March Mammal Madness

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March Mammal Madness informational videos

Pragmatics and pitfalls for adopting March Mammal Madness with learners
Are you an educator who is interested in adopting MMM with your learners? In the 2025 tournament, the MMMagnitude of tournament resources can feel like a deluge. Here we showcase where to begin and position yourself and your learners for success. Jump on in, the water's fine!
March Mammal Madness celebrates the Tree of Life
Katie Hinde, March Mammal Madness founding director and associate professor, and Anali Perry, head of Open Science and Scholarly Communication at ASU Library, lead a webinar with all you need to know about the 2025 tournament and theme celebrating the Tree of Life.
A lioness walks into an orca: How stories enhance science education
National Center for Science Education and the National Association of Biology Teachers hosted Dr. Katie Hinde, award-winning scholar and founder of March Mammal Madness, to discuss how human minds are adapted for stories, especially about nature. Katie also shared some sneak peeks into the 2025 MMM tournament!
A Decade of Classroom Madness : The Birth, Growth and Evolution of March Mammal Madness
Dr. Katie Hinde addresses the February 2022 session of the Texas Association of Biology Teachers Speaker series. She shares the history of March Mammal Madness and the status of the upcoming 2022 tournament.
Community Conversation: A Look Inside the Annual March Mammal Madness Tournament
Join MMM editor-in-chief Katie Hinde and scholarly communication librarian Anali Maughan Perry to kick off the 10th annual tournament with information on how to play, a round up of resources available to fans, teachers and students and a return of the lightning round.

2022MMM Festival Feb 25
Hosted by Exploring by the Seat of your Pants, the folks at MMM Headquarters had an all-day March Mammal Madness Festival. Join our team of scientists and artists for a series of panels celebrating animal behavior, genetics and the tree of life, paleontology, art and design, and hilarious discussions of the history of the tournament. Designed for the classroom, the MMM team discussed career paths to wildlife biologist, animal behaviorist, paleontologist, geneticist, and scientific illustrator and along the way students can learn useful info about the 2022 combatants, their adaptations and their environments.

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of March Mammal Madness: 2013-2023
2023 is the 10th Anniversary of March Mammal Madness, celebrating the natural world through an evidence-based, simulated animal tournament played by hundreds of thousands of students annually. Join MMM Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Katie Hinde and librarian Anali Maughan Perry to kick off the pre-season with updated information on this year’s tournament and resources, some highlights from the last 10 years of MMM and a return of the lightning round!

MMM Podcasts

Ocean Science Radio: March Mammal Madness and Storytelling in Science
The Ocean Science Radio team interviews founder Professor Katherine Hinde, of Arizona State University, and fight "announcer" Professor Josh Drew, of SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, about this amazing event, how battles are decided, and how impactful this event has been in science communications efforts.