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Clip Art

  1. ABC Teach Clip Art Directory - thirty two categories of free clip art on 4/14/08
  2. Absolute Background Textures Archive - over 4000 background textures for use in web pages
  3. Awesome Clip Art for Educators
  4. A-Z topic list - from the About Network
  5. Barracuda Backgrounds - All of the images in this library are free for your personal use as backgrounds and graphics on your web pages and desktops.
  6. Civil War Clip art - excellent for projects
  7. Classroom Clip Art - list of links to clip art sites from Jefferson County schools in TN
  8. Classroom Clip Art - Numerous categories to choose from!
  9. Clip Art - This page is put together by About.com.
  10. Clip Art and Media from Microsoft
  11. Cool Archive - Everything for your web page except your own text (although they do have fonts). If you are looking for a cool heading for your web page, consider using their Logo Generator.
  12. Cooltext.com is an online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work. They provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them.
  13. Educational Clip Art from Teacher Files.com
  14. Educational Pictures - many topics to select from (this site has a mixture of photos and drawings)
  15. FlamingText.com - At this site you can create cool, custom images for free, to use on your web site, or in your e-mail.
  16. Free Art to download - You are allowed to use the artwork found at this site only in exchange for a link back to their site.
  17. Free Math Clip Art - from Classroom Clipart - look at the index on the left to find other categories on 4/14/08
  18. Free Math Clip Art - many other categories are added below the clip art on 4/14/08
  19. Hee Yun's Graphic Collection - many pages of Clip art and Bullets, Bars and Backgrounds
  20. Icon Bazaar contains a large variety of small image files to download
  21. Math Clip Art - from Discovery Channel School's clip art gallery - a drop down menu allows you to see other categories on 4/14/08
  22. Math Clip Art - 6,000 images in thirteen categories at Math Portal
  23. Math Clip Art - from ABC Teach
  24. Math Clip Art - from Thompson Public Schools Curriculum Office - images are on Word documents to download
  25. Weather icons - weather icons from various press websites
  26. Web Graphics - This site contains links to assist educators in finding online web graphics to enhance their webs.
  27. WiseGorilla - Educational clip art

Photographic/Visual Arts

  1. About Life: The Photos of Dorothea Lange - Developed by the Getty Museum of Art, this site presents works by photographer Dorothea Lange, widely known for her social documentary work during the Great Depression.
  2. Adobe Digital Kids Club - digital photography, video, and imaging resources you need to help your students unleash their creative freedom.
  3. American Museum of Photography - View Great Photographs Online and see History of Photography Exhibits
  4. Bob Miller's Light Walk - Artist Bob Miller's "Light Walk" at the Exploratorium is always an eye-opening experience for students and teachers alike. His unique discoveries will change the way you look at light, shadow, and images
  5. Digital Photography - APTE's Digital Photography resource center
  6. Get the Picture: Thinking about Photographs - Learn about great photographs and the approaches that seven photographers used to make them.
  7. Photojournalism Tiered Lesson Plan - [grades 10-12] In this lesson, students explore how photographs can be interpreted as conveying rich stories to the beholder.
  8. Taking Great Pictures - from the folks at Kodak
  9. Teaching Digital Photography - Showing kids how to see with the camera's eye
  10. Top 10 Tips for Great Pictures - tips from Kodak
  11. This Land Through a Lens - Part of the Smithsonian Institution's American Art Museum collection, This Land Through a Lens traces America 's fascination with the land through the works of photographers such as Timothy O'Sullivan, Ansel Adams, and William Christenberry.

Photos

  1. 10 x 10 - One hundred words and pictures that define the time. This site is updated hourly with pictures from news sources around the world. The pictures provide links to the news sources related to them. Duplicate images are from the same wire service, but may be related to a different news story. This site has a history archive which goes back to 3:00 AM on November 4, 2004. Pictures at this site are in Flash and can not be copied, but photos associated with the news stories can be copied.
  2. Agricultural Image Gallery - a complimentary source of high quality digital photographs from the Agricultural Research Service
  3. American Memory Collection
  4. Antarctic Photo Library - from the National Science Foundation
  5. Agouti to Zebras - from the Oregon Zoo
  6. Archive of animal photos - from National Geographic
  7. Astronomy Image Gallery - from Astronomy.net
  8. Astronomy Picture of the Day - image archive from 6/16/95 to today
  9. Aurora Pictures - indexed by aurora seasons from 2000 to 2008
  10. BurningWell - a repository for public domain images which are free for any use
  11. Canon Digital Photo Gallery: Site for free download of high resolution digital photos
    1. World (801 images)
    2. Nature (503 images)
    3. Sports (487 images)
  12. Chaco Culture National Historical Park - The Endangered Night Sky Darkness Project
  13. Courthouses in Tennessee - indexed by section of the state
  14. Digital Librarian - huge list of links to photo sources
  15. Digital Library for Earth System Education - select resource type and begin finding some great earth science images
  16. Earth & Space Images - Data Sets, Images, Movies, and Pictures
  17. Earth Observatory - data and images
  18. Earthguide Resources - image and movie resources
  19. The Earth Science World ImageBank - quality geoscience images provided by the American Geological Institute (AGI)
  20. Earthshots - Satellite images from the USGS illustrating environmental change
  21. Educational Pictures - many topics to select from (this site has a mixture of photos and drawings)
  22. Environmental Education Station - public domain photo library
  23. European Space Agency (ESA) Multimedia Gallery - images, videos, animations and goodies
  24. Everglades National Park - publication-quality images
  25. FEMA - photo library
  26. FreeFoto.com - one of the largest collections of free photographs for noncommercial use on the Internet.
  27. FreeImages.com is an interesting UK site
  28. Free Stock Photos - free images that are also royalty free
  29. Gallery of the Open Frontier (University of Nebraska) - digital image library of photos, paintings, and drawings that pertain to the history of the American West
  30. Great Lakes image collection - from the Environmental Protection Agency
  31. Hawaiian Photo Gallery of Volcanoes
  32. Historic Light Stations (U.S. Coast Guard) - every light station on file with the Coast Guard Historian's office
  33. Hubble Space Telescope Photo Gallery
  34. Image Finder - a portal site for image search with links to thirteen image database sources
  35. Image Collections - earth science images
  36. John Fitzgerald Kennedy - four part photo history
  37. Jungle Mouse -over six thousand animal pictures, hundreds of links to other animal sites, a few games, and hundreds of animal jokes
  38. Junglewalk - Animal videos, sounds and images.
  39. Landform Picture Gallery - from the About network (beware: lots of pop-ups)
  40. Library of Congress: Prints and Photographs Reading Room - selected sets of images on frequently requested topics, focusing on images for which there are no known restrictions
  41. NASA Images
    1. NASA Dryden Research Aircraft Image Collection
    2. NASA Multimedia Search
    3. NASA Video Gallery
    4. Planetary Photojournal
  42. National Biological Information Infrastructure: Digital Library - Click a category tab to browse image collections or click search button to search their whole library
  43. National Geographic - photo gallery index
  44. National Park Service - digital image archive
    1. National Park Service - historic photograph collection
  45. National Science Foundation - image gallery (multimedia gallery)
  46. National Severe Storms Laboratory Photo Album - Categories; Tornadoes, Weather Instruments, Sky Scenes, Lightning, and Hail
  47. National Space Science Data Center - photo gallery
  48. Natural Resources Conservation Service - photo library
  49. New York Public Library - online picture collection
  50. NOAA Environmental Visualization Program - large archive of satellite images including storm events by year
  51. NOAA Photo Library - Historic NWS Catalog of Images - Photo Library home page
  52. Online Biology Book - every chapter is filled with great illustrations
  53. Our Earth as Art - satellite images by continent
  54. Palouse Open Source Image Bank - a repository of stock images focused primarily on the Palouse region of the Inland Northwest of America
  55. PD Photo - free, public domain photos
  56. Perry-Castañeda Library - a selection of portraits of historical figures from the University of Texas at Austin - The images in this collection are in the public domain. You do not need to ask for permission to use these images
  57. Pics4Learning - a categorized list of photos found in the Pics4Learning photographic library collection.
  58. Picture Galleries: from the About network [Beware: many pop-ups]
    1. Fossils
    2. Glaciers and Ice
    3. Landforms
    4. Minerals
    5. Rocks
    6. Geologic Features and Processes
    7. Geology and Society
    8. Free Geologic Wallpaper Pictures
  59. Photo Gallery - The 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
  60. Photo Gallery of the National Space Science Data Center
  61. Plants of Hawaii - A collection of 6000+ copyright-free high-resolution images
  62. Presidential Portraits
  63. ReefPix - This is a catalog, but "any of the images on the site are for use especially for educational reasons." Thanks Pete!
  64. Scientific Visualization Studio from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. This is their image wall page.
  65. Selected Civil War Photographs
  66. The Solar System in Pictures - This web site has 2 purposes: To give a pictorial overview of the solar system and to quiz you about these pictures.
  67. State Photo Galleries - from USA.gov
  68. SurWeb Image Collections
  69. Training Reference has a set of royalty free pictures and photos for use in training materials, presentations and web sites.
  70. True Color Earth - Color satellite images of Earth: Countries, regions, major cities, weather events, and other special features
  71. Underwater World has some beautiful pictures of fish, coral and shells
  72. United States Mint - image library
  73. U. S. Customs and Border Protection - photo library
  74. U.S. Department of Energy - image gallery
  75. U. S. Department of Interior - photo gallery
  76. U. S. Department of State - photo gallery
  77. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's online digital media library - public domain still photos
  78. U S Troops in Action - selected battle photos, 1942-1945
  79. Visible Earth - a catalog of NASA images and animations of our home planet
  80. Welcome to the Planets - This is a collection of many of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program.
  81. Wunder Photos - great weather and outdoor photos posted at Weather Underground
  82. Yellowstone Digital Slide File Home Page - index

Video Clips

  1. ArKive - [this link opens in a new window] Images of Life on Earth - audio-visual records of the world’s animals, plants and fungi [still images and streaming video available]
  2. EASE History (created by a group at Michigan State University) - Through the prism of US presidential campaign ads, users can better understand the complexities of campaign issues and their historical context by looking at historical events, and explore the meanings of core values by examining how these values have been applied in both historical events and campaign ads
  3. LearnOutLoud - "Free audio books, lectures, speeches, sermons, interviews, and many other great free audio and video resources. Most audio titles can be downloaded in digital formats such as MP3 and most video titles are available to stream online."
  4. Moving Image Archive - Free movies; a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
  5. NASA Multimedia Search
  6. NASA Video Gallery
  7. Nature Video Database - streaming video available from PBS on 3/27/08
  8. The Teacher's Domain: Multimedia Resources for the Classroom and Professional Development - This free service provided by WGBH in Boston (Home of NOVA) in partnership with PBS TeacherLine. Registration is required and your password will be needed to access their resources, but it's Free!
  9. Video Clip Gallery - A collection of short video clips featuring some of the wildlife found in Britain
  10. Video Help - This site will help you to make your own VideoCDs, SVCDs, DVDs, DivX, XviD, HD etc that can be played on your standalone DVD Player.
  11. Video on Demand: Teacher Resources - sets of video programs provided by Annenberg Media - for college and high school classrooms and adult learners - some titles are for use in the classroom, others are for teacher development
  12. Whys Guy - short video clips, in .wmv format, on a variety of physics topics

Sound Clips

  1. Animal Sound Clips - 286 sounds to download on 3/27/08
  2. Animal Sounds - the SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Sounds Library
  3. Bird Sounds - Sound clips of birds. These are sample sounds from CDs that are for sale, but the sound samples are free; from NatureSounds
  4. Essentials of Music - you'll find almost 200 excerpts from Essential Classics
  5. Find Sounds - Search the web for sounds.
  6. Free Bird Sounds from the Macaulay Library at Cornell University
  7. Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net - a large list of links and even a suggestion on how to search for animal sounds.
  8. Nature Songs - pages of links to sound clips organized into six categories on 3/27/08
  9. Partners in Rhyme provides a huge database of sounds to search.
  10. Royalty Free Music Sites - Check out this site first; Copyright laws
    1. Music - all types and genres of music from Peter Ross
    2. Freeplay - They call themselves the biggest, the best and the fastest growing "free" broadcast music production library in the world.
    3. Public Domain Music - reference site to help identify public domain songs and music
    4. RoyaltyFreeMusic - free resources for teachers; sound effects, midi files and music loops.
    5. Sound dogs - online sound effects library
  11. Songs of the Whale - sixteen sound files to download on 3/27/08
  12. Sound America - numerous sounds to select from.
  13. Sound dogs- sound effects, samples, music and more
  14. Searching the Internet for a Certain MIDI File
  15. Sing-Along Songs - presented by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
    1. Name that Children's Tune NIEHS Quiz
    2. Name that Patriotic Tune NIEHS Quiz
    3. Name that Oldies' Tune NIEHS Quiz
  16. Wav Files - Numerous sites which feature music in WAV format.
  17. Whale Song - audio archive on 3/27/08
  18. Whale Song - 110 short sound files in zip format on 3/27/08

Image Search Engines - Caution, many filter servers, like ENA's filter through N2H2, will not allow image searches. Most images found through these search engines are innocuous, but it is possible that some might be inappropriate. If you use such image search engines, plan to use them from your home connection.

Look at a list of search engines which offer image search capability.

Other Graphics Links

  1. Banner Generator - Choices galore! Make, or modify, your own graphics
  2. Banner, Logo, and Button Creator from Creative Connectivity provides a large number of choices.
  3. Cool Archive - Everything for your web page except your own text (although they do have fonts). If you are looking for a cool heading for your web page, consider using their Logo Generator.
  4. Cooltext.com is an online graphics generator for web pages and anywhere else you might need an impressive logo without a lot of work. They provides real-time generation of graphics customized exactly the way you want them.
  5. Creating Type
  6. EduPics - printable coloring book pictures for primary school
  7. FlamingText.com - At this site you can create cool, custom images for free, to use on your web site, or in your e-mail.
  8. Gifology - Understanding GIF Files & GIF Animation. A table of contents page
  9. Image Generator Links - create free custom graphics & clipart online without any software
  10. Multimedia seeds - ideas and resources to help you grow as a multimedia user, developer, technology coordinator, educator, collection developer, or librarian.
  11. Photoshop tutorials
  12. PIXresizer - Free Image Resizer - PIXresizer is a photo resizing program to easily create web and e-mail friendly versions of your images with reduced file sizes
  13. Type Resources - There are some great links to free resources here, and there are also links to commercial foundries. 
  14. Web Page Assistance - an Internet4Classrooms page of help for webmasters


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