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.
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the PNG file of the Phylogeny poster for the March Mammal Madness combatants 2013-2024
Since 2018, MMM team members have written sport-style summaries following the live "play-by-play" narration of simulated combatant encounters on social media. These summaries, highlighting key adaptations, human impacts, and other scholarly information, have been provided to educators to describe tournament outcomes to their learners who do not follow the battle narrations "live" on social media.
This item includes:
1) The official bracket files for the 2022 MMM tournament
2) A screen-reader enabled bracket file
3) 2022 March Mammal Madness Educational Materials Packet – in English
4) 2022 March Mammal Madness Educational Materials Packet – in Spanish
5) March Mammal Madness, Middle School Lesson Plan : Ecosystems & National Parks
6) March Mammal Madness, High School Lesson Plan : Ecosystems & National Parks
This packet includes:
Pro-Tips for Educators
MMM Intro to the Tournament Slide Deck
The MMM Team Booklet (2013-2022)
Life Sciences Research the Contenders Lesson Plan
Life Sciences Tournament Events Lesson Plan
Life Sciences Tournament Worksheets
Visual Arts Tumbling Blocks Lesson
Language Arts HAIKU Lesson
Science Writing – Should Have Been the Champion Lesson Plan
4th Grade Science and Writing Lesson Plan
MMM Guide for the Younger Crowd (K-5)
10th Annual MMM Festival Flyer