1. Write 3 things you notice in this photograph and a question that puzzles you.

2. Does this photo answer your question. What is this vehicle
Does this photo answer your question? What is this vehicle? Where is it going? Why is it shaped like that? Who is driving?

3. The driver of Cambridge University's Endeavour. What else had this name?
Although they did not win the challenge, the English team, from University College London, managed a respectable 11th place, crossing the finishing line after 63 hours and 43 minutes.

4. Who is sponsoring this race? What reasons might they have for doing so?
INFINIUM, MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY'S SOLAR VEHICLE, MAKES ITS WAY TO THE START OF THE 2009 GLOBAL GREEN CHALLENGE Picture: REUTERS

5. What are the black panels
What are the black panels? Would this car go faster than the previous one?
Why is this in race held in Australia?

6. Which team is this? What assumptions have you made?
TOKAI UNIVERSITY OF JAPAN...
Picture: REUTERS

7. This team has won 4 times previously
This team has won 4 times previously. Where are they from and what may have helped them win?
Cost £1 million machines like the Nuna4 from Holland that scooped first prize with a time of exactly 33 hours.
It was designed and welded together in UCL's engineering workshop and has more than 400 solar cells capable of producing 1,300 watts of energy, powering the vehicle to speeds of 100km per hour.

8. The Nuna4 from Holland has won 4 times
They hold the record for 29 hours 11 minutes
Cost £1 million
Has more than 400 solar cells capable of producing 1,300 watts of energy, powering the vehicle to speeds of 100km per hour.

9. The World Solar Challenge is a biennial event set up 20 years ago to encourage the development of solar powered technology and attracts teams from top universities and research institutes around the world.
It ran from October 21 to 28 this year from Darwin to Adelaide where temperatures can exceed 122F (50C). Drivers and crew are required to camp in the outback at end of each day. .
Dr Konrad Ciaramella, from the UCL team, said: "Solar-powered cars could reduce or even eliminate the car industry's contribution toward air pollution.

10. Can you guess where this team is from? Are their any clues?
This crew is from the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

11. Underneath the skin of the Nanyang Venture II

12. THE MERDEKA 2 SOLAR CAR FROM MALAYSIA STARTS THE WORLD SOLAR CHALLENGE Picture: AFP/GETTY

13. How do you think this car got on? Justify your decision.
THE BO CRUISER FROM GERMANY'S HS BOCHUM SOLAR CAR PROJECT STARTS THE RACE Picture: GLOBAL GREEN CHALLENGE

14. What problems might occur?

15. Results….. may surprise you!

16. What other challenges have there been in sustainable transport?
Find out what kinds of fuels can be used. Could a car ever run on chocolate?
What challenges have been held in NZ?
Could you suggest an interesting challenge for the future?

17. What other issues would you like to investigate?
Eco Terorism
Energy
Biodiversity
Sustainable fishing (kaitiakitanga, rahui)
Antarctica
Water
Pollution –air, land, sea
Environmental disasters