The link below will take you to a wonderful website to use in a classroom. The website will be useful for showing students how the phases of matter relate to something in the real world. This website is all about the water cycle and it has a nice picture on the front page and then easy to access links at the bottom to learn about each part of the water cycle.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/groundwater/watercycle.htm