Higher Biology Revision Checklist & Tracker

Know exactly what is in Higher Biology, see your gaps at a glance, and close them one by one before the prelim and the final exam.

This printable checklist turns the whole course into 94 clear “I can…” statements, based on the current Higher Biology course specification (valid from session 2026-27). Colour a traffic light for each key area, tick it off every time you revise, and watch the reds turn green.

UPDATED FOR 2026-27
Higher Biology now has one question paper instead of two: 100 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes, with the assignment scaled to 25 marks. This checklist uses the new structure, and the past paper tracker shows you how to compare older Paper 1 and Paper 2 results fairly.

WHAT’S INSIDE (19 A4 pages)

• Cover with name, school, target grade (A / B / C / D) and exam date
• How to use, plus the exam at a glance: question paper (100 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes: Section 1 multiple choice 20 marks, Section 2 restricted and extended response 80 marks), the assignment (20 marks, scaled to 25), where the marks come from, and the command words to know
• 8 key area checklist pages covering all 94 statements across DNA and the Genome, Metabolism and Survival, and Sustainability and Interdependence. Every statement has Red / Amber / Green circles, Revised x1 / x2 / x3 boxes and an Exam Qs? tick box
• My check-ins: count your greens, ambers and reds three times over the year
• Required experiments: all 6 techniques (chromatography, gel electrophoresis, substrate or inhibitor concentration, respirometer, metabolic rate probes, spectroscope) and all 14 pieces of apparatus, with tick boxes for method, variables and errors
• Skills of scientific inquiry: 8 “I can” skills, the meaning of independent and dependent variables, control, validity and reliability, and the calculations to practise
• Key terms: 30 must-know definitions, from antiparallel and primers to kin selection and the bottleneck effect
• Past paper tracker: marks, total, percentage, grade and focus key areas for 10 papers, plus a progress graph
• My fix-it list: what went wrong, how you will fix it, and a Fixed box
• Assignment: research stage checklist, what you can and cannot take into the report stage, an experiment planner, and a report checklist showing where all 20 marks come from
• Exam-week checklist: pack your kit, the week before, and on the day
• Notes page

WHO IT’S FOR

• S5 and S6 pupils sitting Higher Biology
• Parents and carers helping at home
• Tutors and teachers looking for a ready-made revision tracker for their own pupils

PLEASE NOTE

• A4 portrait PDF. Prints in colour or greyscale on standard A4 paper.
• An independent revision resource, not an official exam board product. Key areas are based on the current Higher Biology course specification.

Good luck with your exams!