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Week 6 · Energy · Coming soon

Solar Sahara

Aarti the aardvark, future-archaeologist, waving hello.

Aarti says

Explorer, imagine a field of mirrors so bright you have to squint. All that sunshine has to go somewhere. Come and see.

This mystery unlocks soon

The animation is still being drawn, and this mystery unlocks soon — but here is the whole story as a narrated storyboard. Press play.

Blazing dunes; heat shimmer over Aarti's silver-and-magenta arms.Storyboard previewScene 1 of 7

Aarti (voice-over)

All this sunshine, going spare. What if the desert could power a city?

Aarti (voice-over)

All this sunshine, going spare. What if the desert could power a city?

Blazing dunes; heat shimmer over Aarti's silver-and-magenta arms.

The mystery

Mirrors the size of football fields catch sunlight. Aarti finds out where the power goes.

New technology

The mirror field: giant mirrors that aim the sun at one glowing tower.

What you'll do

Draw a machine that runs entirely on sunshine.

Your turn, Explorer

This mystery's activity opens with the episode. Meanwhile you can design Chatti's avatar — that one is ready now.

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