Online Image Resources


Flickr: One of the largest photo sharing sites. You can find lots of different types of images that you may be able to use in your classroom. Always be aware of copyright issues.

Boston Public Library PhotoStream: The BPL’s photo archive on Flickr.

Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources: A huge list of links for images that are a part of the public domain and can therefore be used copyright free.

The Big Picture: High resolution news photographs from the Boston Globe.

Digital Gallery New York Public

Google Image Search - Google’s search engine for digital images on the web. Not all images are available for use and you should always search for images without students present just in case any inappropriate images pop up during your search.

Hubble Telescope Images - Amazing photographs taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Stock Xchnge: A website dedicated to sharing stock photos.

FreeFoto.com - A large collection of photographs free for download.

PD Photo.org - Royalty Free, Public Domain, Stock Photos

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence - Image Archive

Using Digital Images in Math - A site that has some ideas for using digital images in math as well as links to digital image websites.

Finding and Using Digital Images in Education: A Website with advice on using digital images, tips for incorporating them into lessons and links to digital image resources.

Wordle- Create cool word clouds