Copyright Free & Fair Use Images
Best Source of Copyright-friendly, high quality, K-12 images: www.ookaboo.com
Helpful Hints:
Always check a website's Terms of Use. Not all images on the sites listed below are free or available for web use. Read the use rules for the site as well as the description for each image carefully before downloading. Just because something is on the Internet, doesn't mean it's copyright free or that you can use it, copy it, download, etc.
Use Bing as your search engine. Once you select the Images category, you can select the type of licensing you need – public domain, free to use, free to use commercially, etc.
For more information on copyright: Copyright Kids
Wikimedia Commons - terms of use are clearly defined for each image on the site.
http://openclipart.org/browse Lots of copyright free images. The few that aren't are clearly marked. Kid friendly.
http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/ All images are free and in the public domain or creative commons.
http://www.geekphilosopher.com/GeekPhilosopher.com/photos/photos.aspx Lots of free images including famous people, bands, sports and much more.
J. Paul Getty Museum Open Content (Only the Open Content Images may be used for free - only search that part of the website.) Many historical photographs, drawings and paintings as well as copies of old manuscripts.
http://www.easystockphotos.com/index.html Many different categories of copyright free images for teachers and students.
http://www.akidsphoto.com/ All free pics, kid friendly site
http://pics.tech4learning.com/ All free, designed for teachers and kids
http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/ All free pics
http://photo2.si.edu/ The Smithsonian Institution - Low resolution images may be downloaded for free. Better quality images have a small fee.
http://classroomclipart.com/ Free clipart for everyone. Covers wide range of topics and includes both photos and illustrations.
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpapers/?source=NavPhoWall
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
http://freerangestock.com/index.php
http://www.stockvault.net/
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/
Always check a website's Terms of Use. Not all images on the sites listed below are free or available for web use. Read the use rules for the site as well as the description for each image carefully before downloading. Just because something is on the Internet, doesn't mean it's copyright free or that you can use it, copy it, download, etc.
Use Bing as your search engine. Once you select the Images category, you can select the type of licensing you need – public domain, free to use, free to use commercially, etc.
For more information on copyright: Copyright Kids
Wikimedia Commons - terms of use are clearly defined for each image on the site.
http://openclipart.org/browse Lots of copyright free images. The few that aren't are clearly marked. Kid friendly.
http://ookaboo.com/o/pictures/ All images are free and in the public domain or creative commons.
http://www.geekphilosopher.com/GeekPhilosopher.com/photos/photos.aspx Lots of free images including famous people, bands, sports and much more.
J. Paul Getty Museum Open Content (Only the Open Content Images may be used for free - only search that part of the website.) Many historical photographs, drawings and paintings as well as copies of old manuscripts.
http://www.easystockphotos.com/index.html Many different categories of copyright free images for teachers and students.
http://www.akidsphoto.com/ All free pics, kid friendly site
http://pics.tech4learning.com/ All free, designed for teachers and kids
http://www.copyrightfreephotos.com/ All free pics
http://photo2.si.edu/ The Smithsonian Institution - Low resolution images may be downloaded for free. Better quality images have a small fee.
http://classroomclipart.com/ Free clipart for everyone. Covers wide range of topics and includes both photos and illustrations.
http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/wallpapers/?source=NavPhoWall
http://gimp-savvy.com/PHOTO-ARCHIVE/
http://freerangestock.com/index.php
http://www.stockvault.net/
http://www.sxc.hu/index.phtml
http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/