JCHS German will be hosting a guest from Germany later this month who will focus on the connection between science and language.

German Teacher Daniela Thrasher has announced that Joe Hecker will perform at Junction City High School on September 12.

Born in 1964, Hecker studied electrical engineering and later worked as a designing engineer at a major research institution. Since 1995 he has been working for Public German Broadcast at the West German Radio Station ( WDR )in Cologne, for 18 years in the editorial department for science.

When a space mission launches, if it’s the relativity theory’s birthday, if a new virus is threatening computers or when simply the leaves are falling off the trees, he enters the studio and explains what is happening and why. For more than 15 years Hecker has also been the author of the series “hecker’s Wizard’s Kitchen – Experiments for Kids” for the WDR.

Hecker has taken experiments from books he has authored, and has made his own interactive science show, which he performs nationally and internationally. During his visit to JCHS, Hecker will present in both English and German.