My name is Philip Keller.\u00a0 I teach physics at Holmdel High School in New Jersey.\u00a0 My students there\u00a0are fine young men and women who patiently indulge (and even encourage)\u00a0my occasional\u00a0digressions on to\u00a0topics\u00a0that, while\u00a0physics-related, are not officially in our curriculum.\u00a0 When I can, I like to show them other ways of looking at the math they already know.\u00a0 Or show them the math that they should have known before taking on the challenge of\u00a0learning physics.<\/p>\n
Many\u00a0of these topics are gathered and organized in a book that I released this past fall.\u00a0 Advanced Math for Young Students: A First Course in Algebra<\/em> <\/strong>is designed for middle school\u00a0students to give them a head start in thinking\u00a0algebraically and using algebra to\u00a0solve puzzles and to express relationships.\u00a0 That’s what we do in physics all the time.<\/p>\n Working on this project has led me to ponder other mathematical questions that are beyond the middle school level and more suitable for high school students and teachers to ponder.\u00a0 I would like to use this blog to explore some of them as well.\u00a0 Expect a mixture of math, physics, and some ideas about how we teach them.<\/p>\n I’m not sure what else you would want to know “about me”.\u00a0 Here’s what I put on my Amazon page:<\/p>\n Philip Keller has been talking to young students\u00a0 about math and science just about incessantly for almost three decades.\u00a0 After graduating from Princeton University with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace\u00a0 Engineering, he became a high school math and science teacher, teaching mostly physics but also chemistry, calculus and geometry, along with a steady side dish of SAT math.\u00a0 He is the author of The New Math SAT Game Plan.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n When he has no captive audience to talk to about these things, he blogs about them instead.\u00a0 You can see his mathematical digressions at www.advancedmathyoungstudents.com<\/em>, where you can also post any questions you have about this book.<\/strong><\/p>\n He lives in Shrewsbury, New Jersey with his wife\u00a0 Daphne, his children Reuben and Jane, and his dogs, Rosie, Pippin and Hawkeye.<\/strong><\/p>\n Also, my family keeps a small flock of chickens but I won’t list them all by name.<\/p>\n Mr K<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My name is Philip Keller.\u00a0 I teach physics at Holmdel High School in New Jersey.\u00a0 My students there\u00a0are fine young men and women who patiently indulge (and even encourage)\u00a0my occasional\u00a0digressions on to\u00a0topics\u00a0that, while\u00a0physics-related, are not officially in our curriculum.\u00a0 When … Continue reading