Multimedia Resources
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Images
ALWAYS SUPERVISE STUDENTS WHEN THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR IMAGES
District Databases
- AP Images: Associated Press photos featured in newspapers and magazines.
- Britannica Image Quest Access more than one million rights-cleared images from over 40 of the best collections in the world.
- Kidz Search: Kid-friendly search opportunities covering a variety of topics.
- Google Art Project: Explore museums from around the world, discover and view hundreds of artworks at incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
- Kiddle: Safe visual search engine for kids by By Google
- Photos for Class: Images for classroom use with citations.
Free Websites
- Pics 4 Learning: Nice for the younger grades. Best for science or social studies topics.
- The Morgue File: Strange name, but great resource.
- FlickrStorm: Click 'Advanced' then choose "Photos you can use commercially" to easily find and organize images for many projects.
- The World Images Kiosk: 75,000 Images! Most are free to use, but some will require attribution.
- Photos 8: Public Domain Photos
- Edupic: A website of images created by a teacher for use by teachers and students.
- 4FreePhotos: This site that offers quite a few artistic high quality images. Many of these would be great for backgrounds
- Library of Congress Prints and Photographs: Over 1.2 millions images in this database, great for history projects. Each image has different licensing, so look closely.
- PD Photo: Great image site for animals, geography, space and plants.
- ARKive: Images of Life on Earth: An amazing resource for photos and videos of animal species organized geographically and by classification.
Clip Art
- Awesome Clip Art: Free clip art, coloring pages, and worksheets.
- WP Clipart: A large number of topics and choices that are free to use!
- Clipart ETC: A true clipart and line drawing gold mine. Over 46,00 images in this database
- Public Domain Clipart: 8,000 free clipart images.
Animation
Audio Search Sites
- Soundzabound: This District database offers a wide variety of music and sound effects.
- Free Play Music: Web site that features both free and pay downloads of all musical styles.