Interactive Textbook: Physical Geology
Instructor Overview
This collection of interactive h5p books is used as an electronic textbook for a semester-long general education college-level Physical Geology class at College of San Mateo.
Accessibility Note: the h5p books and components have been reviewed by the author for maximum accessibility, including testing them with VoiceOver on a mobile phone. For students who rely on a screen reader, I recommend a 1-on-1 the first week of the semester to go through one tutorial together and be sure they understand how things are laid out. All tutorials have a standardized review of instructions prior to particular components that require it.
Accessibility Note: the h5p books and components have been reviewed by the author for maximum accessibility, including testing them with VoiceOver on a mobile phone. For students who rely on a screen reader, I recommend a 1-on-1 the first week of the semester to go through one tutorial together and be sure they understand how things are laid out. All tutorials have a standardized review of instructions prior to particular components that require it.
Collection Resources
Introduction to Planet Earth
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Water Planet
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- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Earth Formation
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Tutorial: Early Earth
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Tutorial: Life on Earth
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Tutorial: Rock Cycle
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Introduction to Plate Tectonics
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Earth Layers and Isostasy
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Tutorial: Continental Drift
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Tutorial: Plate Tectonics Basics
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Tutorial: Plate Tectonics Global Impacts
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Plate Tectonics and Crustal Origins
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Hydrothermal Vents
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- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Paleomagnetism
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Tutorial: Seafloor Features & Landforms
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Tutorial: Plate Tectonics and California Geology
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Deformation and Mountains
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Folds and Faults
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Tutorial: Constructing a 3D Geologic Model
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- Interactive Book
Tutorial: San Francisco Bay
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Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Earth Layers and Isostasy
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Tutorial: Earthquakes
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Tutorial: Journey to the Center of the Earth
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Tutorial: Seismogram Measurements
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Tutorial: Calculating the Radius of the Core
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Minerals and Rocks
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Atoms Review
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Tutorial: Inside Minerals
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Tutorial: Mineral Resources
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Tutorial: Identifying Minerals
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Tutorial: Water Molecule Shape
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Igneous Rocks
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Identifying Igneous Rocks
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- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Magma Viscosity
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Volcanoes
- Interactive Book
- Interactive Book
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Magma Viscosity
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Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Weathering and Sedimentation
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Tutorial: Identifying Sedimentary Rocks
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Metamorphic Rocks
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Metamorphism
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Tutorial: Identifying Metamorphic Rocks
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Mass Movement and Rivers
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Water Planet
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Tutorial: Mass Movement
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Groundwater and Wind
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Groundwater
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Tutorial: Porosity and Permeability
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Tutorial: Oil and Gas Reservoirs
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- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Wind Erosion and Deposition
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Glaciers and Shorelines
- Interactive Book
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: How do glaciers shape the landscape?
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Tutorial: Sea Level and Climate Change
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Tutorial: Coastlines
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Tutorial: Beaches and Migrating Sands
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Tutorial: San Francisco Bay
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Geologic Time
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Scientific Notation
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Tutorial: Relative Dating
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Tutorial: Radioactive Decay
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Tutorial: Radiometric Dating
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Tutorial: Geologic Time Scale
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Global Climate Change and Energy Resources
- Interactive Book
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
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Tutorial: Climate Proxies
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Tutorial: Fossil Fuel Energy
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Tutorial: Energy Resources
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Special Assignments
- Interactive Book
Rock or Mineral Case Study
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- Interactive Book
Landscape Case Study Video
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Extra Material for Associated Lab
- Interactive Book
Tutorial: Reading a USGS Topographic Quadrangle
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Tutorial: San Francisco Peninsula Geology
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Tutorial: Erosional and Depositional Landscapes
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Tutorial: Rocks and Minerals Review
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Tutorial: Geologic Cross-Sections
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Tutorial: Strike and Dip
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Tutorial: Geologic Maps
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Tutorial: Topographic Profiles
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Tutorial: Using Google Earth
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Tutorial: What is Science?
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