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5.13 understand that an increase in temperature results in an increase in the average speed of gas molecules
5.14 understand that the Kelvin temperature of the gas is proportional to the average kinetic energy of its molecules
5.15 describe the qualitative relationship between pressure and Kelvin temperature for a gas in a sealed container

Recap work from previous lessons on Brownian motion and converting to Kelvin temperatures

Can link into work done with the mechanical model in previous lessons about how particles moving faster exert more pressure.

There is a nice PHeT app which introduces pressure and temperature: http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gas-properties