Prerequisite(s): ECEL 200 and successful completion of one 4-credit Natural Science general education course. This course is the first in a two-course sequence intended to bolster students prior knowledge of science, develop scientific practices, and foster positive attitudes of future early childhood (EC, preschool-grade 3) and elementary (EL, kindergarten - grade 6) teachers. Students who complete this course develop: (1) scientific practices as described by the Next Generation Science Standards and (2) deepen prior scientific content knowledge to conceptualize and communicate scientific understandings related to the nature and history of science, life science and environmental science. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 hours.