MC Marmot Rodent Roundtable
- MC Marmot's Rodent Roundtable - YouTube ChannelDirect link to the YouTube channel for the Rodent Recap after each battle. Due to time zone differences and video production times, there may be a delay before each individual video is embedded on this Libguide page.
Stoats
- Stoatally Awesome ConverterGet your #stoatistics here! Created by Marc Kissel
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.
- Perennial Bracket Banner FolderBracket banner display designed to be used year after year:
-PDF designed to be a 8'x12' banner with grommets
-JPG is available if absolutely necessary (but not recommended)
Online Bracket Scoring
Back by popular demand, Mr. Jeff Brunstrum’s CONTEST MANAGER!
The contest manager can be copied and then be used by teachers to track student scores on their bracket selections. MMM strongly emphasizes that students should be graded on participation, aspects of combatant research, arguing from evidence, and/or other classrooMMM activities, but students should never be graded on how well their bracket scores in the tournament.
- Self-Scoring Tournament BracketThis will allow participants to have a digital MMM bracket of their picks that will automatically update and score their selections as the tournament goes on. If you are looking to run a MMM pool this will also give a convenient way for players to enter their bracket submissions and the pool manager can use the digital pool manager sheet to automatically score up to 40 entries and keep updated standings throughout the tournament.
- Contest ManagerThis template allows a Bracket Pool Manager to run a Pool using Google Sheets. The pool manager can use this sheet to automatically score up to 40 entries and keep updated standings throughout the tournament.
- Contest Manager Video DirectionsThis video goes over some of the common mistakes that are made importing contestant data. THREE CHEERS FOR Mr. Brunstrum!
IS YOUR MMM CONTEST IS BIGGER THAN JUST ONE CLASS?
- Large Contest ManagerIntended to be able to automatically score up to 400 entries and keep updated standings. This manager may get slow and laggy with large amounts of entries, but it should work.
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!
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.
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.
Lesson Plans, Presentations, & Worksheets in Spanish
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"
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.
Other Resources for Educators
- USGS Science Resources for TeachersScience information for K-12 grades and college level, including classroom lessons.
- PBS Learning MediaDeveloped by PBS, this resource gives K-12 students a place to access trusted content for homework support.
- TimeTreeTimeTree is a public knowledge-base for information on the evolutionary timescale of life. Data from thousands of published studies are assembled into a searchable tree of life scaled to time.
- Sketchfab 3D modelsA collection of public domain cultural heritage 3D models, including from the Smithsonian Institution, Western Science Center, Denmark's Digital Archive of Natural History, The Digital Atlas of Ancient Life at the Paleontological Research Institution and many more.
- National Geographic Photo ArkPhoto Ark founder Joel Sartore has photographed more than 9,000 species around the world as part of a multiyear effort to document every species living in zoos and wildlife sanctuaries, inspire action through education, and help save wildlife by supporting on-the-ground conservation efforts.
- BirdSleuth K-12Developed for K-12 education by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. It encourages kids to engage with the curriculum and develop their own questions using the scientific process.
- Smithsonian Learning LabThe Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access created the Smithsonian Learning Lab to inspire the discovery and creative use of its rich digital materials—more than a million images, recordings, and texts.
Example Play by Plays
- 2019MMM: Nimravid vs. Tiger QuollNarration of the CAT-e-Gory Round 2 encounter between #2 Nimravid and #7 Tiger Quoll, by Katie Hinde and Patrice K. Connors.
- 2019MMM: Jackrabbit vs. SpringhareNarration of the Jump Around Round 1 encounter between #8 Springhare and #9 Jackrabbit by Jessica Light.
- 2018MMM: Berlin Boar vs BobcatNarration of the Urban Jungle Round 2 encounter between #3 Berlin Boar and #6 Bobcat, by Katie Hinde, Jessica Light, Mauna Dasari, and Anne W. Hilborn
- 2018MMM: Harar Hyena vs. CoyoteNarration of the Urban Jungle Sweet Sixteen encounter between #1 Harar Hyena and #7 Coyote, by Katie Hinde, Tara Chestnut, and Anne W. Hilborn
- 2018-2021 Sports-style summariesSince 2018, MMM team members have written sport-style summaries following the live "play-by-play" narration of simulated combatant encounters on social media.
