The course studied in this article is a result of a multi-campus effort to provide instruction in science content to pre-elementary education majors in ways that are appropriate to their needs as persons and as future K-8 science educators. The authors focused on The Chemical World, a four-credit hour course. The authors observed student identity construction (both positive and negative) as they learn the science related to their topic. One of the findings from their study reveals that students who brought good idea "into" the course welcome the option to develop it further. (Contains 1 table and 1 note.)