Professor Kamaha is not the greatest lecturer I have ever had, but she is a really cool person who cares about teaching and her students' understanding. If you are confused go to office hours and she will help. I didn't take AP physics in high school and did fine, but I am a math major and did take regular physics so that definitely helped. Just do a lot of practice and look at the past midterms she gives.

I honestly cannot recommend this class enough. Kamaha was a great lecturer, and clearly is very knowledgeable about the material, and the content discussed is very engaging and interesting. The tests are pretty fair, in addition to a large chunk of the test being taken either directly from the slides, homework, or past exams, making an A very achievable in her class. She does occasionally have in-class worksheets (which we do together and take five minutes) which she uses for participation, but she certainly did not want anyone in the class to lose any points for participation (7% of the final grade). Attendance was not the best in class, with roughly half of the class showing up to most lectures (It was at 9am during the spring, but I believe this is not typical for this class), and still at least the lower quartile for attendance in canvas was a 100.
Again, the material is lots of fun, and honestly, for me, I enjoyed showing up to class in the morning, since it was a nice chill way to start the day.

go to her office hour and get to know her. sometimes she might drop a little subtle hint about what will be on the test. Overall, I found lectures not very useful even though I went to lecture everyday. I didn't like her teaching methods (she talked in a low tone and that definitely didn't help.) She takes in feedback from midquarter survey and that definitely helped a lot. The discussion worksheets and past exams were really useful for the tests. She assigns homework every week and it takes around 2-3 hours to get done but it really helps understanding the material. Near the end of the quarter, I started reading the textbook before lectures and it helped with my understanding. I would recommend reading textbook on the topic before she covers it in class. This class wasn't an easy class but you don't need to avoid it. The class mean on both midterm 1 and 2 were 60. She boosted 10% for everyone who submitted a correction for midterm1. She added 5% to everyone for midterm 2 and promised that the final will be easier. The final was indeed easier. I like her as a person but she could improve her teaching imo.

The physics 1 series just kind of sucks. Kamaha wasn't the worst but she wasn't the best either. Her tests were challenging, but generally she is pretty accommodating.