1. Steroids and Teens Cause and Effect

2. Cooperative Questions What is the difference in the overall use of steroids from 1996 to 1999 in grades 8, 10, and 12?

3. Cooperative Questions What is one reason the use of steroids is a growing problem among today’s teenagers?

4. Cause and Effect It is a relationship between two things A cause makes something happen An effect is what happens; it’s the result

5. Types of Cause and Effect One event causes one other event Cause Effect One event causes more than one event Cause Effect Effect One effect could have multiple causes Effect Cause Cause

6. Identify a Cause or Effect “These drugs are used illicitly by weight lifters, body builders, long distance runners, cyclists, and others who claim that these drugs give them a competitive advantage and/or improve their physical appearance.” Identify the cause in this excerpt. What is the effect of the cause?

7. Identify a Cause or Effect Cause- Teen Steroid Abuse Effect- Several negative side effects Sterility Premature Ossification Aggressiveness Acne Connective Tissue Injury Masculinization

8. Focus on Effects Aggressiveness Acne Irreversible connective tissue injury Cause Teen steroid abuse Effects

9. Identify a Cause or Effect Effect- Teens experimenting with steroids Multiple Causes: Not making the sports team Not meeting peer pressure demands Not getting “the girls” Not being able to compete with others who are using steroids Not looking as good as they want

10. Focus on Causes Effect Teens experimenting with steroids Causes Not making the sports team Not meeting peer pressure demands Not being able to compete with others who are using steroids

11. Identify a Cause or Effect Today’s teens have seen many of their athletic role models admit to some form of steroid use at some time in their lives. This may be giving them mixed messages. It may suggest that steroid use is the necessary ingredient to develop a career in sports. Cause? Effect #1? Effect #2?

12. Infer the Cause or Effect “ Parents and coaches often demand that young athletes aspire to greatness at any cost.” What inference can we make about what young athletes might do in order to achieve greatness?

13. Infer the Cause or Effect Teenagers can have a great impact (positive or negative) on the actions of other teens and whether they choose to use steroids or not. What inference can we make about the types of actions that teens might take to prevent or encourage the use of steroids in other teens?

14. Practice - Cause and Effect [IA17] Explain why teenagers use steroids. Include two details from the selection in your answer.

15. Practice - Cause and Effect [IA17] What problem do teenagers experience in the selection? What are three events that happen as a result of the problem? Include information from the selection in your answer.

16. Reflections on Steroids Use http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugpages/PSAGa mePlan.html