1. Unit 4 - Steroids
What are Steroids?

2. Objectives
Content Objective: The students will be able to analyze an article on steroids in order to determine what steroids are, how they are used and what the consequences of steroid use are by answering questions in complete sentences on a worksheet.
Language Objective: The students will use the critical reading skills of highlighting, underlining and/or taking notes while reading an article in order to provide evidence that supports their answers to key idea, structure and integration of knowledge questions on a worksheet.

3. Article Assignment
Complete the K (what do you already know) and the W (what do you want to know column on the last page of the article.
Read the 3 page article entitled “What are Steroids?” on your own.
Highlight, underline and/or comment on important information that you read
Answer the article questions in complete sentences
Make sure to support each of your answers with evidence (information) from the article.
This assignment is worth 15 points. Point values are labeled next to each question. You need to turn in article that should be highlighted, underlined and/or have notes taken on it.

4. Anabolic Androgenic steroids
Anabolic = Referring to muscle-building
Androgenic = Increased male sexual characteristics
What are anabolic steroids?
A synthetic substance related to the male sex hormone, testosterone.
Synthetic = Compounds formed through a chemical process

5. How Anabolic steroids began
Anabolic steroids were created in the 1930s as a medication for a disease that causes not enough testosterone to be produced.
Testosterone is needed for normal growth development.
It was also during the 1930s that scientists discovered that anabolic steroids facilitate the growth of skeletal muscle and that it began being used by body builders and professional athletes.

6. How are steroids taken? Cream
Steroid Creams are Prescribed for: Poison ivy, eczema, dermatitis
Oral
Oral Pill are Prescribed for: Anemia, Failure to Grow, Certain Types of Breast Cancer, Gain Weight due to certain illnesses
Injection
Injections are Prescribed For: Reduce inflammation in joints, Osteoarthritis, Tendonitis, Allergic Reactions

7. Reasons People Give for Taking Steroids…
Improve athletic performance – Estimated to be less than 6% of athletes that use steroids
Testing procedures are in place for collegiate, professional and Olympic athletes
Increase Muscle Size/Reduce Body Fat – Typically used by people with body dysmorphia
Pattern of Risk-Behavior – People who partake in other risky behaviors such as drinking and driving, other illicit drugs

8. Steroid testing Most commonly done through urine samples
If the level of testosterone is found to be higher than what is considered “normal,” than the person fails the test
Test the hair follicle
Blood Sample
-In the NFL, athletes are tested randomly 5 times per year at minimum
-Estimated that in the United States about 6 million adults use steroids every year.

9. Anabolic Steroid Abuse
Doses taken by abusers can be 10 to 100 times higher than doses for medical purposes.

10. Health consequences of steroids
Musculoskeletal System
When taken during adolescence it can prematurely signal the bones to stop growing
More frequent tendon ruptures
Cardiovascular System
Associated with cardiovascular disease = heart attacks and strokes
Increase risk for blood clots to form in blood vessels

11. Health consequences of steroids Cont.
Liver
Tumors and cysts which can rupture causing internal bleeding
Cancer
Infection
May use non-sterile needles
HIV
Hepatitis B and C
Bacterial Infection

12. Physical effects - Men Skin Hormonal Acne Oily skin/hair Infertility
Breast Development
Shrinking of Testicles
Baldness
Damages Male Reproductive System

13. Physical Effects – Female
Skin
Acne
Oily skin/hair
Hormonal
Excessive growth of body hair
Scalp Hair Loss
Masculinization
Decrease in breast size and body fat
Voice Deepens
Damages Female Reproductive System

14. Psychological Effects
Delusions
Rage/Aggression
More likely to commit aggressive acts such as physical fighting, armed robbery, theft, vandalism, or burglary
Termed “Roid Rage”

15. Jump Street 21 TV show How much is that body in the window episode
Scene 1 - Ten Minutes
Scene 3 - Ten Minutes

16. Homework for Debate next class
Debate Question: It has been discovered that many professional athletes take steroids. Do you think athletes should have consequences for taking steroids? Do you have a different view if they are a high school, college or professional athletes?
Homework: Find and write down 10 facts that support your side of the debate. Identify the source that your facts came from (Example: drugabuse.gov)
These facts will be used to support your side during our in class debate next class
Homework is worth 10 points
**Due Dates:
BE = 12/1 CF = 12/2 AD = 12/3