General Resources

March Animal Madness Dates/Schedule

Student Research Document

March Animal Madness Student Entry Ballot

Niche Notes for Students

All animals that have been in March Animal Madness

March Animal Madness Memes

National Geographic Digital Magazine Template

Songs About Animals YouTube Playlist

Animal Trivia

More Challenging - 150+ Animal Trivia Questions

Challenging - 100+ Animal Trivia Questions 

Easy - 60+ Animal Trivia for Kids 

Ideas for Classroom Use

-research conservation efforts undertaken to save the animals in this year's Madness

-use Google Earth to view habitats of animals in this year's Madness

-animal storytime - write a short story about the animal

- what words rhyme with animals in MAM? Can you create a poem about your animal?

-animal charades

- encourage students t chat with their parents about their animal...they will be learning lots and can DEFINITELY show off what they have learned! 

-use as a tool to practice Google Read and Write

-use round write ups  as exemplars for writing styles

-have students create top 10 lists of animals and justify their choices 

-investigate life cycles for animals in MAM

-OTHER ANIMAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE CLASSROOM

Learn More About Animals

• Smithsonian's National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute
  Alphabetical list of animals, birds and reptiles with good descriptions about each.

• Animal Diversity Web
  Animal Diversity Web (ADW) is an online database of animal natural history, distribution, classification, and conservation biology at the University of Michigan.

• Wikipedia
  General animal information. Search by name. Look at the info on the right hand side  of each animal page....conservation, classification and so, so much more!

• Encyclopedia of Life
  Provides knowledge of the many life-forms on Earth - of animals, plants, fungi, protists and bacteria.

• Biodiversity Heritage Library
  The BHL portal provides free access to hundreds of thousands of volumes, comprising over 57 million pages, from the 15th-21st centuries. In addition to public domain content, BHL works with rights holders to obtain permission to make in-copyright materials openly available under Creative Commons licenses.

• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  Includes details profiles of species, as well as links to other information sources.

• Mammals - National Geographic
  Uses science, exploration and storytelling to provide information about mammals.

• Nature on PBS 

Learn more about your favorite animals

• Just the Zoo of Us (PODCAST) Find your animal, give a listen….what a great way to learn about your animal! .

• How Stuff Works - Animals
  Fun facts about animals and more.

• Extreme Science
  A place online to find the biggest, baddest and the best in the world of extremes and learn about the science behind what makes each the most extreme example of its kind.

• Smithsonian National Zoo-facts facts and more facts!

• PLOSable Biology
  Ask A Biologist is intended to serve grades preK-12, and to be available as a resource for teachers and parents. Topics include animals, biomes, birds, and plants.

• WoRMs: World Register of Marine Species
  The aim of a World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms, including information on synonymy. While the highest priority goes to valid names, other names in use are included so that this register can serve as a guide to interpret taxonomic literature. Also includes an excellent photogallery

• Animal Names

Names of males, females, babies and groups of animals