If by chance, you are a homeschooler who is using this awesome science curriculum but you get to the experiments in the chapter on habitats where you are supposed visit a pond and forest habitat and take note of what you see but you live in Texas and the idea just makes you laugh and call your husband who has lived in every major region of the United States to ask how far you'd have to travel just to get to the nearest real forest, then........
try this or this instead!
Okay, okay...I know we do have national forests in Texas, but it was a fun way to explore habitats right in the comfort of our home. Maybe this spring we will take a trip to an actual forest. We might get lucky and find one with a pond!