Topic booklets, past papers, and assignment support for National 5 Engineering Science.

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Topic Revision Pages

Each page has the booklet notes, themed diagrams, worked examples, practice questions with answers, and a self-check. New topics are added as they are built.

1 · Engineering Contexts & Systems Engineers, impacts, systems & control 2 · Energy & Efficiency Energy forms, calculations & efficiency 3 · Electronics & Analogue Control Circuits, Ohm's law & voltage dividers 4 · Logic & Programmable Control Logic gates, truth tables & flowcharts 5 · Mechanisms & Drive Systems Motion, gear trains & velocity ratio 6 · Pneumatics Valves, cylinders & force / pressure 7 · Structures & Materials Forces, moments, stress & strain 8 · Assignment Prep & Mixed Revision Assignment skills & cross-topic practice

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📽 Lesson slides

Every class deck as a PDF — catch up on a lesson you missed, or revise from the slides you were taught. Each slide names the booklet page it goes with, so you can fill in your booklet as you go.

All N5 lesson slides Booklets 1–8 · 11 of 46 decks ready

Unit 1 revision

Unit 1 Question Bank

236 multiple-choice questions covering everything in the Topic 1 and Topic 2 booklets. Questions come up at random, and you are told the correct answer as soon as you tap. Good for a quick five minutes or a full revision session before the unit test.

Unit 1 Question Bank Contexts & Systems + Energy & Efficiency · 236 questions

Course Documents

Official course information and data sheets for National 5 Engineering Science.

Course specifications, data booklets, past papers and marking instructions on this page are © Qualifications Scotland (SQA), reproduced here for educational use.

National 5 Course Specification PDF • SQA course document N4/N5 Data Booklet PDF • shared data sheets SQA Engineering Science External link • SQA course page
Past Paper Practice

Try a question paper first, then check the marking instructions.

2025 Question Paper PDF • past paper 2025 Marking Instructions PDF • answers and marking guidance 2024 Question Paper PDF • past paper 2024 Marking Instructions PDF • answers and marking guidance
Assignment Practice

Practise with past assignment papers and marking instructions before using the assignment prep page.

N5 Specimen Assignment PDF • assignment practice 2025 Assignment Paper PDF • assignment practice 2025 Assignment Marking Instructions PDF • assignment marking guidance 2024 Assignment Paper PDF • assignment practice 2024 Assignment Marking Instructions PDF • assignment marking guidance Assignment Prep Hub Planning and support page

Sources & credits: The Past Paper Finder is compiled by Mr McDonald, 2024. Past papers, marking instructions and course documents © Qualifications Scotland (SQA). Course booklets © R Stewart.