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title: PLTW Keeps Students in Stitches | PLTW
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# [PLTW Keeps Students in Stitches | PLTW](https://www.pltw.org/blog/pltw-keeps-students-in-stitches)

 Written by [PLTW](https://www.pltw.org/blog/author/pltw) | May 17, 2017

*Pete DuBois is a satellite teacher for *[*Polaris Career Center teaching at North Olmsted High School*](http://www.polaris.edu/grades-7-12/high-school/north-olmsted)* in North Olmsted, Ohio.*

I can't tell you enough about the excitement and subsequent learning that took place when my [Medical Interventions](https://www.pltw.org/our-programs/pltw-biomedical-science-curriculum#curriculum-3) students learned how to stitch wounds. We started with the stitching kit and your basic stitching techniques. Seeing how much they enjoyed this, I decided to follow this up with an enrichment opportunity.

The next day, I challenged them to practice their stitching on bananas. Poor bananas! But even though they had a "bunch" of injuries, we were able to get them all repaired.

Next, I challenged them to stitch up drumsticks. Some were a little "chicken" at first, but all of them ended up "eggcellent.”

My students wanted one more challenge, so I pulled out the last enrichment opportunity and gave them medical tubing to simulate an artery. No bleeding here, just saving the patient!

*PLTW’s blog is intended to serve as a forum for ideas and perspectives from across our network. The opinions expressed are those of each guest author.*

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