March Mammal Madness
The official location for March Mammal Madness tournament information and resources! If you're learning, you're winning!
2023MMM Tournament Schedule
The action starts at 8 PM Eastern / 5 PM Pacific on all game nights.
2023 March Mammal Madness CALENDAR
Game Time is 8 PM Eastern/5 PM Pacific for all tournament nights.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| February 21 (TUES) | BRACKET DROP DAY!!! |
| March 12 (SUN) | Wild Card Eve |
| March 13 (MON) | WILD CARD |
| March 15 (WED) | Round 1: Dad Bods Division |
| March 16 (THURS) | Round 1: Mighty Stripes Division |
| March 20 (MON) | Round 1: Animal Engineers Division |
| March 22 (WED) | Round 1: Itty Bitty Comeback City Division |
| March 23 (THURS) | Round 2 Dad Bods & Mighty Stripes |
| March 27 (MON) | Round 2 Animal Engineers & Itty Bitty Comeback City |
| March 29 (WED) | SWEET 16 |
| March 30 (THURS) | ELITE TRAIT |
| April 3 (MON) | FINAL ROAR |
| April 5 (WED) | CHAMPIONSHIP |
2023 Tournament Randomized Locations: Tropical Rainforest, Sub-tropical Desert, Ephemeral Wetlands, Ghost Forest
- 2023MMM Tournament CalendarEditable version of the 2023MMM Calendar. Click File>Make a Copy to create your own version
- 2023 Valentines from March Mammal MadnessPrint this year's Valentines double-sided to get all the science goodness on the back!
2023MMM Bracket
- 2023MMM Latin Binomials Bracket (pdf)2023MMM Bracket with Latin Binomials (for super exact species identification)
- 2023MMM Jumbo Bracket in English (pdf)5 page pdf for those who need extra space
- 2023MMM Quiniela Español (pdf)Spanish Language version of the bracket
- 2023MMM Quiniela Español JUMBO (pdf)PDF de 5 páginas para aquellos que necesitan más espacio
- PNG files of all the 2023MMM bracketsIf you need PNG files of any of the brackets, here they are.
2023MMM Videos
2023 Getting Started Resources
- 2023MMM Combatant Information in EnglishView-only Google presentation. (Educators - go to File>Make a Copy to create a version you can edit)
- 2023MMM Logos and HypeGoogle Drive folder of 2023MMM logos and other graphics - PNG files.
2023MMM Lesson Plans, Presentations, & Worksheets in English
- 2023MMM Trading Cards for Student ResearchFolder of images and collector cards. By Ian Hecht (editable)
- Google Folder of 2023 Open Educational Resources from MMMGoogle drive folder that includes all of the educator resources shared for the 2923MMM Tournament.
2023 Lesson Plans, Presentations, & Worksheets in Spanish
2023 Even Moar Educator Materials
- 2023MMM Learner Award Certificates templatesCertificates you can edit! Go to File>Make a Copy to make your own version.
- 2023 MMM Guide for Playing with the Youngest LearnersMammals March Madness (MMM) for the Younger Crowd (K-5) Prepped by Jenna Kissel (MMM Education Engagement Coordinator)
- 2023 MMM Collector Trading Cards2023 Collector Trading Cards, Printable Sheets by Ian Hect
- 2023MMM Collector Trading Cards (Full Letter Size2023 Collector Trading Cards, Full Size by Ian Hecht
- Compendium of the 10th annual March Mammal Madness tournament 2022‘Describing at Large Their True and Lively Figure, their several Names, Conditions, Kinds, Virtues (both Natural and Fanciful), Countries of their Species, their Love and Hatred to Humankind, and the wonderful work of Natural Selection in their Evolution, Preservation, and Destruction.
- March Mammal Madness in eLife"Education and Outreach: March Mammal Madness and the power of narrative in science outreach"
2023 Crowd-Sourced Educator Resources
- Crowd-Sourced Educator Resources Education FormAre you an educator that creates your own additional MMM-related resources? Please share it with the community via this form. MMM thanks you & your colleagues thank you!
- Crowd-Sourced Educator Resources 2023 DatabaseThe spreadsheet database of educator-created resources submitted via the link above so that all educators can access these crowd-sourced resources.