How Do Dams Work? is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.3.8 and Literacy.L.3.2e. Readers learn about the science behind dams in this book, which includes full-page color photographs along with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with The Science of Dams (9781477726136) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.