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Activities | Who will win the drugs race?

  • The Helix Teachers Notes (CSIRO, Australia)
    • Champions or cheaters? – students explore the issue of doping in sport through a range of activities that look at how science, sport and society can impact on each other.

  • Aussie School House (Australia)

  • Behind the News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
    • Sports drugs testing (28 March 2006) – through discussion, students develop an informed position on the ethical and health implications of drugs in sport. Activity sheets are available.

  • World anti-doping agency
    • Teachers tool kit – provides a series of activities on the harm caused by doping to the ethical values of sport.

  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (National Institutes of Health, USA)

  • Newton's Apple (USA)

  • Discovery Education (USA)
      Sports participation – students locate, analyse and interpret statistical data related to the performance of athletes.

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