Higher Physics Revision Checklist & Tracker

Know exactly what is in Higher 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 93 clear “I can…” statements, based on the current Higher 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
Higher Physics now has one question paper instead of two: 130 marks in 2 hours 30 minutes, with the assignment scaled to 33 instead of 30. This checklist uses the new structure, and the past paper tracker shows you how to log older Paper 1 and Paper 2 results (25 + 130 marks).

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 as it stands from 2026-27: one question paper (130 marks, 2 hours 30 minutes, with a 20-mark multiple choice section and a 110-mark section of restricted and extended response questions, no longer scaled) and the assignment (20 marks, scaled to 33), 163 marks in total
• 9 topic checklist pages covering Our Dynamic Universe, Particles and Waves and Electricity, plus units, prefixes and uncertainties. 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
• 2 relationships pages: every Higher relationship on the relationships sheet (equations of motion, momentum and impulse, gravitation, special relativity, Doppler, redshift and Hubble, photons, interference, refraction, AC, internal resistance, capacitors and uncertainties), 46 in all, each labelled ON THE SHEET or LEARN IT, with its own Red / Amber / Green circles
• Experiments to know: all 7 “describe an experiment” practicals in the course, 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 (or Paper 1 and Paper 2 for older papers), total, percentage, grade and focus topics, plus a progress graph
• 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 Higher Physics course specification.

Good luck with your exams!