Injection Practice: Fruit Lab

Hands-on learning!

In this lab, students have to opportunity to simulate subcutaneous and intramuscular injections. Instead of performing the injections on live animals, the students use fruit to simulate the conditions.

Students have a short reading assignment that walks them through:

• Different methods for administering medication
• Why injections are used over other methods
• The difference between subcutaneous and intramuscular injections

Students will then have the opportunity to practice injections and see where medication was administered.

Materials needed

• fruit (bananas are cheap and easy)
• Needles (available at TSC or other local farm stores)
• Syringes
• Food dye (to serve as visual for "medication")