Studentthey are scales
- Studentwhat view
- Studenti think i see a caterpiller
- TeacherYes, I do love it! :-)
- Studentwoa
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentOOoooo
- Studentwhat is this???????????
- StudentOh My God !!!!!
- StudentWOW!
- Bugscope Teamthere you can see a flattened mold spore
- Studentfor outloud there are no wood chips
- Studenttoo blurry
- TeacherHuh. I guess I did send in a grasshoppper. Noa, look at the top left for the label.
- Studentare these the bugs we sent in?
Bugscope Teamyes they are!
- Studentthat grasshopper needed glasses the whole time
- Studentwow
- StudentHow long have you been doing this for scott?
Bugscope Team12 years
- Studentif our crystalis didnt die we would have had a moth too
- Studentwow what a very cool i mage
- Studentthose pointy things look like antenne
- Studentis that hair?
Bugscope Teamnot hair really, it's called setae (see-tee), they are kind of like cat whiskers
- Student12 years wow awesome
- Student12 years OMG
- Studentcool I didn't think we could find bugs this awesome in places near us
- Studentwow...12 years...you must have a lot of experience!
- Studentcan you change the contrast or zoom out
- Studentscot..i am comfused about what is on the spiders claw do you think you could help me out?
Bugscope Teamum there are a lot of hairs around it -- sensory hairs -- and it has sort of like fingers as well that help it walk on the web
- Studentwhat OMG?
- Studentso what is it
- Studenthey my names alex too!!
Bugscope Teamme too!
- Studentit looks like an alien smiling
- Studenthah sooo cool hes smiling at us!!!!
- Studentoh okay thankyou scot!!!!
- Studentit has eyes
- Studentbonjour!
- StudentHe looks like he is smiling in a sinister way!!!!
- Studentit looks like it is smiling, its really cool!
- Student im almost that age well im eleven
- Studentthat looks like a smiling alien
- StudentHe looks like he is smiling in a sinister way!!!!
- Studentmarch 1999 i was born in march 1999 awesome!!
- Studentfunny Noa!
- Studentheheh
- Bugscope TeamWay to go, Tina!
- Bugscope Teamall those hair looking things are the setae
- Bugscope Teamsome of the tiny setae we see here are not sensory -- they form a pattern that is recognizable by other insects
- GuestGREAT IMAGE!! Make T-Shirts with this one!
- StudentOMMMMMMMMMMMGGGGGGGH
- Studentdon't worry we're only 11 and 12 year olds
- Studentcool!
- Student>\/
- Studentaha, its so cool!
- StudentGRINCH SMILE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 10:04 am
- Student>\/
- Studentscot what was the exact date of march you started??\
- Studentthanks for clearing that up Chreky
- Studentwow is that fungus
- Studentits snowing??
- Studentthats an eye??????
- StudentOMh
- Studentwere those nostrils i saw?
Bugscope Teamprobably not really nostrils -- insects usually breathe through their spiracles
- StudentIt looks like snow
- Studentlooks like white honey comb
Bugscope Teamit's a compound eye
- StudentThat's a crack?
- StudentHow is that a crack?
- Studentscot when did your buisness actually start in march what date?
- Studentwhats on that?
- Bugscope Teamcompound eye's are made up of hundred of individual facets, called ommatidia
- Studentwhoa
- StudentWow just wow wow
- Studentwhat is all that black stuff
- TeacherRemember how we talked about the facets on a compound eye? Now you are seeing them up close!
- Studentscary
- Studentkwl
- Studentit looks like a matress
- Studentor spore
- StudentAwesome[:
- Studentis that fungus???!!!
Bugscope Teamyes it is a mold spore
- Studentno matter what you say it looks like
- Studentbut its still an eye
Bugscope Teamyes it is, from the side
- Studentaw man, we only have ten more minutes
- StudentI don't think it is
- Gueststudents - you are asking some very good questions. I can tell you have studied before the session today! Well done!
- Studentwoa
- Studentalex or scot can yoy tell me what was the date of march when you started
Bugscope TeamMarch 19
- Student And were back\
- StudentCabbage!!!!
- Studentwhy cabbage again
- Studentpoor guy...cracked his eye - hey that rhymes!
- Studentca va?
- Bugscope TeamMarch 19. The session was from TN state.
- StudentThis is cabbage wrap!
- Studentyeah we did this for last trimester
- Studentwhat is that?!?!?!?!
- Studentoh
- StudentThis guy looks evil!
- Studentreally my birthday is 7 days away from that 7 more days till little christina was born haha
Bugscope Teamawww...
- Studentca va bien
- Studenti know
- Studentwhy is it so dark
- Studentis that dirt
- Studentwhat is it covered in
Bugscope Teamwell, often there is dirt or grim or junk like that, we call it juju
- StudentEww! what is that??!
Bugscope Teamthis is the face of a cricket
- Studentwhy is it so dark
- StudentSCARY!!
- Studenthahahahazz
- TeacherEnglish, please!! :-)
Bugscope Teamwe're trying!
- Studentthat thing should take a shower!
- Teacher"Juju"= dirt, dust, etc
- Studenthe's got ACNEA
- Studentim going to use that word...juju...someday
- Studentwhat does it mean JuJu
Bugscope Teamjuju = dirt, junk, stuff that we don't care too much about
- Studentwhy is it so dark?
Bugscope Teamit's the way I saved the settings, so now I made it brighter, Cole.
- Student162 crickets look better than a 162 times magnified cricket head
- TeacherSorry, I meant Alex!
- Studentis that a vein
- Studentawesome dirt coool
- GuestLOL :)
- Studentstop moving the picture!
- Studentjuju, i like that word[:
- Studentlolol
- Studentwho?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the surface of the head of the cricket
- Studentit looks like a foam ball like a nerf football or something
- StudentIs that a spore on the bug
- Studentis that fungus?
Bugscope Teamsome of it is
- StudentIs that a frog?
- 10:09 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is a cricket
- Studentall hail cole
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Student????
- Studentlol
- Studentno
- Studentyeah right
- Studentwhat if i speak in a strange english accent
Bugscope Teamyou have to type that way, that's the trick
- Bugscope Teamyes, very close up to a cricket
- Studentis that sand?
- Studentits so dark
- Bugscope Teamnow, this is a spider!
- Bugscope Teamhere you can see how the spider's fangs cut into its prey
- GuestThat would be Frogscope then.
- StudentJourney into the Center of the Cricket Mouth
- Studentor i am known as the: Zerbinator
- StudentThose are crossed spider fangs[: cool[:
- StudentI have arachnophobia i am now scared
- StudentI mean spider.
- GuestThis is beautiful!
- Bugscope Teamribitscope
- Studentscience is so cool as bill nye would sayy!!
- StudentFrogscope! LOL
- Studentcoolio
- Bugscope Teamfrogs are vertebrates -- they have backbones, and an internal skeleton
- Studentweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- StudentSo is this spider poisonous!!!???
- Studentwe should have frogzscope
- StudentBill Nye is awesome!
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see where we were
- StudentBill Nye is a science guy
- GuestTina - science IS so cool!
- Student it looks like its goin 2 hurt me
- Studentcan you just stop the frog stuff
- StudentWow! it looks all twisted up! O.O
- GuestWe are all science "guys"
- Bugscope Teamspiders are softbodied and shrivel when they die, so it is hard to know if they're going to look good
- Studentgreek mythology iz cul too!
- Studentso what is ib the fangs
- Studentok
- Studentnever jacob c! frogz 4ever!
- Studentwhata
- StudentIs that a worm he was eating?
- Studenttotally michelle
- Studentand girls
- StudentLike bill Ny
- Bugscope TeamAmerica needs more young scientists - YOU!
- Bugscope Teamspiders can sense if there is venom entering their own legs, and if they do sense that, they can just let that leg fall off.
- Studentjulia...*bill nye*]
- StudentHAHHAH
- Studentbe brave noa!
- Studentcan we not look at spiders?
Bugscope Teamthis is a spider right now
- Student*bill nye*
- Studenthmm... if we're looking at spiders, wouldn't this be arachniscope?
- Studenti plan on being a singer but thanks
- StudentWhat is wrong with it? if it has something wrong... it looks twisted!
- Studenthmmm
- Studentim lost
- Studentvery true jacob d
- TeacherWow! This is cool. What's wrong with spiders, Noa? :-) That was a spider we caught at North.
- StudentToo many legs
- Studentnoa spiders are awesome
- Studenti dont know?
- Studentwe know that
- StudentYup!
- StudentMrs.V Noa hates spiders
- Studentdid u see ma name on any of the insects.
- Studentwhen they came in
- StudentI don't like spiders.
- Studentoh really im afraid of them like not to bad but minor
- Studentso scott you ave arachniphobia as well eh
- Studentim right with u michael
- Studentstop it spiders are awesome
- Studentfor me anything with more than 4 legs pretty much i dont like
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentok but no thanks i like science has a hobby but not has a career
- Bugscope Teamspiders are pretty cool
- Bugscope TeamDo you like Spiderman?
- 10:14 am
- Studentis it like a firefly
- Studentwhat does the caption mean when it says, "collapsed
- Studenthahah
- Studenthe is ok
- Studenti dont want spiders crawling all over me! But i don't mind them...i hate bees though...except for the honey!
- Studenti fed a praying mantis a cricket!
- Studentthat looks like corn.
- Studentnope scary movie unesh thakkar
- Studentthats wierd
- Studenthello how are you
- Studentjust dont like the sting...hurts a lot
- Studentive caught 2 praying mantisis my whhole life!
- StudentI agree
- Studentthey look like grapes
- Studentthat is corn
- Studentitchy!!
- Studentya random bugs are cool
- StudentThat looks like corn!
- Studentnokiddding
- TeacherI found that mosquito between the pages of a library book. No surprise that its eyes are collapsed.
- Studentnoa
- StudentO.O - those are my eyes right now!
- Studentyupperz
- Studentnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Studentwhat noa??
- Studentwhy are all the bugs legs curled up?
- Studentit looks like a dead spider
- Studentoh so mosquitos have larger lenses thanflys
- Studentlol Adero
- GuestThat is a GREAT story - I am telling my future teacher-students about the bug hunt and the mosquito in the book!
- Studentdont stop me from driving
- TeacherGood job, Cole! Taylor to drive, please.
Bugscope TeamTaylor has control!
- Studentif the eye doctor says so
- Bugscope TeamHello all...sorry that I am late!
- Studentjacob
- Studentyour a kid Michele
- StudentHello Annie[:
- Bugscope Teamwelcome annie!
- StudentHi Annie
- Studenthey
- Studentoh you're a professor
- GuestHI Annie - she is an insect expert!
- Studentnice to meet you!
- TeacherHi Annie!
- Bugscope TeamSorry to distract, what are we talking about?
- Studentoh hi annie
- StudentHI annie
- Studenthi annie
- Studenthow are you
- Studentgrasshopper antennae
- Studenthi annie
- Studentwho is annie
Bugscope Teamannie is an entomologist
- Studentannie i have a question
- StudentHELLOOOO...
- GuestMichele is a professor in California who teaches people to become science teachers :) We do Bugscope LOTS!
- Studentuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- Studentinteresting
- Studentmmhhmm
- Studentthat looks so cool
- Studentoh never mind
- Bugscope TeamI am an entomologist who studied at the University of Illinois. I am a biology professor at a school in Ohio
- Studentreally
- Studententomb?
- Bugscope TeamAn entomologist is a scientist who studies insects
- Student:)
- Studentcool
- StudentDo you like bugscope?
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is joining from Ohio.
- Studentbye bye
- Studentba BYE!
- Studentbye everyone
- StudentThanks for your time!
- Studentthanks so much!!
- StudentTHANX!!
- Studentbye
- TeacherA new class is coming in!
- Studenthow many years how many years have you been doing this
Bugscope TeamI have been working with Bugscope since 2004/2005
- Studentthey're loud
- Bugscope TeamAll the best!
- Studentbye
- Studentwe gotta go to our next class so bye. Thanx for everything guys!
- 10:20 am
- GuestWell done!
- TeacherNew class logging in.
- StudentSOOO COOL!
- Studenthence the name longhorn
- Bugscope Teamgreat!
- Studentno an antennae
- StudentI LIKE TEH LEGS!
- StudentOH ITS AN ANTENNAE! IM SRRY
- StudentI LIKE TEH ANTENNAES!
- Bugscope Team1=antenna; 2=antennae
- StudentOMG WE CAN LOOK AT A HEAD!
- StudentDO U GO 2 WT!
- Studentokay
- Bugscope TeamTaylor has control, shall I give control to someone else?
- StudentWHO IS ANNIE!
Bugscope TeamI am an entomologist and a professor at Xavier University in Cincinnati, OH
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a beetle
- Studentoh srry
- Studentnot yet
- StudentZOMG ITS A BEETLE HEAD
- Studentthats actually really cool though
- TeacherTaylor, thanks so much for driving, especially during class change! Great work! Lucy to drive, please.
Bugscope Teamdone, lucy is the driver of the scope!
- Studentbye everyone! To Foundations!
- Bugscope Teamnotice the 2 compound eyes on either side of the head
- StudentWhat does that mean
- Studentcya taylor
- Bugscope Teamand the two antennae inbetween
- GuestLooks like its senior picture pose
Bugscope TeamYeah!
- Guesthi Chas!
- StudentSPAM
- StudentSPAM
- StudentSPAM
- StudentSPAM
- Student FREAKY!!!!
- Studentsrry i had 2 do it
- Bugscope Teamwelcome chas!
- Bugscope TeamAll: Chas is the creator of this wonderful interface!
- StudentGrant stop
- Bugscope TeamHi Michele :)
- StudentWhat type of Beetle is it?
- GuestThis is a Bugscope reunion!
- StudentSPAM
- Studentjk
- Studento yay!
- Studenthi
- 10:25 am
- Studentcool
- Studentbugscope reunion!
- Studentdeath
- Studenthowdy
- Studenthi to all the scientists
- Studenthey
- Studenthola
- Studentreally cherisse howdy??
- Studentit looks so cool
- Studentthis bug looks cool
- Studentwat r we doin here?
- Bugscope Teamthe setae are much smaller than the antennae
- Studentooking
- Studentwhat happened
- Studentthe eyes have dots
Bugscope Teamyes! those dots are the individual facets of the compound eye
- Studentits a beetle head lilah!
- Studentit looked like wood
- Bugscope Teamcannot run on IE8
- Studentthere
- Studentits all hairy
- Studentso
- Studentwhat r the little hairs on at the head for?
Bugscope Teaminsects have tons of hairs all over, they are called setae (see-tee), and that's how bugs feel by using those setae, kinda like how a cat uses its whiskers
- Bugscope TeamI am here in the CT room, cannot get admin access to work, cannot see my name
- Studenteye contact
- Studentsoooooooooooooooooooooooooo argh
- Studenthahaha lolz
- Studentwoah that looks really cool!
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamduh using IE8, sort of
- Studentit looks like a tooth on the end of the antena
- Student?
- Studentwhat is thiss???
- Bugscope Teamwhat's up saif?
- Studentkatydid head
- Studentidk
- Studentwhat is this, I don't even...
- StudentThat was the bug that i brought in
- Bugscope Teamthis is a katydid, the head of a katydid
- StudentWhat is IE8
Bugscope Teamit's a browser that doesn't work for me right now
- Studentwat is that
- Studentcool
- Student??
- StudentVery Interesting
- Studentwazzup homes
- Bugscope TeamThose are some huge mandibles near the bottom there
- Student???
- Studentit looks old
- StudentCan anyone tell me what it feels like?
- Student????
- StudentA katydid'
- Bugscope Teamthis is near the mouth, you can see the mandibles on either side of the mouth
- Student?????
- StudentCause right now theres a steel knife in my windpipe
- StudentCan anyone tell me what this really is?
- Student???????
- Student???????
- Student?????????
- Student??????????
- Studentwhoa! is that it's mouth?!
Bugscope TeamYes. Towards the bottom of the picture were the mandibles that act like a giant pair of cutting shears
- Student?
- Studentwhy does it look all rinkly
Bugscope TeamThat is just the way that the exoskeleton is formed there.
- Studentzoom
- Studentwhat r those little sections around the shape/
- Studentwhay is that
- Studentas long as the right feels right its like im in flight
- Studentgross idk
- Bugscope Teamearwig head
- Studentok
- Studentheart?
- TeacherLook up on the upper left corner; there are labels.\
- Bugscope TeamNow you can see the antennae to the top and you can start to see the legs in the bottom of the image here
- StudentLucy can you show the eyes again
- StudentLucy zoom in a little bit around the mouth
- Studentwhat is that
Bugscope Teamthis is an katydid
- Studenthello
- Studentstrange
- Studenti bet they r disgusting
- 10:30 am
- Studentyet cooloz
- Bugscope Teamthis is an earwig -- a male earwig
- Studentnoah I agree
- Studentit is wierd
- Bugscope TeamYou can also see the other palps, sort of like little arms, to the sides of the mouth. They help manipulate the food and shovel it in
- Studentwhat is an earwig?
Bugscope TeamIt is a kind of insect that lives in rotting leaves and feeds on decaying matter and plant parts. They have big pinchers at the end of their abdomens.
- Studentwhat is this in general?
- Studentoh
- Bugscope Teamyou can tell males from females by the shape of their cercopods -- their pincer tails
- Studentwho is excited for the SS test
- Studentnot me
- Studentwhat is wrong with its exoskeloton
- Bugscope Teamthe background is just the stage, with double sided tape so the bugs stay still
- Studentwhat is in the background?
Bugscope TeamIt is a kind of black tape.
- Studentwhat are the stings
Bugscope TeamThose are pieces of lint.
- StudentIs the right antennae broken?
Bugscope Teamactually both are broken...
- Studentare those little hairs?
- Studentthanks
- Studenthair!!!
- StudentCool
- Studentwhy is it curved looking?
- Studentwhy do the hairs look like they're spiraled?
- StudentHow long are the antennae for the earwig moth usually then?
- Studentlike a narwhal horn.
- StudentWhat is that
- GuestWouldn't it be great to have a jacket that looked like this?
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentnarwhals
- Studentya it must have fell off
- Studentthe one in the midle is broken
Bugscope TeamYep, that one probably got knocked out at some point
- Studentnarwhals!!!
- Studentare those the hairs
- Studentya very cool
- Studentit looks like hairs very big!!
Bugscope Teamremember we are magnified 2477x
- Studentwho!
- Bugscope TeamMost insects are absolutely covered in hairs
- Studentit looks like the predator
- StudentAre those hairs because if they are they look really cool'
- Studentits so crazy how theres a world right underneeth our noses that is so interesting
- Studentthis is so cool
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentok
- Studentwoops. what are the holes?
- Student?
- Studentare cricket hairs different than other bug hairs
- Student?
- Studentwhat insect]
- Studentoh. Thanks
- StudentCan I drive
- Studentare the stripes there for a reason?
Bugscope TeamYes, the almost certainly serve a purpose although I'm not sure we know what. Those features are so small they may have interesting physical properties like repelling water
Bugscope TeamSometimes the ridges make the hair stiff--in which case the hair can protect the insects
- Bugscope Teamthis is the cricket's leg very near a joint that looks like a knee
- Studentwhy are some missing
Bugscope Teamwell, the world isn't a perfect place, things fall off as you get older... :(
- StudentY R U ALL ASKING ME!!
- TeacherGood driving, Lucy! Garrett to drive, please.
Bugscope Teamdone deal. garrett is the supreme driver
- 10:35 am
- Studentwe arnt
- TeacherGood question, Noah J!
- StudentIf the hairs fall out how long does it take for them to grow back, does it affect the insect if it looses one of its setae?
Bugscope Teamthey probably will not live long enough to molt and have hairs grow back, and there are so many they can do without a few
- Studentwhat are microns
Bugscope TeamThink of a meter stick. Now think of one millionth of that length
- Studentcool
- Studentwhy is the surface rough looking? beneath the hairs? It looks like little dots
Bugscope TeamThat is a great question--so great there is no answer. Sometimes the little dots play a role in helping the insect blend in to its environment; sometimes they are features that help to protect the insect from water or from being scratched. There is a lot that we don't know about why insect cuticle looks the way it does.
- Studentok. thank you chas
- StudentThank you Scot
- Studentwow!
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentcool!
- StudentDo all bud hairs look the same?
Bugscope Teamno there is a variety of shapes
- Studentidk
- Studentthe hairs look sharp
- Studentthat look so cool!
- Studentwho
- Studentwat is that thing beneath the stinger?
- Studentwhat is the thing magnified in the middle
- Studentwhoa, what is that?
Bugscope Teama "foot"
- Studentwhy is it kind of curved and dark?
- Studentwhat is that part for?
- Studentit looks like a hair brush'
Bugscope Teamit sure does!
- Studentit looks like a open kaktis
- StudentAll of these pictures are so cool. What are all of them?
Bugscope TeamThese are all coming to you live from a computer-controlled microscope at the University of Illinois
- Bugscope Teamyou can see one of the claws now
- TeacherOne of the Madagascar hissing roaches I keep as pets in my room died; so now it is immortalized through Bugscope.
- Studentso cool!!
- Bugscope Teamspider fangs!
- Bugscope TeamWow, neat image
- Bugscope TeamMrs. V, you are a hero.
- Guestrest in peace
- Studentis that a pic of a tarantula?
- Studentthat a cool spider
- Guestgreat image!
- StudentSo this would be near its mouth
- TeacherI just like bugs! :-)
- Studentwhat r those in english please
Bugscope TeamFangs
- Studentthis thing is very HARRY looking!?
- Studentthey're different hairs than on the cricket
- Studenti see teeth\
Bugscope Teamthe teeth are the retention plan -- they help the spider grip its prey
- StudentMichele what part of California do u work in
- StudentWhat is that they look like hairs
- Studentwow!
- Studentwat is between its jaws
- Studentwhat is thaat in the middle
- Studentit seems smooth from farther away but close up it looks reall rough
- Bugscope Teambut they are not really teeth -- they are tooth-like raised ridges
- Studentthat thing is crazy
- Studentwhat is a spider chelicerae, and rentention plan
Bugscope TeamNot sure about the "retention plan", that might have been a joke? The chelicerae are the mouthparts that the fangs are attached to
- Studentwhy is the leg the texture that it is?
- Studenthairybrain
- Studentthanks
- 10:40 am
- Studentthats cool it lookes like hair and jaws
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamyeah retention plan is a joke -- it means we can see the ridges that help the spider hold its prey as it bites its
- Studentwhat is the thing between its jaws
- Studentwhat is the thing in the middle?
- Studentcool my cousins live in san francisco
- StudentWhat does "Crossed Spider Fangs" mean are they literally just crossed?
Bugscope Teamit is just the way the fangs are laying in the image
- GuestI teach future science teachers and I love to know how students, like you, think about science :)
- Bugscope Teamoh also we don't know what that is in the middle -- just a piece of debris
- Studenthow old is it
- Studentwhy do the fangs have those little notches on the sides?
Bugscope TeamThe notches keep the fangs stuck in the prey of the spider
- Bugscope Teamnow we see a few moth scales
- StudentGREAT SCOTT! thats really cool!
- Studentwhat is that object in the middle?
Bugscope TeamBetween the two fangs is the "mouth", but you can't really see into the mouth.
- Studentwho is jw
- Studentcool
- StudentSo they aren't naturally crossed
Bugscope TeamUsually the spider keeps the fangs tucked in
- Studentit looks like fabrick
- Studentwhat r the balck things in each section?
- Studentor coral
- Bugscope TeamIf you look at the scale bar under the image you'll see "20 microns". That's about 1/3rd the width of a human hair
- GuestNoah - it does look like fabric!
- Bugscope Teamscales are the things that feel like powder when you rub a butterfly's wings
- TeacherGreat driving, Garrett! Lilah to drive, please.
- Studentit looks like choral
- Studentit looks like a wing
Bugscope TeamIt was part of the wing!
- Studentit looks like a plant
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the katydid's palps
- Studentthats so cool!
- Studentpulp?
- Studentit looks like a barnacle from HL2!
- Studentthat looks like a suction cup
- Bugscope Teamit can smell its prospective food with the setae inside
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentpalp
- Studentnot pulp
- Student*facepalms at Grant's comments*
- Studentwhat is a palp?
- Studentwhat is the hole covered in hair used for?
Bugscope Teamit is filled with tiny hairs--the tiny hairs are taste receptors!
- Studentworn with teeth
- Studentwhat is a palp
Bugscope TeamA palp is like a simple tiny arm
- GuestThis looks fantastic - wouldn't want to wake up to a life-size version of this in the middle of the night!
- Studentnevermind
Bugscope Teamsometimes they are called pedipalps, and they are accessory mouthparts
- Student*facepalms back at JW*
- Studentneither would i
- Studentah
- Studentwhat is that object on the hairs to the right?
- Studentare we going iinside
- Studentit looks like a little JELLY FISH!!!!!
- Bugscope Teammany insects have two sets of palps, near the mouth
- Studentit looks like a hairy strawberry
- Studentor it did
- Studentawesome
- Studentthe hairs are striped
- Studenttime to go on an adventure! into the katydids palp!
- Studentthey look so weird
- 10:45 am
- Studentare those sensory hairs?
Bugscope Teamyes they are chemosensory setae, or hairs
- Studentwhat is palp
- Student34031x! thats crazy close!
- Studentwe are so close
- TeacherCan Lilah please drive?
Bugscope TeamLilah is now the driver of this vehicular scope-transport
- StudentWhat is the length of a single bacterium?
Bugscope Teamabout 2 microns, or micrometers
Bugscope TeamGenerally ~2 microns, or millionths of a meter
- Studenthow close!?
- Studentwow
- Studenthow long is a micrometer'
- Studenteggs
- Studentpie!
- Studentit looks like little eggs!
- StudentGo to the grasshopper antenne
- Studentthey look like little fortune cookies or pies they r so cute
- StudentWould that be the compound eye?
Bugscope TeamIt would be!
- Studentthese are eyes? wow
- Studentthey look like chinese egg custards
- Studentthats crazy
- TeacherGood job, Noah J!
- Studenthow are they cute
- Studentikr
- Studentdeath by ....however you killed it
- Bugscope Teama micrometer is a micron, and it is also a thousandth of a millimeter. a millimeter is a thousandth of a meter, so a micron, or micrometer, is a millionth of a meter
- StudentWhat is that? it is awesome
- Studentthat is not so CUTE
- Studentlets see those pinchers
- Bugscope Teaminsect mouths are often very complicated, to us
- Studentit looks like it is gonna move
- StudentWhy would it be
- GuestMrs. V - your students are well-prepared for Bugscope today! I commend all of you on your great thoughts, analogies and questions. Well done!
- Studentare those little dots that were at the top of the picture spiricles?
- Studentcool!
- Studentthx michi
- Studentare those dots on its heads its eyes?
Bugscope Teamyes, those are the individual facets of the compound eye
- Studentthat is a big mouth
- Studentis this looking inside the mouth?
Bugscope Teamit was as close as we could get to that
- Studentpinchers!!!!!!!\
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentwhat is that spoted thing?
- Studenthalf log
- Studentpinchers pleaz
- StudentZoom in to the pinchers lilah
- Studenti want to see the pinchers!\
Bugscope Teamdude there is only one -- the other broke off!
- Studentppllleaaazz
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat is the pattern on it's skin used for?
Bugscope Teamwell, it's not skin, it's an exoskeleton, and there are all sorts of patterns on the exoskeleton. these are actually eyes, facets of the compound eye
- Studentoh
- Studentneat
- Bugscope Teammold spore on the crack
- TeacherThanks, Michele!
- Studentzoom in to the spotted oviod
- Studentsory
- StudentWas that crack like that when it came to Bugscope, or was that done to show the inside of the compund eye?
Bugscope Teamit was broken like that when we got it
- Student what is the white background under it?
Bugscope TeamThe background is an insect eye, charging up with electrons. It is glowing white.
- Bugscope Teamtenent setae!
- Studentwow!
- Studentgolf clubs
- Studentwhy is it curved?
- Studentwhat are pulvillus?
- StudentGOLF CLUBS AHOY
- 10:50 am
- Studentwhat?
- StudentThey look like fins, grass, and golf clubs
- Studentgolf clubs
- Studentwhat is thta bigger chunk in the middle hanging there?
- StudentFORE!
- Bugscope Teamtenent setae are cool, they use a force called the van der valls force to help them stick to walls and ceilings and stuff like that
- Studenthow many are there?
- Bugscope TeamThese are little specialized hairs that help insects stick to things like walls. The tenet setae help the insect to hold on.
- Studentewhy are they all bent to the same side?\
- GuestI think you could all write a really great book on Bugscope images and what it looks like in real life - golf clubs, fabric, cupcakes...
- Studentyep definatly golf clubs
- Studentwhat are pulvillus?
Bugscope TeamThey are a part of an insect foot
- StudentNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! NOT A DRILL!
- Studenthow long does it take for the insect to
- Studentfire drill we will be right back :(
- GuestOh no....
- TeacherAAAAHHHHH! The fire alarm is going off! Hope to be back soon!
- Bugscope Teamwait, is it FORE! or is it FOUR! ???
- GuestFore
- Bugscope Teamokay, we'll be here
- GuestThe life of a teacher :)
- Bugscope Teamwalk in a straight line people, don't panic, arms at your sides
- GuestHow many fire drills over the years in Bugscope?
- Bugscope Teamwow, i always thought it was four. heh. thanks, now i know a little more about golf
- GuestI think "fore" means "I am coming through - watch out!"
- Bugscope Teamyeah, that makes sense, i'm not sure why i thought it was four. my brain is weird.
- 10:55 am
- GuestThat's OK :) I think pop culture and beer commercials made it sound like "four" and confused people :)
- Bugscope TeamOK--Over and out. Gotta go learn how to teach Genetics lab.
- GuestTake care, Annie!
- Bugscope Teamheh, well, i also dislike golf very much, that might have had something to do with it :)
- Guestcricket.....cricket....
- 11:05 am
- Bugscope Teamlong fire drill...
- Guestdarn....
- GuestCan I get anyone some coffee?
- Bugscope Teamheh, no problemo
- Bugscope Teamhaha
- TeacherHi! We have evacuated to the high school building across the street. I tiptoed out to the Upper SChool library to send this. I don't know what happened but it looks like we might be here for a while. Ugh!
- GuestOh no!!
- Teacher Since they evacuated us during Lower School lunch and I think that I heard that fire trucks are on the way..... At least everyone is safe.
- Bugscope TeamMrs. V, do you want to re-schedule in future? I hope all are okay.
- GuestMrs. V - risking your life for Bugscope....
- 11:11 am
- Bugscope TeamThis is great, Scott, I have in the past voted for these people. And send them checks, too.
- Bugscope TeamThank You and See You Tomorrow!
- Bugscope TeamMrs. V, have a great rest of the day. Thanks for letting Michele join in.
- Bugscope Teammrs v, it was a pleasure working with you today
- TeacherI would do just about anything for Bugscope....but I'm across the street, too. I don't remember how much time we have left but based on the way things are looking here, we should probably end the session. No sense in everyone waiting around for who knows how long. We have another session scheduled for tomorrow afternoon with my other sections. See you then! Thanks!
- GuestTake care!~ Be safe!
- Studenthello
- Studentwe r back
- Studenthi
- StudentWE'RE BACK!
- Studentdid you guys leave?
- Studentwe're back and we don't know what happened just that it wasn't a drill
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamumm, we just vented the scope! ack!
- Studentcool
- Studentaww
- Studenthello again
- StudentHI!!!!!
- Studentwe had a fire thing problem 2 deal with\
- StudentThe fire alarm went off, i doesn't appear to be a drill but we are back
- StudentWhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is a picture of the inside of the scope
- Bugscope Teamthat was scott
- StudentCool
- Studentwe are all safe and back in
- Studentwe r fine
- Studentcool scope
- StudentSee You tomorrow
- Studentwe will be back tomrw!
- StudentGoodbye
- Studentbibi thank you!
- StudentBye
- Bugscope Teamwe have to end the session now, bye bye!
- Studentsee you tomorrow!
- Studentwave
- Studentwe're all safe but Mrs v said to log out so we'll see ya tomorrow!\
- Studentwave
- Bugscope Teamchow
- Studentpleez?
- Bugscope Teamhasta la vista
- Studentsomebody wave!!
- Studenti see you
- Bugscope Teamsorry g-man, but we have to bail
- Studentbye
- 11:16 am
- Studenthi
- Studentok thanks!
- Bugscope Teambye bye
- Studentbye
- TeacherWasn't a drill. There was some smoke /chemical fumes in the photo lab downstairs. Aargh. See you tomorrow. THanks!
Bugscope Teamoh wow, glad you are okay then, see you tomorrow
- Studentbye
- StudentGAMES\
- Studentbibi cya
- Bugscope Teambye, signing out now