March Mammal Madness
March Mammal Madness is an annual scientific outreach tournament consisting of simulated combat competition among animals, informed by scientific literature and communicated through creative storytelling and art. This collection consists of related publications, presentation, and educational materials. Accompanying data is available in the March Mammal Madness Data Collection, and official tournament information at the March Mammal Madness Library Guide.
Image attribution: (A) cheetah by Charon Henning; (B) Tag Team Mutualists warthog and mongoose by Mary Casillas; (C) Thylacine by Olivia Pellicer; (D) red squirrel by Charon Henning; (E) honey badger by Charon Henning; (F) moose by Valeria Pellicer; (G) spotted hyena by Charon Henning; (H) coyote by Mary Cassilas; (I) Andrewsarchus mongoliensis by Charon Henning.
Public engagement is increasingly viewed as an important pillar of scientific scholarship. For early career and established scholars, however, navigating the mosaic landscape of public education and science communication, noted for rapid “ecological” succession, can be daunting. Moreover, academics are characterized by diverse skills, motivations, values, positionalities, and temperaments that may differentially incline individuals to particular public translation activities.
This lesson plan was created by Prof. Katie Hinde, Arizona State University, using Next Generation Science Standards and explanations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13165.
This lesson plan was created by Prof. Katie Hinde, Arizona State University, using Next Generation Science Standards and explanations from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2012. A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/13165.
Narration of the Urban Jungle Sweet Sixteen encounter between #1 Harar Hyena and #7 Coyote, by Katie Hinde, Tara Chestnut, and Anne W. Hilborn
Narration of the Jump Around Round 1 encounter between #8 Springhare and #9 Jackrabbit by Jessica Light.
Narration of the CAT-e-Gory Round 2 encounter between #2 Nimravid and #7 Tiger Quoll, by Katie Hinde and Patrice K. Connors.
This packet includes:
2020 Bracket Common Name
2020 Bracket Latin Binomial
Pre-Tournament Research Lesson Plan (English)
Tournament Lesson Plan & Worksheets (English)
Visual Arts Lesson Plan (English)
Language Arts Lesson Plan (English)
2020 Bracket Common Name (Spanish)
Pre-Tournament Research Lesson Plan (Spanish)
Tournament Lesson Plan & Worksheets (Spanish)
This packet includes:
2019 Bracket
Pre-Tournament Research Lesson Plan (English)
Tournament Lesson Plan & Worksheets (English)