Nat 5 Physics Revision Checklist & Tracker

Know exactly what is in National 5 Physics, see your gaps at a glance, and close them one by one before the December prelim and the 2027 exam.

This printable checklist turns every key area of the course into 86 clear “I can…” statements, based on the current National 5 Physics course specification (valid from session 2026-27). Colour a traffic light for each statement, tick it off every time you revise, and watch the reds turn green.

UPDATED FOR 2026-27
National 5 Physics has a shorter exam from 2026-27: the question paper drops from 135 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes to 110 marks in 2 hours, and the assignment is now scaled to 28 instead of 25. This checklist uses the new structure, and the past paper tracker shows you how to log older 135-mark papers.

WHAT’S INSIDE (17 A4 pages)

• Cover with name, school, target grade (A / B / C / D) and exam date
• How to use, plus the exam at a glance as it stands from 2026-27: the question paper (110 marks, 2 hours, with a 20-mark objective test section and a 90-mark section of restricted and extended response questions, no longer scaled) and the assignment (20 marks, scaled to 28), 138 marks in total
• 8 topic checklist pages covering Dynamics, Space, Electricity, Properties of Matter, Waves and Radiation, plus units, prefixes and scientific notation. Every statement has Red / Amber / Green circles, Revised x1 / x2 / x3 boxes and a Practised? tick box
• My check-ins: count your greens, ambers and reds three times over the year
• Relationships page: every National 5 relationship (speed, acceleration, F = ma, Ew = Fd, Ep and Ek, projectiles, Q = It, V = IR, potential dividers, resistors in series and parallel, power, Eh = cmΔT, Eh = ml, the gas laws, waves, activity and dose), 39 in all, each labelled ON THE SHEET or LEARN IT, with its own Red / Amber / Green circles
• Experiments to know: all 8 “describe an experiment” practicals in the course (average and instantaneous speed, acceleration, Ohm’s law, Boyle’s, Gay-Lussac’s and Charles’ laws, half-life), with a Seen it / Done it / Can describe it tracker, the measuring kit to know, and how to write a full-marks description
• Assignment checklist: what earns each of the 20 marks, key facts about the research and report stages, and a planning space
• Past paper tracker for 10 papers, with Section 1 and Section 2 marks, total, percentage, grade and focus topics, plus a progress graph. Works for older 135-mark papers too
• My fix-it list: what went wrong, how you will fix it, and a Fixed box
• Exam-week checklist: pack your kit, the week before, and on the day
• Notes page

PLEASE NOTE

• A4 portrait PDF. Prints in colour or greyscale on standard A4 paper.
• An independent revision resource, not an official exam board product. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Qualifications Scotland. Key areas are based on the current National 5 Physics course specification.

Good luck with your exams!