Cesar Chavez
Session 2011-101

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Connected on 2012-02-13 11:00:00 from San Francisco, California, United States

• 9:46 am
• Bugscope Teamgetting ready
• 10:16 am
• Bugscope TeamHi Joe!
• Guest EntomologistHi Scott
• Bugscope Teamwe are still waiting for the sample to pump down
• Guest Entomologistcool
• Guest Entomologistwhat's on the plate today?
• Bugscope Teamthis connection is scheduled for 11 to 2 -- very long; we expect there will be some breaks
• Guest Entomologistoh wow
• Bugscope Teamspider, strawberry leaf -- adaxial and abaxial, human hair, ants, cricket, fruitflies, pollen, a roach
• Bugscope Teamyou are free of course to come and go as you please
• Bugscope Teamvacuum is at 1.5 x 10-3, so we're waiting for 1.3
• Bugscope Team1.4
• 10:22 am
• Bugscope Teamas soon as it reaches vacuum Cate will make some adjustments; then start saving presets
• Bugscope Teamshe's on the ESEM computer and will be connecting from her office once everything is good to go
• Guest Entomologistalright
• Guest Entomologisti'll be back in 10 min or so. gonna go start up something in the lab.
• Bugscope Teamtotally cool
• 10:29 am

• 10:35 am

• 10:41 am

• Bugscope TeamHi Linnea!
• Bugscope Teamwe're making presets, seeing what we have today

• Bugscope TeamHi Ms Susie!

• TeacherHI Scott! We sent samples, did they make it?

• 10:46 am
• Guest EntomologistHi Scott! looks like some cool stuff today!
• Bugscope Teamwe have the strawberry leaf, both sides, the hair, the super tiny bug... the little fish did not make it
• TeacherThe leaf is from our garden
• TeacherWe looked at hair under a 700X microscope
• TeacherThere will be 2 groups
• Guest Entomologistok back

• TeacherToo bad. It was the class pet that died...
  Bugscope TeamI thought the fish was dry but it wasn't dry enough for today
• Teacherat 9am (CA time) it will be Mr. Fagundes's class (4th grade) and at 10 it will be Mr. Walker's (5th grade)
• TeacherFreize dried fish
• TeacherWhat will we look at first/
  Bugscope Teamyou can drive, so it will be your choice
• Bugscope Teamhowever you would like to do it
• TeacherLets do the leaf first.

• Bugscope Teamthere's a shed mite 'skin' on the abaxial side of the leaf

• 10:52 am

• Teachercool... Can you explain what a mite is to the kids.
• Guest Entomologistyea, it's a small 8-legged arthropod

• Bugscope Teamno problem
• Guest Entomologistok
• TeacherThey will appreciate it!
• Guest Entomologistarthropods are organisms with an exoskeleton
• 10:57 am
• TeacherI would even bring it down a notch and say exo meaning "outside" skeletons"
• Guest Entomologistan exoskeleton means that these little guys have a hard outer shell, unlike us, who have bones on the inside and muscles on top

• TeacherI will have them whole class for a few mins at 9 and then I will put them on the comptues
• Guest Entomologistoh sry
• Guest Entomologisthaha i thought they were already here

• Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll!
• TeacherOh and my kids are English Language Learners so they will not know the word abaxial. Use fancy words but also define them!
  Bugscope TeamI had to look up abaxial to ensure I knew which was which. Of course we will be glad to explain it.
• Bugscope Teamadaxial is the top side of the leaf and abaxials is the underside, where we usually find the stomates, which are like little mouths that open and close to let air and water vapor in and out
• 11:02 am
• TeacherThe kids are here and looking at the slide
• TeacherPlease say hello!
• Bugscope TeamHello!
• Bugscope Teamhi everyone!
• TeacherHi scientists
• Bugscope Teamtoday you have the ability to drive a scanning electron microscope from your classroom
• TeacherCan you tell us a little about the bugscope
• Guest EntomologistWe're in Illinois
• TeacherOne of the kids wants to know where you are located?
  Bugscope Teamwe are at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Illinois

• TeacherCan you show us the hair?
  Bugscope Teamthis is the shaft of the hair
• TeacherCan we zoom in?

• Bugscope TeamMs Susie you can click on any preset you want and make the microscope drive to that position

• TeacherIt says I still don't have control of the microscope

• Bugscope Teamhuh...

• Bugscope Teamsomeone is driving it

• Bugscope Teamthis is the hair at about 40,000x
• Bugscope Teamand now so high there is not too much to see, about 76,000x

• 11:08 am

• Bugscope Teamthis is the top side of the strawberry leaf
• Bugscope Teamyou can see that it's a bit dried, and you can see some web, from mites, perhaps; you can also see mold spores
• TeacherThe kids are all going to log in.
  Bugscope Teamtotally cool
• TeacherWhy does the hair look gray and why is this only in black and white? (question from a student)
  Bugscope Teaminstead of using light to image, we are using electrons. We are blasting the sample with electrons and secondary electrons bounce back from the surface. We are gathering the signal from those secondary electrons to create an image. The signal doesn't carry information about color
• Studenthey scientist
• Bugscope Teamalso, the sample has been coated with gold-palladium to make it conductive so that when we beam electrons at it it does not charge up and glow, which would give us poor images
• Bugscope Teamso even if we were using light to see the sample, it would look silvery from the gold-palladium
• Guest EntomologistHello Arturo
• StudentHey scientist
  Bugscope TeamHi Arturo!
• Studenthey
• Guest EntomologistHi everyone!
• Studenthey
• TeacherOne some of the computers the chat isn't coming up. Just the question box?
  Bugscope Teamtry refreshing the browser
• StudentHi
• Studenthi
• Studenthi
• StudentHi my name is Julia
  Bugscope TeamHi Julia!
• 11:13 am
• Studenthi
• Studentwhat our those things?
  Bugscope Teamthose are mold spores
• Studenthey
• Bugscope Teamhi!
• Studenthi my name is Tyrone
• Studentwhasap
• Bugscope TeamHi Michael and Francisco. Hi Tyrone!
• Studentyou guy are asome
• Studenthi
• StudentHey how many times is this zoomed in.
  Bugscope Teamright now, 4782x
• StudentI amDavid
  Bugscope TeamHi David!
• Student hi hi everybody
• Studentreally david.
• StudentHI jayne
• Studentblack
• Studentwhat do rochas do
• Studentwhat do mite do
• Studentmy name is valeria
  Bugscope TeamHi Valeria!
• Studenthi scientist my is ariana
• Studentsup hilda
• Bugscope Teamthis microscope can zoom in up to 200,000x and see things as small as 2 nanometers
• StudentWhats up Cate

• StudentWhat do you guys do/
• StudentWhot is that
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentwhat is that?
• Guest Entomologistthis is a fruit fly
• Guest EntomologistFrancisco, some mites feed on fungal spores or other tiny things
• StudentWhow
• Studentwhat is a nanometer
• Studentthat picture is weird
• TeacherA nanometer is 1 billionth of a meter! That is small!
• Studentcan you zoom in to that?
• StudentHI.
• Studentvaleria stop toking to me
• Guest Entomologistyou are looking at its head from the underside, so you are looking at its mouth
• Studentwhy does it look white grey
  Bugscope Teamwe are imaging with electrons and not light. We are only getting a signal back from the electrons so there isn't any information about color. The sem images you often see (like in terminex commercials or cleaning commercials where you see bacteria) are artificially colored
• Studentcan you zoom in
• Studenthi
• Studentplease dont zoom anymore cate.
• Studentthat is alot
• Studentwhat is mite
  Bugscope Teammite are arachnids, distantly related to spiders
• Studentthe test student is daniela
• Studenti dont now
• Studenthi cindy
• Studenthi cindy
• Bugscope Team'mites' are, I should have said
• Studentare those eyes
• StudentCan I soom in.
• Studentyoure late.

• Studenthi cate is this a fly
  Bugscope Teamyes a fruit fly

• Studentscary
• Studentwhat is that
• 11:18 am

• Studentcool.
• Studentnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
• Studentwow angel
• Studentnoooooooooooooooooooooooo
• Bugscope Teamwe can let other students control the microscope as well if you want
• Studentcool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Studentwhat is microns
• Studentnot cool.
• Studentthat is cool
• Studentwhy does he have a lot of hair
• Studentomg
• StudentHow many times is this zoomed in?
• Guest Entomologistinsects can use hairs to sense their environment
• Studentscot can you put us the roach head
• Studentwhy is it hairy?
• Bugscope Teamwhen Cate makes a sample she puts what you sent and some other things on a disc and coats them with gold-palladium before she puts them into the microscope, under vacuum
• Studentnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
• Studentdavid its me daniela
• Studenthey people.
• Guest Entomologistsince they have an exoskeleton, which is like armor, they need things to stick out and sense things like vibrations

• StudentCOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentcool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• StudentCoooooooooooooooooool
• Studenthey scot wat do you do
  Bugscope TeamCate and I both train students to use the microscopes so they can perform their own research
• Studentyes show samtin .
• Studentthat looks cool
• Studenthey scot
• Studentahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh its horibol
• Studentwhat///////////////////////////////////////////////
• Studentlinnea what is that
• Studenthy scot
• Studenthi scot
• StudentAwsome!!!!!!!!
• Studentcooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
• Studenthey bro.
• Bugscope Teamwe are looking at a roach. a very dirty roach
• Studentthanks scot
• Studentwow
• StudentCoooooooooooooL
• Studentwhat does microns mean
  Bugscope Teammicrons are the same as micrometers. 'micro' means one millionth, so a micrometer is a millionth of a meter, or a thousandth of a millimeter
• Studentrepulsive
• Studentthank you scot
• Studentwhere are its eyes
• Studenthow much did the mrscpoe cost
• Studenthow muchdoes the microscope cost?
• Guest Entomologist$600,000
• Studentsssssssssscccccccccc oooooooooooootttttttttttttttttt
• StudentHi anthony
• StudentWhat is this thing doin
• Studentthats coooooooooooooooool

• Studenthi scott what is this
  Bugscope TeamThis is the head of a roach. You can see that it has scales from other insects, like moths or butterflies, on its face
• Studentcool;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
• Studentddaaau

• Guest Entomologistits eyes are right under the bases of its antennae, at the top left and right of its head
• Studentcate you are awsome?
• Studentis it dead
• Studentnoooooooooooooooooooot cooooooooooooooool joana
• Studentwow that is a lot ofmoney
• Guest Entomologistyes the roach is dead.
• 11:23 am
• Studentscot how much does the microscope cost?
  Bugscope Teamit cost about $600,000 in 1998
• Studentwhat part is this
• Studentwhy is it dirty it does not look dirty
  Bugscope Teamoften insects are dirty, but it's not always their fault after they die
• Studentcool roaches are weird
• Studenthay julia
• Studentthats alot
• Studentoh ok but you take a picture of the roach

• Studenthy guys

• Studentscot what are you doing?
  Bugscope TeamCindy right now I am typing as fast as I can. I am kind of slow at it.

• Studentthat is a lot of money
• Studenthow much is it magnified
  Bugscope Team1056X
• Studenthow about now ( scot )
• Studentwhat are those little lines
• TeacherWe are zooming in....
• Studenthey scot

• Studentwhy
• Studentwhat does magnified mean

• Studenthow much money ?
• Studentscot you are
• GuestHello, my students are impatient as this is the first time they have texted with real scientists. :)
• Studenthey scot
• Studentar dey heri
• Studenthi joe
• Bugscope Teamall the things you see today are live images (of dead things) that are within the vacuum chamber of the microscope

• Studentamal
• Studentthat is cooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooool

• Studentwhy does it have hairrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr?/////////
  Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called setae, and we see lots of them because they are sensory -- the insects and other arthropods use them to sense their environment

• Studentya what is that
• Studentscot now how much does a microscope cost
• Guest Entomologista lot of insects have 'hairs' so they can sense the environment around them, since they have an armour like exoskeleton
• Studentwhat hairrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr/////////////////
• Guest EntomologistI didn't want to be a scientist when I was little, but I do now, so I am :)
• Studentscot what is this
  Bugscope Teamthis is the cuticle, so highly magnified that it is hard to make out; cuticle is what the insect's shell is called, and it is made of stuff like our fingernails
• Studentme too cindy
• Studentthese are all cool stuff
• Studentis that the belly
• Studentyou now when i was little i wanted to be a scientist.
  Bugscope Teambut you don't anymore?
  Bugscope TeamYou can still do it! It is fun!
• Student whatttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt*************
• Studentwhy does it have alot of line
• Studentcate are those pimples
• Bugscope TeamOh Valeria when I answered I was ESEM like I am now. --Scot
• StudentThat is hair
• Studentwhat would a monkey hair look like
  Bugscope Teamit would look quite like the human hair does
• Guest Entomologistlike our own hair
• 11:29 am
• StudentWhy does it look white
  Bugscope Teamsometimes it charges up with electrons and glows even though we have coated it to make it conduct electrons
• Studenthay scotyou are cooooooooooooooooool
• Studentis a marine biologist a scientist?
• Studentwhat part of the body is this
• Studentnow i don 't know what is this.what is this
  Bugscope TeamJulia we are at a super high mag on the roach's head
• Studentcan we see a anador animal
• Studentjoe how would a monkey hair look like
• Studentcan w e see the female spider fang
  Bugscope Teamyes !
• Studentyou know that i think that science is the greatest subject in school

• Studentis it fun to be a sicentist
• Studentwhat part of the body is this?
• Guest Entomologistyes it is fun!
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentthanks esem now i know
  Bugscope Teamtotally cool. from the microscope I can fix things sometimes, like fine focus
• Studentwat do you
• Studentscooooooooooooooooooooooot
  Bugscope Teamdude sorry it's me as ESEM
• Studentare you sure thats a fang
• Studentwer are you
• Studentesem thats what i want to be.
  Bugscope Teamit's really fun for us
• StudentWhat is tha
• Studentis this the head
• Studentno fangs
• Studentindeed it is,ESEM
• Studentdo you guys look at dead stuff all the time
• GuestScientists, could you explain why an electron microscope is useful or what real world applications it is used for?
  Bugscope Teaman electron microscope allows you to see things that are very small, or very thin, with very good resolution -- much more clearly than if you were to use light to image them'
• StudentThat is a bag
• Studentwhat do the fang spider do
• Studentcould you zoom more
• Studenthey cate why is it hariy
  Bugscope Teamit uses the hairs partly as a defense mechanism, where some can cause its enemies to itch, and some of them help tell the spider what is going on around it. Their eyes don't always see so well
• Studenti wish i was a scientist
• Studentdoes that thing bite
  Bugscope Teamyes with its fang
• Studentmr .f way are siantist are sow smart
• Guest Entomologistspiders can use their fangs to inject poison into their prey!
• Guest EntomologistSorry Ariana, I have no idea.
• StudentI want to be a scientist when i grow up
• Bugscope Teamso there are lots of students here who are looking at a huge variety of samples they wish to study, and sometimes they use electron microscopes
• Studentthey have poison
• Guest EntomologistThis is a spider's mouth parts.
• StudentHi joe
• Student joe how would sombodys nail would look on a microscope?
  Bugscope TeamIt would look kind of smooth, with some ridges in it.
• Studentcate you are cccoooolll
• GuestAnthony, They are smart because they studied hard, did all their homework, and paid attention in class. ;)
• TeacherCan you give us your address where the microscope is, I can show them on google earth...
• TeacherMy computer crashed. I am back!
  Bugscope Teamyay!
• 11:34 am
• Guest Entomologistthe curved thing in the middle is what the spider would use to inject venom into its prey
• Studentwhat is this/
• Studentyes they do have poispon.
• StudentXD
• Studentwhat kind of spider is this?
• Studentgood your back ms.susie
• Studentill that thing look/
• Student:I
• Bugscope Team4 1/2 for me. I received my bachelor degree in Physics
• Guest Entomologistusually their poison doesn't kill, it just paralyzes.

• Guest Entomologist4 years in college, now in graduate school for probably 6 or 7 years?

• Guest Entomologistyes all spiders are poisonous to an extent. Some of them may not be considered dangerous to humans as we are relatively large, but they are all poisonous.
• StudentIS IT HARY
• StudentMy favorite place is the academy of science.
• Bugscope Teamspiders inject venom into their prey. the venom dissolves the inner organs of the prey, and the spider is apparently immune to it because she or he sucks it all up like a milkshake
• Studentwhat are those pointy things
• Guest EntomologistToo many.
• Studentare those hair
• Studentccccccooooolllll
• Studentxd/ Angilina
• Studentway are thay sow ugley
• Studentwhy is that fangshaped like that?
• Guest Entomologistit depends on the spider. only a few are dangerous to humans.
• Bugscope TeamI got a degree in English and Biology when I was in college, and during my very last semester I learned how to do transmission electron microscopy, which lets you see inside things at super high mags.
• Studentit is cool ariana
• Studentwhy does the sbider have dust

• Studentthats wierd iu
• Studentspiders are not dangerouse are they/
  Bugscope Teamsome can be. a majority of them aren't.
• Studentcould you die with bit
• Studentthats good i think spiders are cute
• Guest Entomologistyes especially jumping spiders
• Studentjoe isit fun to be a scientist?
• Studenthi ms.susie
• Bugscope Teaminsects and arthropods like spiders do not have bones or teeth, but sometimes their jaws are hardened with zinc and other minerals
• Guest Entomologistsure, it really depends on if you can find something you truly enjoy though
• Studentdo people eat spiders ?
• Studentare those spiders smart

• Studentmy favorite view is the acuarium.

• 11:39 am
• Guest Entomologisttyrone, spiders are pretty smart. many of them make very intricate webs and have complex behaviors.
• Studentjoe yore bake

• Guest Entomologistsome spiders are eaten in cambodia, they are fried and sold as snacks
• Guest EntomologistJohana, arthropods are animals that have an exoskeleton and jointed legs
• Studentspider are men

• Guest EntomologistAmal, each of those bumps are an ommatidium, something that allows the eye to see images
• StudentEsem what is that bubbly
  Bugscope Teamthose are the individual facets of the ant's eye, called ommatidia
• Studenti dont really like spiders
  Bugscope Teami dont really like spiders either, but they eat other insects so as long as they don't bother me I don't bother them
• Guest EntomologistAll the bumps together make up what we call a "compound eye"
• Studentthanks for answering my question linnea

• Guest Entomologistarthropods are organisms that have a hard outer shell, unlike ourselves, who have soft tissues surrounding bones (endoskeleton). They also have jointed legs and appendages that allow them to move about.

• Studenttay are es
• Studentyou guys are really smart.
• Studentwhat is this ...
  Bugscope Teamthis is a single ommatidium
• Studentisopods are rolli polis Cate.
  Bugscope Teamyes they are. there are aquatic isopods that can get pretty big, like a lobster as well!
• Studenthow many images Linnea
• Studentthis is big

• Studentwhat kind of things do you explore
  Bugscope Teamwe help people look at bacteria, at samples they have fabricated themselves, at leaves, at food products, at graphene, all kinds of samples

• StudentHi cate

• Studentwhat is that
• Studentand why does it have hair in his eye;;''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
  Bugscope Teamthe hair helps an insect sense when something is touching it or there is wind blowing against it

• Studentwhat kind of ant is this?

• 11:44 am

• Studentmaybe 8
• GuestAre you able to look at matter as small as a single atom?
  Bugscope Teamnot with this microscope

• Studentwhy is there bumps on top of the bumps
  Bugscope Teamsometimes they help focus the light
• Studentthey alredy anwser your question ariana

• Studentccccccoooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllll
• Studentdo guys study only insects or other animals too?
  Bugscope Teamall kinds of stuff -- sometimes human blood cells, all types

• Studentmaybe 8 karina
• Studenthow long have you been a scientist
  Bugscope TeamI have had this kind of job since 1983
• Guest EntomologistI study insects.

• Student is this salt on top or not?
• Studentwhy does it look wet ?
• StudentHi my ns
• Studentdo you gise study ded people
  Bugscope Teamusually we don't
• Studentthat is sow smol
• Studentmaybe it is wet
• Studentthats frikie
• Studentis that hard
• Studenthi hello
• Studentthats impresive Esem
• Guest EntomologistI study insects too, like Joe. In fact we work in the same lab.
• GuestMichael, salt is a mineral
• Studentawesome you study that too,ESEM.
• Studentwhy does it brake into cleevge..........................................................................
• Studentso smal
• Studenti relly like this
• Studentis this col?...
• TeacherMr. F's class has about five mins left, so kids please as your final questions.
• Studentis this a rock or a mineral?
  Bugscope Teamprobably it's mineral -- chemicals that have dried on the surface
• Studenti did not now
• Studentits not col its cool

• Studentwhat is a human sell made out of/
  Bugscope Teamprotein, mostly
• Student cate how does the salt look like when it is wet?

• Studentlinnea you do a great job.
• Studentis this cool?..................................................................................................................................cool...
• Bugscope Teamthis is really cool
• Student?
• 11:49 am
• Guest Entomologistthanks cindy :)
• Studentwhat is this this
  Bugscope Teamthis is a fruit fly claw. There is a small spiky ball on the left and that is a pollen grain. The little wing like things coming out is a pulvillus, where sticky hairs are. The hairs help the fly stick to walls
• Studentthanks Cate
• Studentrocks and minerl are cool****************************;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;

• Studentthat lucs laik the loracs

• Studentyay were zooming in more
• Bugscope TeamAngel we don't get parts of dead people to look at very often.
• Studentforwelcome,LINNEA
• Studentthats cool and gross
• Studentis there pollen all overthe fly
  Bugscope Teamnot all over, but there was a cool looking grain at low mag on the claw
• Studentyour right valeria
• Studenthow many times is this magnified?
  Bugscope Team82,688X
• Studentrelly coolllllllllllllllllllllllllll
• Studentlennea, do like to be a scientist?
• Studentcool

• Studentmr.f im sooooooowww tierde ?
• StudentThats sick
• StudentI know right ariana
• Studentare they poisened?
• Guest EntomologistHilda, yes, I enjoy it a lot. I get to learn new things all the time.
• StudentTHANK YOU
• Bugscope Teamsalt, when it is wet, looks like it is melting, like a candle
• Student!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Studentdo you love your job so much
• Studentthank you.
• StudentTHAN YOU COOL SCIENTIST
• Studentthank you for all the information
• Studenteverybody says thank you
• TeacherThank you so much for your time.
• Studenthave you sean a pearsons heart like examen a heart what shape or color is it
  Bugscope Teamwe would use a transmission electron microscope to see the individual cells
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Studentit look like it is in the ocean thank you
• Studentyou guys are my heros.
• GuestCorrect me if I'm wrong, you cover the specimines with gold so that you can get a clearer image with the electrons?
  Bugscope Teamyes, it's actually a gold-palladium alloy
• StudentTHANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• TeacherHow much does an electron microscope cost?
  Bugscope Teamthey can go into the millions. this was $600,000
• Guestnice, thanks
• StudentTHANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• 11:54 am
• StudentThank you all for this
• StudentTHANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST
• Bugscope TeamThank you!
• Studentbbbbbbbbbbbbaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy cat and scot
• Bugscope Teamthis was fun for usd
• Studentbye my heros.
• Guest EntomologistThanks guys you had such great questions!! I have to go now too. I had a lot of fun today! Good luck future scientists!
• GuestThank you all. The students wont forget this.
• Studentyou guys are the best
• Studentwell thanks and goodbye itwas very nice
• TeacherWe usually end class by saying, Today in computer class I learned...I will type their responses...
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• TeacherCindy: HOw to chat with scientists.
• Bugscope TeamSo we have another class coming in now?
• TeacherDaniella: I learned to study hard to know how to use an electron micrscope
• TeacherYeah we are just doing reflections....
• TeacherTyrone: Today in computer class I learned that spiders are poisonious but most spiders won't kill you.
• TeacherValaria: I learned how to look at the hair of Ms. Susie and how cool it looks.
• TeacherDaniella=Teststudent
• TeacherThey are lining up and we are waiting for Mr. Walkers 5th grade class...
• 12:00 pm

• TeacherWhen will the transcripts be posted to the website?
  Bugscope Teamas soon as we are done with today's session with your school all the images and chat will be available
  Bugscope Teamjust visit your member page to see them

• Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2011-101
• 12:06 pm

• TeacherHi Scot and Cate! This is Mr. Walkers class.

• Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!

• Bugscope TeamJoe and Linnea are here to help as well.

• Bugscope Teamthis is really beautiful -- it's the surface of the cuticle of the mite
• Bugscope Teamlike a finger rpint
• Bugscope Teamprint*
• Bugscope Teamthis is Scot. I am also sj...
• Bugscope Teamwhen I am ESEM I am at the microscope controls.
• Studenthi cate
• StudentHI
• Bugscope Teamhi!
• Bugscope Teamthe mite can swell and shrink in size, and its cuticle is thus expandable/collapsible\
• Bugscope TeamHi Antony!
• Studenthi
• StudentHi! i
• 12:11 pm
• Studenthi
• Bugscope TeamHi You All!
• Studenthi
• Studenthi Cate my name is Dasha.
• Studenthey
• StudentDo you guys like your job?
  Bugscope TeamSammie this is really fun for us.
  Bugscope Teamvery much. It is exciting. Scott and I are always seeing new things
• Studenthi
• Studenthi im freddy
• StudentHi cate and scot
• Studenthello cate this is terrance but they call me TE-HALL hi
• Studenthi
• Studenthi watch you duing
• Studentwats sup! my name is brent
• Studenthi am brandon
• Studentdo u like doing wat u do best :)
• Studenthi scot and cate how are you today
• Studentcooooooool
• Studenthi watch you doing
• StudentI am Kevin
• Studenthi my name is jaremy but they call me jare somthimes nice to meet u

• Studentdo you guys like to explore?
  Bugscope Teamyes and we are lucky to be able to do that using the scanning electron microscope, also called an SEM.
• Studenthallo?
• Student hi Cate my name is Dasha
• StudentHow do you guys get the samples
• Studentoh cool
• Studentwhat are you doing today cate and scoo
  Bugscope Team we help people do this kind of work
• Studenthoo it sounds cool
• StudentIs it fun too be A sientist
• Studenthi scot this is TE-HALL
  Bugscope TeamHey Nice to meet you!
• Student do you elpore hair
  Bugscope Teamwe have in the past. We have also looked at many different kinds of butterfly wings in the past
• Studentwhat do you people explore
• Studentwhat is a SEM
  Bugscope Teamit's a scanning electron microscope, which lets us collect images like we are seeing now
• Studentdo u have fun workin
• Guest Entomologistyes it's fun.
• Studenti like to write somethimes when im bord
• Studenthallo?wat device do u use to see da bugs
• Studentwhat is a might
  Bugscope Teammites are tiny arthropods that are often related to arachnids, or spiders
• Studenthow fun is your job
• Studentwhat is a sem
• Studenthow fun is exploring in a posebiliti meter
  Bugscope Team11.
• 12:16 pm
• Studenthi joe
• Studentwhat is some of the cool things you discovere
• Studentawesome
• Guest Entomologistwhen they are under the scope they are dead.
• Studenthi.
• StudentWhen you study the animal is it alive or dead?
  Bugscope Teamonce something is inside this microscope it is almost always dead
• Studentwat kind of bugs do u see??????????
• Studentdo you explore stof
• Studentwhen did you guys start studing bugs?
  Bugscope Teamwe started Bugscope 13 years ago.
• Studentis your job fun
  Bugscope Teamyes it is!
• Guest Entomologistbut i also do a lot of studies while they are alive.
• StudentHi I am Little JImmy I have a brother called R truth
  Bugscope Teamwow cool
• Studenthi
• Studenthow many years have you been exploring
• Studentdo u guys study stof like spiders
• Studentwhat do you like the most about your job?
• Studentdo u wok in a bigg place or in a small

• Studenthi
• StudentHi Cate
• Studentwhen did u started this job
• Studentwhat kind of bugs to you explore
• Studentwhat studies do u do
• Bugscope Teamthere are entomologists that specialize in one type of insect usually. Like parasitic wasps or longhorned beetles. Scot and I see lots of different types through bugscope
• Studentwhat do u like best about workin
  Bugscope Teamwe get to see all kinds of things, and we get to see research that hasn't been made public yet. we get to help people take photos of things for the first time.
• Studenthow did the animal die?
  Bugscope Teamoften the insects just got old
• Studenti have a brother named miguel
• Studentcool!
• Studentyes
• Studentdo you guys kill the animals?
  Bugscope Teamif we have live insects, we usually stick them in the freezer to kill them
• Studentcould I come
• Studentno it fun
• Studentno u dont
• Studentwhat is the most fun thing of exploring cate and scot
  Bugscope Teamit's cool when you see something very few people have ever seen, and then you get images of it
• Studentwhy do u kill them
• StudentDo you guys think your job is nasty or cool?
  Bugscope Teamit's cool. we are lucky.
• Studentdo you like your job
• StudentDo you like Angry Birds
  Bugscope Teamhaven't tried it
• Studentwhy do you kill animals
• Studentdo you like your job?
• Studentso do they die of natural causes?
• Studentwhy do u kill animals
  Bugscope TeamBarney we kill insects by freezing them. We don't kill other critters.
• 12:22 pm
• StudentDo you guys get grossed out
  Bugscope Teamsometimes
• Studentvery interesting???????does she get grosed out???????
  Bugscope Teami get grossed out when they are more on the fresh side. When they are dried out and dead I don't get so grossed out
• StudentDo u kill animalb by porpos
• Studentthey do kill them
• Studentwould u study birds
  Bugscope Teamwe have worked with people studying feathers
• Studentscot do u guys study in people bodies
• Studentwat r some cool thing you have done???????????
• StudentDo you only study animals?
• Studentwhy do you freeze them
• StudentOMG that is cool guys
• Studentwhat do you gus

• Bugscope Teami think very dry hair would look extra scaley/flakey
• Studentscot or cate do you guys lik your job
• Studentdo u guys study spiders
• Student What kind of bugs do you like to study
• Bugscope TeamTe-Hall we have a lot of fun doing this.
• Studentants
• Studentdo you study plants
  Bugscope Teamsometimes

• Guest Entomologisti study longhorned beetles, and also plants
• Studentdo u guyes use alot off thinks to study animals
• Studentdo joe or scot do surgery???????????
• Studentawsome
• Studentsorry i ment what are you guys are studying
  Bugscope Teamwe are done studying in school but like to help people figure out how to do their research, and sometimes we have to study for that

• Bugscope TeamScot and I help run various microscopes, including the one your class is using right now. We see a lot of different samples that people work on, and sometimes image them ourselves. Not always insects.

• Guest Entomologistlonghorned beetles bore into tree as larvae and feed on the wood

• Studentjoe do you like longhorn beetles

• Studentwhat do you guys think about while studing animals?
• Studentwhy would u work there can u give me one good anwser please Cate?
  Bugscope TeamI like where I work. I have a great boss and I never get bored
• Studentwat kind of animals do u see during ur job??
  Bugscope Teamwe work with people who are designing bone scaffolds, for example, so they can learn to fix bone rapidly when it breaks
• Studentdo you kill bugs????????????
  Bugscope Teamyes sometimes we do.
• Studenthi cate
• Studentjoe do u kill animals by porpoes
• Guest Entomologisti did dissections a while back, but not anymore.

• Studentwhat do u like more aboute youre work

• Studenthow much time do u spend with animals?????????????????????
• Studentdo u feel things
• Studentwhy do u like doing ur job???

• Guest EntomologistI like the fact that i get to go outside and work in the forest.

• Studentwhat is your favorite insect?

• Student y do u kill da animals???????
  Bugscope TeamBrent we do not kill animals, except sometimes insects and spiders

• Studentdo u see bears
  Bugscope Teamno, thankfullu
• Studentreally
• Studentjoe do you like nature
• Studentdo you use microscope
  Bugscope Teamyes we do -- all kinds
• 12:27 pm
• Guest Entomologistyup
• StudentWhy cant you look at the animals when they are alive?
• Guest Entomologistnature is awesome.
• Studentdo you see spiders
• Studentwhat kinds of bugs do you study?
  Bugscope TeamI like earwigs, mites, weevils, and leafhoppers. also, lately, springtails
• Studentare you scare of the night
• Studentdo you like nature?
• Guest Entomologistbirds are really cool too
• Studentare u guyes studing right know
• Studenthey cate do you study about birds

• Student scot are you guys studing in a lab right now
  Bugscope Teamwe work in a lab with maybe 25 microscopes of different types
• Studentcool
• Student do you study animals
• Studentjoe do you like birds
• Studentwat kind of animals do u see in ur job???
• StudentHave you guys passed college
• StudentWhy does Cate do surgery on them?
  Bugscope Teamso we can see cool things that something like a leg could be covering up. We could see the spider fangs better if I had moved some of the mouthparts out of the way
• Student................................................................................................
• Studentreally you like does tipes of bugs because I do
  Bugscope TeamI like bugs that are specialized.
• Studentjoe do you like dead animals
• Student do you use a microscope
• Studentum scot do you study fish???????
  Bugscope Teamwe have a little, here. some of the people we work with study zebrafish
• StudentHow long did you go to school for?
• Studentwhat kinds of cool stuf
• Studentdo you like your job
• Studentdo u travel to get da animals???????????
• StudentWhat do you guys do with the bug when your done studing them
  Bugscope Teamyo Dude right into the trash
• Studentdo you like different tipes of birds because i do like different tipes of birds
• Student.
• Studentjoe do you like working with bars
• Studentcool scot do u have any turt69
• Bugscope Teamwe have imaged bird feathers in the microscope before. They were very pretty
• Student20]
• Studentscot do studt bears
  Bugscope Teamno I am afraid of bears
• Studentdo you like your job
• Studentif one of the animals that u have have babys do u guyes let them free or u still have them with u
• Studentwhat do you do when you guys finished a dead bug
• Studenthow does a zebra fish look like
  Bugscope Teamthey're small and sort of rounded, very cool-looking
• Guest Entomologisti do not work with bears. thankfully there are no bears in the forests i work with.
• Student2ew
• Studentscot do you got any turtles?
  Bugscope Teamnot since I was little
• Student3021500
• Studentj;
• Studentscot do u study microscopic animals
  Bugscope Teamyes we do
• Studentuygo
• Studentdo -
• 12:32 pm
• Studentdo u find bugs
• Studentdo you study mamals?
• Studentdo u save da animals and den freeee dem???????????
  Bugscope TeamBrent the only animals we work with that we handle ourselves are insects.
• Studentscot do you got birds
• Studentdo you study other animals
• Studenthey cate do you study birds
  Bugscope Teamno. I've just seen one type of bird's feathers before
• Studentcan Joe look at alive monkeys
• StudentDo you guys study fish?
  Bugscope Teamwe help people who study fish, for example those with electrical sensing systems
• StudentDo you guys study mammals
  Bugscope Teamno no one today studies any type of mammal
• Studentrally cate because i have seen lots of birds
• Student ooooo. k.
• Guest Entomologistno but i have a friend who does
• Studentscot why do you always write is writing reply
  Bugscope Teamprobably it looks like that until it is done
• Studentdo you guys study live animals
  Bugscope Teamno
• Guest Entomologisthe's studying mosquito borne diseases and their effects on animals that are very similar to humans
• Studentcate is youre job hard
• Studentscot do you got any turtles?
  Bugscope Teamno. I have only plants at home.
• Guest Entomologistin hopes of finding out how they work without testing on humans.
• Studentdo you guys like insects
  Bugscope Teamyes we do - they are super interesting
• Studentwhy dont you guys study live animals
  Bugscope Teamother people in the building study live animals
• StudentScot what is ure favorite animal
  Bugscope TeamI like echidnas
• Studentwen did u first studied animals guys
• Studentwhy do study science
• Studentwat is ur favorite animal that u hav see in ur job??
• Studenta friend of my dad study snakes his name is Victor
• Studentdo you study animals
• Studentcate .joe.scot are u guys wearing a white long jacket right now?
  Bugscope Teamscot sometimes does
• Studentme 2
• Studentscot what kind of insects you study
  Bugscope Teamnothing in particular but I like leafhoppers
• TeacherSo the kids are about to go to recess. Do you have any final questions?
• StudentCate what is your favorite animal to study?
  Bugscope Teami like looking at different kinds of bees
• Guest Entomologistnope, no lab jacket for me. I am wearing a hoodie.
  Bugscope Teamhaha
• Studentdo you study humans when there dead
  Bugscope Teamonce in a while someone will want to look at human teeth or something like that.
• Studentcate wat is ur favorite insect??????
• Guest Entomologistechidna are egg laying mammals, they eat ants.
• StudentWhat are echidnas?
  Bugscope Teamsometimes they are called spiny anteaters
• Guest Entomologistthey are closely related to the platypus
• 12:37 pm
• StudentAre you guys scared of bugs that bite and sting/
• Guest Entomologistwhich is one of my favorite animals, because it is so weird looking.
• Studentjoe do you like study bees
• Studentwhat is the most thing that you do always
• Studentdo you guys got echidnas?
• StudentScot,Cate your the best
• Guest Entomologistalso the males can seriously mess up your muscles
• Studentcate wat is your favorite animal to study for??????
• Bugscope Teamwe have looked at gecko toes before in the microscope
• Studentwhen did u guyes decided to study animals
• StudentDo you like platipoese joe
• Studentscot have you study a leafhoppers
  Bugscope Teamthey are so cool
• Studentstuding insects r soooooooo coooool!!!!!!
• Studentdo you like studing animals or plants?
• Studentyou guys are the best
• Guest Entomologistbees sting as a defense mechanism
• Studentwhat animail likes joe
• Student do u know why bees sting
  Bugscope Teammost are doing it just to be defensive, like if you are bothering their hive.
• Guest Entomologistcats
• Studentfgood by
• TeacherHey kids say goodbye and thank you....!
• Studentthanks
• Studentby
• Studentbye
• StudentBye thank you?
• Studentbye and thank you so much scot ,cate and joe
• Studentlater guys!!!!!!
• Studentbye it was nice talking to u guys
• TeacherWe are going to do our reflection now...
• Bugscope Teamthank you for all your great questions
• Bugscope TeamBye! Thank You!
• Studentbye Scot,Joe,andCate
• Studentthankyou so much for everything
• Studentbye thank you
• Studentthankyou for answering my quetions thankyou alot bye nice to meet u
• Studentscot.joe.cate i got to go recess bye see u again!
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Guest Entomologistthanks guys!
• TeacherDaeshia: Cate told me that there are two ways to get stung by a bee.
• TeacherFred: Scott told me that their lab is big and clean.
• Bugscope Teamhaha not always that clean. All labs have their clutter :)
• 12:42 pm
• TeacherSammie: Cate does surgery on the bugs.

• TeacherAshley: Scientists study mammals
• TeacherErick: That they freeze specimens to look at them.
• Bugscope Teamscientists study everything. like there is a parasitic wasp for every species and stage of an insect's life, there is also a scientist
• 12:47 pm
• TeacherThank you for your time. I really appreciate this experience!
• Studentdasha is back
• Bugscope TeamMs Susie is there another class today?

• Studentfreddy is back
  Bugscope Teamawesome

• Studentthats cool
• Studentjoe
• Bugscope Teamsee the eye on top of the head?
• TeacherNo we are done. I just had a few kids that wanted to ask a few extra questions...
• Studentthats creepy
• Bugscope Teamhey no problem
• Studenti now
• Bugscope Teamnice pollen grain
• Studentdo u stay in the lab all day
  Bugscope Teamyes most of the time we are right here
• Guest Entomologistwhat's that spikey thing?
• Guest Entomologistpollen?
  Bugscope Teamyeah
• Bugscope TeamI usually don't go outside in the daytime
• Studentthats scary
• TeacherThey probably never leave the lab!
  Bugscope Teamit's true!
• 12:52 pm
• TeacherIs it snowing there?
  Bugscope Teamit's supposed to today, maybe 2 inches; but I will be here in the lab
• Studentwhy do u freeze them
  Bugscope Teamwe think freezing insects is more humane, and it also likely keeps them from throwing up
• Studentsj do you like working there
  Bugscope TeamDefinitely!
• Bugscope Teamsome insects, like ants, will just go to sleep when you freeze them. when it warms up they wake up.
• Studentcan Cate tell me more about bees
• Studentbye we have to go to class
  Bugscope TeamBye!
• Studentif bugs that are alive have babys do you let them go
  Bugscope TeamYes!
• Studentbye
• Bugscope TeamThank you for working with us today!
• StudentbyeScot,Cate, andJor
• Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2011-101
• Bugscope Teamthis is your member page, below
• TeacherThank you so much!
• TeacherAdios!
• Bugscope Teamit has a transcript of the session on it
• 12:57 pm
• Bugscope TeamAdios!