Took 11Pre-AP/12AP (2021-2022/2022-2023) Chemistry with Kostanenko. 11 Pre-AP Chemistry: Usually your first taste of chemistry. The content itself is rather simple, but there are various rules that you might be exposed to for the first time that you may not understand how or why they exist, so there are some memorization elements. Formulas are always provided on tests (and past tests are always very similar) and information about what content is on the quiz is always given. You may need to learn ahead yourself if the teacher does not teach all of the content (mainly due to time constraints/management), since it is prerequisite knowledge for Gr. 12 Chemistry and teachers will assume you know all of it when you get to Gr. 12. The labs are always very easy if you follow the steps accurately. 12AP Chemistry: Very content heavy course, with a very hard first unit (Thermochemistry). Usually all the content is covered during the semester, but sometimes there may be tutorials in the second semester for the remaining topics if they weren't covered during the course. A LOT of labs (very fun), which means a lot of work, but they all develop skills (pipetting, titrations). You need to study a lot for this course not only for the breadth of knowledge, but also the practice you need to do the problems.

Just make sure you take notes and ask questions

If you're taking preAP chem, you're probably going to get her. A lot of ppl ik said she's a pretty hard marker even when compared to other AP teachers. Good at teaching though, but her tests and quizzes are just too hard.