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Mr. Tsukuda from Bronx NY is requesting materials related to food, clothing & hygiene through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Dialing Up The Heat On The Scoville Meter

Help me give my students a variety of super hot sauces to compare and contrast in a fun year-end experiment.

  • $366 goal

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Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

My Project

My students are always curious about my collection of hot sauces. As a fun year-end experiment, they wanted to try to measure the heat of various hot sauces. We will test an array of hot sauces using both subjective and objective means.

Testing the heat of a hot sauce can be done with High-Performance Liquid Chromatography testing, using a Scoville Meter or eating it and comparing it to other hot sauces and spicy foods.

Hot sauce can be sent to a lab to be tested or performed with a handheld Scoville Meter in our classroom. This will give the precise SHU (Scoville Heat Unit) of your sauce. Testing it by tasting it will give an approximate level of heat as a reference point against other sauces.

Mr. Tsukuda
Grades 6-8

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Where Your Donation Goes

Materials Cost Quantity Total
Yellowbird Classic Hot Sauce Variety Set 9.8 oz Pantry Size (Mellow Hot to Real Hot | 5 Flavors | Gift Pack) • Amazon Business $34.99 1 $34.99
Heartbeat Hot Sauce 4 Pack- 4 Bottles of 6 oz- Small Batch & Handmade, Vegan, Preservative Free- Pineapple Habanero, Red Habanero, Blueberry Habanero, Jalapeño • Amazon Business $34.95 1 $34.95
Cholula Hot Sauce 5 fl oz Variety Pack, 6 count (Crafted with Mexican Peppers and Signature Spice Blend, Great Hot Sauce Lover Gift Set) • Amazon Business $23.33 1 $23.33
El Yucateco Chile Habanero Hot Sauce, Red Habanero, XXXtra Hot, Carribean, Black Label Reserve, and Green Habanero, 4 Ounce (5 Pack) - Packed in MYD Box with Spreader • Amazon Business $22.99 1 $22.99
Scoville Scale Design for a Habanero Chili Lover T-Shirt • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Melinda’s Habanero Hot Sauce Variety Pack - Extra Spicy Gourmet Hot Sauce Gift Set with Variety of Heat Levels - Includes XXXXtra Reserve, Garlic Habanero, Extra Hot, Mango, Ghost Pepper- 5 oz, 5 Pack • Amazon Business $19.99 1 $19.99
Capital City Mambo Sauce - Variety 2 Pack - Sweet Hot & Mild | Washington DC Wing Sauces | Perfect Condiment Topping for Wings, Chicken, Pork, Beef, Seafood, Burgers, Rice or Noodles | 12 oz Bottles (2 Pack) • Amazon Business $16.99 1 $16.99
Matouk's Flambeau West Indian and Hot Pepper Sauce 10 Ounce Variety Pack of 3 • Amazon Business $16.75 1 $16.75
Slap Ya Mama Louisiana Style Hot Sauce Variety Pack, Cajun Hot, Cajun Pepper, Jalapeno Green, 5 oz, Pack of 3 • Amazon Business $15.00 1 $15.00
Marie Sharp’s Habanero Hot Sauce - 10-Fluid Ounce Hot Sauce for Marinade & Dips (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $14.98 1 $14.98
Gringo Bandito Hot Sauce Classic Variety Pack, 5 Fl Oz (Pack of 4) • Amazon Business $14.05 1 $14.05
Sauce Bae Hotter Habanero All-Natural Hot Sauce, 5 fl oz - Hint of Sweetness with More Heat - Made of Pineapple, Turmeric & Ghost Pepper - No Added Sugars or Artificial Ingredients • Amazon Business $11.48 1 $11.48
Vintage Art Metal Tin Sign Scoville Scale Pepper Typc Heat Units Retro Metal Signs,for Garage Family Bar Cafe Room Bathroom Art Wall Decor Poster 12 x 8 inch • Amazon Business $11.30 1 $11.30
Bundle-2 Items : Crystal Hot Sauce Louisiana's Pure Hot Sauce, 12 Oz (Pack of 2) • Amazon Business $10.30 1 $10.30
Dirty Dicks Original Hot Sauce, 5 Fl Oz - Award-Winning Blend of Habanero, Tropical Fruits & Spices (Pack of 1) • Amazon Business $9.54 1 $9.54

Materials cost

$276.63

Vendor shipping charges

FREE

Sales tax

$0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$4.15

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$310.78

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$54.84

Total project goal

$365.62

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

$365.62

3 Donors

-$173.10

Donations toward project cost

-$163.64

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$9.46

match offer

-$173.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$147.14

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$25.97

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$19.42

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$0.00

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