Thread by @Mammals_Suck

WELCOME TO the 10th Annual March Mammal Madness Tournament! (1/N) #2022MMM

Everything is going great and some people are saying this is the best tournament launch ever. (2/N) #2022MMM

As of 2:22 on 2-22-2022, N=6000+ educators had requested curricular materials to use MMM with their N=540,000+ learners! Clearly, the tournament is doing numbers, as the kids say. (3/N) #2022MMM
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Traffic to the @ASULibraries March Mammal Madness KEEP collection was a teensy bit overwhelming last night and this morning, requiring a reboot of the servers. (4/N) #2022MMM
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Whether this is your 10th or 1st time playing March Mammal Madness, #2022MMM is going to be AMAZING!
And while you can be any level of high to ride this ride, there are different ways to play (5/N)
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STEP 1 for Everyone: Bookmark ASU LibGuide, curated by the brilliant Scholarly Comm Librarian Anali Perry @grumpator bc this has all the bracket links, the guidance on researching combatants, & finding out the tournament battle outcomes. (6/N) #2022MMM libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalMad…

STEP 2 for You
Follow @2022MMMletsgo. The account ONLY RTs & creates OFFICIAL MMM tweets, safe for classroom use, safe to direct your students to follow [7/N] #2022MMM
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Step 3 for We
BASK IN THE EPIC GLORY OF THIS TOURNAMENT TRAILER by @jengabrys (8/N) #2022MMM

Step 4 for More:
Get the key rules, some specifics about the 2022 Tournament, essential links, & meet the TEAM! (9/N) #2022MMM drive.google.com/file/d/1PHXPzb…
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Okay, now it's time to choose your own MMM adventure...
you can casually pick your winners in the bracket, relying on familiarity & seedings #LevelBasic (10a/N) #2022MMM
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OR you use the handy-dandy combatant info slide-deck by @JennaKissel docs.google.com/presentation/d… #LevelKidSwim (10b/N) #2022MMM
With handy dandy size scales & generally good advice

OR you can avail yourself of the curated ANIMAL INFO portal at the LibGuide #LevelInItToWinIt (10c/N) #2022MMM libguides.asu.edu/MarchMammalMad…

Or you can get very serious about your research with a deep knowledge of tournament game mechanics & past events #LevelSuperFan
@NatickBobCat has a purrfect rundown here: (10d/N) #2022MMM

OR you could dial your research to #LevelScholar by visiting the *free* Special Issue of MMM Combatant Articles curated by our friends over @OxUniPress (10f/N) #2022MMM academic.oup.com/asm/pages/marc…

And members of the general public- you can pull up this cheat-sheet of resources for educators- and go ALL IN libguides.asu.edu/ld.php?content… (11/N) #2022MMM

There's free printable MMM Collectors Trading Cards by @ianhecht! (12/N) #2022MMM drive.google.com/file/d/1EIZ7RQ…

There's a March Mammal Madness PLAYLIST with animal, nature, and environmental themed music! (13/N) #2022MMM open.spotify.com/playlist/0Ekoa…

Feb 25th there's a #2022MMM Festival with @EBTSOYP: different panels each hour of so many amazing MMM Scientists and Artists. Learn about their adventures with animals, fossils, robots, and DIRE WOLF DNA! (14/N) #2022MMM drive.google.com/file/d/1zg8fsX…

Got a 4th grader in your household? Help them sign-up for their FREE National Parks Pass with the Every Kid Outside program & you could even do the MMM lesson plan as a family (16/N) #2022MMM
everykidoutdoors.gov/index.htm

In the lead up to the wild card, you can forget the tournament is going on, or get real serious about following and/or engaging in all the #2022MMM banter (17/N)
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Details about the week of Exhibition Games is forthcoming... I'll add it to this thread March 1. #StayTuned (18/N) #2022MMM
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And then once it's officially tournament time, again you have some options, outlined carefully in this thread from last year (19/N) #2022MMM

Figuratively speaking, whether you do a flailing bellyflop into the mighty river of MMM, or wade the tangled banks looking for crawdads, or just briefly dip your toes, we are so glad you are here. (19/N) #2022MMM
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So get ready rock-steadies, March Mammal Madness is going to be inTENse. (20/N) #2022MMM

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& always remember the March Mammal Madness Motto and Mantra-
If you're LEARNING, you're WINNING!
(21/N) #2022MMM

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