Photos and Images for Educational Use
These sites are collections of photo databases free for educational use. There are general image galleries that include various categories and sites with images on specific topic. Clip art is not included.
Grades
- 1,
- 2,
- 3,
- 4,
- 5,
- 6,
- 7,
- 8,
- 9,
- 10,
- 11,
- 12
Links
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EveryStockPhoto.com
This site provides a search engine allowing users to find free photos; each photo includes licensing requirements. NOTE: This site includes ads.
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FreeImages
Select images from a collection of free photos; each photo includes licensing requirements.
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The Stock Solution
Select images from a collection of free photos; each photo includes licensing requirements.
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Super Stock
Select images from a collection of free photos; each photo includes licensing requirements.
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iStockphoto
Select images from a collection of free photos; each photo includes licensing requirements.
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: National Digital Library
This site provides images provided by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service programs; each photo includes appropriate attribution.
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Smithsonian Institution: Collections Search Center
This site enables you to search the Smithsonian Institution’s collection for public domain images.
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Flickr: The Library of Congress’ Photostream
This site enables you to search the Library of Congress’ photostream for public domain images.
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Pics4Learning: Tech4Learning
This resource has a large library of a variety of images. You can browse images by topic and includes lesson plans.
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Educational Pictures for Primary School
This site has educational photographs and coloring pages for primary school age children. All pictures are grouped into categories. The site includes a search function for quick navigation and searching. NOTE: The site has a link to a guestbook. NOTE: The site includes ads.
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Free Stock Photos
This site has photographs in categories of everything from animals, countries, weather, plants, religion, and more.
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Pictures Free Download
Use links at the top of the page to view a collection of photographs on this site. Includes colors, textures, landscaping, and many more. NOTE: The site includes pop-up and banner ads. NOTE: The site leads to websites with forums.
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Animal Pictures at Animal Trial
Select links to view photographs of animals and birds or use a dropdown alphabetized menu for a quick search. Includes information about several species, a puzzle, and a quiz. NOTE: The site includes ads.
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Civil War Images
Here are several copyright free photographs from the Civil War.
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Hubble Site: Gallery
This is the official site of the Hubble Space Telescope. Includes images of deep space objects and space shuttles.
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NSSDC Photo Gallery: Spacecraft
Click on thumbnails of different spacecrafts to view their enlarge images. Scroll down the page and explore links to learn about missions of these spacecrafts. Select the "Photo Gallery Home Page" link for images of planets and other space objects.
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Sonoran Desert Jpegs
This site has images that can be used for biology classes. It contains photographs of flora and fauna of deserts. NOTE: The site leads to websites with ads.
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Entomology Image Gallery
Explore links on this page to view images of beetles, butterflies, mosquitoes, bugs, and more.
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Copyright: Library of Congress
This is the official United States Copyright Office website. Includes information on using copyright for educational purposes as well as how to get something copyrighted.
Education Standards
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