National 4/5 Chemistry
SQA Exam 2019 Date
- Fri 10th May
- 1300 - 1530
- Venue - Dance Studio
Useful Documents including Traffic Light Sheets and Teaching Resources
Nat 5 Prelim 2019 Revision Booklet |
Assessment Overview
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Teaching Resources

Mr Nisbet's N5 Unit 1 Notes.ppt |

n5_natures_chemistry_updated_2018.ppt |

Mr Nisbet's N5 Unit 3 Notes.ppt |
Calculation Practice

National 5 Eh Energy from fuels.doc |

National 5 Formula mass.docx |

National 5 Balancing equations.doc |

National 5 Mole calculations.doc |

National 5 Calculations from equations.doc |

National 5 Titration calculations.doc |
Study Questions from Education Scotland (with answers)

N5 chem Unit 1 questions.doc |

N5 Chem Unit 2 questions.doc |

N5 Chem Unit 3 questions.doc |
Useful Revision Website (lots of examples, links and notes)
(Credit to G.Watson at Kelso High School)
Links to relevant past paper questions from old courses (REALLY USEFUL!)
Click the link below (orange) for a list of National 5 appropriate questions from old past papers: (links to 2009 paper broken as SQA have removed file from their website)
The answers are available on the SQA website - click the link below:
The answers are available on the SQA website - click the link below:

Quesion Breakdown for Standard Grade papers 2006-10 suitable for N5 |
Open Ended Questions ('Chemistry Knowledge 3 markers')

Open Ended Questions |

Open Ended Questions 'Answers' |
Potential N5 C.A.T Sources

Potential N5 CAT Data sources.docx |
The following resource as been adapted from Scholar 'Web-based Study'

Reliability of Websites.docx |
Practice Paper Book Breakdown (Units 1+2 only)

N5 SQA Practice Paper Breakdown.doc |

All of the National 5 learning outcomes (the things you need to know for your exam) can be found in the selection of documents below.
There maybe more than one document for each unit.
The sheets have been designed so you can 'colour' in each outcome three times -
1) at the time you first learn it
2) when you study for the prelim
3) when you study for the final exam
Unit 1 Traffic Light Sheets

Nat 5 Reaction Rates, Atomic Structure and Bonding Traffic Lights.doc |

Nat 5 Chemical Changes and Structures, Acids and Bases Traffic Lights.doc |
Unit 2 Traffic Light Sheets

n5_homologous_series_traffic_lights2018.doc |

n5consumer_products_traffic_lights_2018.doc |
Unit 3 Traffic Light Sheets

Nat 5 Plastics and Fertilisers Traffic Lights.doc |

Nat 5 Metals and Nuclear Chemistry Traffic Lights.doc |

Chemical Analysis.pptx |
Useful videos (Unit 1)
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Useful videos (Unit 2)
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Useful Videos (Unit 3)
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Study Techniques and Tips
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Useful Websites

Study skills and Revision advice
Fourth level and Senior Phase contains advice on summarising, memory skills and learning styles.

Evans2Chemweb is a usual revision website. It contains notes, interactive diagrams, online quizzes and multiple choice tests. Ask a chemistry teacher for the school password.
Username = kirkwall

National 4/5 revision notes and online tests available for each of the 3 units.

Information about the new SQA qualification

Nationals in a Nutshell - from the parent forum on the Education Scotland website.
(Information is available for all subjects at National 4 and 5 levels)
(Information is available for all subjects at National 4 and 5 levels)

University of the Highlands and Islands website
This website will be very useful for advice and tips when you come to write your National 5 Assignment (20% of your final grade!)
This website will be very useful for advice and tips when you come to write your National 5 Assignment (20% of your final grade!)