March Mammal Madness
The official location for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning!
#2022MMM
Elite Trait, Final Roar, and Championship Randomized Locales
Montane Forest, Kelp Forest, Savanna, Sea Ice
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Introduction to the 2022MMM Tournament!This slide deck is intended to familiarize players with March Mammal Madness, specifics for 2022, and direct you to more info & resources for tackling your bracket.
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2022MMM LogoLogo for the 10th Annual Tournament in black and white and multi color!
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2022MMM Festival Feb 25Poster includes schedule of events and embedded links for viewing the recording of each session.
#2022MMM Bracket and Educator Materials
Click image to download the bracket!
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#2022MMM BracketThe single page, basic bracket!
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Spreadsheet of Key Combatant InfoLatin binomial, Public Land population, Considerations about Collectives
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#2022MMM Bracket PacketThis #2022MMM bracket file includes brackets in english, and spanish, a latin binomial bracket, and a 5-page jumbo bracket.
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#2022MMM Screen-Reader enabled bracketThe #2022MMM bracket in plain text to facilitate screen-reader access!
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#2022MMM Self-Scoring BracketBack by popular demand, thanks to Jeff Brunstrum @jbrunstrum
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#2022MMM Contest ManagerThis template allows a Bracket Contest Manager to use this sheet to automatically score up to 40 entries and keep updated standings throughout the tournament Individuals must use the self-scoring bracket template linked above. Many thanks to Jeff Brunstrum!
Educator Materials
Educator Sign Up Form - while the materials are already released below, the MMM team requests that you fill out this form anyway. This helps us measure the reach and impact of the tournament in the classroom, as well as plan and improve from year to year.
For educators curious about what to expect, we recommend you review:
- example battles
- read the brief "sports-style summaries" of tournament battles
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MMM Pro-Tips for Educators fileEducators! Download this file first - it's what you need to get started!
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JeparodyMMM Game Slides for Classroom UseSlides used in the #2022MMM #JeparodyMMM exhibition game! (key link on the last slide)
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#2022MMM Educator Materials packet (English)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
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#2022MMM Materiales para educadores en españolIncluye:
plan de lección y hojas de trabajo de ciencias
lección de artes visuales
planes de lección de artes del lenguaje
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Diapositivas informativas sobre especies contrincantes 2022Diapositivas de información de combatientes en español
Teachers who have created a 2022 MMM resource and want to share, please submit via this form.
Teachers interested to see the crowd-sourced MMM resources, here is the spreadsheet.
#2022MMM Tournament Schedule
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2022MMM Calendar w/event linksDownload the full event calendar, with embedded links for pre-season events!
February 7-11 - Combatant Reveals and #SciCommCrossPromotion
- Monday, Feb 7 10:00 AM EST: #GuessTheCrest with Dominic Garcia-Hall: MACARONI PENGUIN!
- Tuesday, Feb 8:
- 10:00 AM EST: #PrimatePlaytime with @Primatweeps: MONGOOSE LEMUR!
- 1-4:00 PM EST: #KnockKnockWhosBear with @grizzlygirl87: BROWN BEAR!
- Wednesday, Feb 9 Noon EST: #GuessTheSkull with @Yara_Haridy: GIANT PANDA!
- Friday, Feb 11: Galentines & Valentines cards!
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2022 MMM ValentinesShow your mate(s) you care with these unique MMM Galentines & valentines, featuring #2022MMM combatants! (both color and grayscale)