Handout
ProCon

Drug Use in Sports

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The ancient Greeks used performance enhancing drugs, such as opium juice, when they participated in the original Olympic Games. Pupils research a website with debate topics to decide if athletes' use of such drugs in modern sports is...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Past Perfect Worksheet- ESL

For Students 5th - 6th
For this ESL past perfect worksheet, students read a situation and 3 possible effects. Students choose the sentence that best explains the reason for the event indicated. There are 10 sentences on the page to complete.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 1, page 1. Reading: Interview with Justine Henin

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Justine Henin interview worksheet, students read the passage titled Interview with Justine Henin. They then answer the 8 true/false questions about the interview.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Worksheet 3. Vocabulary Practice

For Students 5th - 7th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete the sentences with the correct word from the word pool. There are 10 sentences to complete on this page.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocabulary Practice: Harder Words

For Students 5th - 6th
In this completing sentences worksheet, students fill in the blank in ten sentences with the correct word from the word pool. There is no apparent connection in the words.
Website
ProCon.org

Pro Con: Should Performance Enhancing Drugs Be Accepted in Sports?

For Students 9th - 10th
Website dedicated to controversial issues explores the topic of performance enhancing drugs and asks whether they should be accepted in sports.
Article
Other

Partnership for a Drug Free America: Play Healthy

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the facts on the use and abuse of performance enhancing substances in sports. Includes toolkits, contest information, fact sheets, and other resources.
Activity
University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: Maths and Sports: Drug Testing

For Students 10th - 12th
The use of performance enhancing drugs is the dark side of sport, and there are stringent measures in place to try to screen athletes. But what's the likelihood that an athlete who fails a drug test has actually taken the banned drug?...
Activity
USA Today

Usa Today: Taking Pills Isn't the Answer [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This article warns against the use of performance-enhancing and diet drugs that can be purchased easily and legally. Authors looks at the world of professional baseball and examines the use of supplements, the effects they have had on...
Handout
National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Anabolic Steroid Use

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent, highly academic, report on steroid abuse and effects on the body.