The World Solar Challenge is the self-described “ultimate challenge in sustainable energy.” Teams from all over the world design and build cars that are powered 100% from solar energy, which they then race in a competition that crosses the entire continent of Australia, from Darwin to Adelaide.

One of the youngest teams to compete in the 2009 race will be a group of 12 to 15-year-old students from the Willetton Senior High School in Perth, led by their award-winning science teacher Darren Hamley.