Higher Chemistry Revision Checklist & Tracker

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

This printable checklist turns every key area of the course into 87 clear “I can…” statements, based on the current Higher Chemistry 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.

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: one question paper (100 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes, with a 20-mark objective test section and an 80-mark section of short and extended answers) and the assignment (20 marks, scaled to 25), 125 marks in total
• 8 topic checklist pages covering all four course areas: Chemical Changes and Structure, Nature’s Chemistry, Chemistry in Society and Researching Chemistry. 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
• Calculations page: every Higher calculation (moles, concentration, titrations, molar volume, limiting reactant, percentage yield, atom economy, rates, Eh = cmΔT, enthalpy change, Hess’s law and bond enthalpies), with units, tips and a clear label showing which relationships are on the data booklet and which you need to learn. Includes common slips to watch for
• Practical techniques: the apparatus you need to know, plus every required technique with a Seen it / Done it / Can describe it tracker
• 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 Paper 1 and Paper 2 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

WHO IT’S FOR

• S5 and S6 pupils sitting Higher Chemistry
• Parents and carers who want to help without nagging
• Tutors and teachers looking for a ready-made revision tracker for their own pupils

HOW TO USE IT

1. Download the PDF
2. Print on A4, as many copies as your licence allows
3. Hand one to each pupil, or use it with your own child at home

PLEASE NOTE

• A4 portrait PDF. Prints in colour or greyscale on standard A4 paper.
• An independent revision resource, not an official exam board product. Content is based on the current Higher Chemistry course specification.
• Colours may look slightly different depending on your screen and printer.

Good luck with your exams!