Life in an Aquarium is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.2.3 and Literacy.L.2.1e. Readers will follow a student's field trip to an aquarium, gaining an understanding of saltwater habitats and food chains through full-page color photographs along with narrative nonfiction text. This book should be paired with "My Aquarium (9781477722510) from the Rosen Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.