Browse through these sites for free, high quality images. Though the images available at the following sites are MOSTLY copyright free for teacher and student use, it is important to read the specific information provided at each site that explains copyright and fair use guidelines for use of the images.

TOP FIVE:

• The Amazing Picture Machine - searchable database with pictures on a variety of subjects
• Pics4Learning - thousands of images, donated by students, teaches, and amateur photographers
• Image Finder - searchable catalogue of images, some from NASA, the Smithsonian Institution, and the U.S. Library of Congress
• KidsClick: Images - searchable site
• Discovery School's ClipArt Gallery - choose from hundreds of original clipart images, including animations

CANADIAN IMAGES:

• CanPix Gallery: Great Canadian Image Base
• Canadian Heritage Gallery
• Images Canada: Picturing Canadian Culture - copyright free Canadian images (for educational use only)
• Canadian Images
• Digital Saskatchewan
• Canadian Symbols
• Gander Academy's Clip Art Resources - Lots of free clip art, including: animals, animated GIFs, maps, flags, space, webpage elements, seasons, and other clipart lists
• Picto - en francais

OTHER QUALITY COLLECTIONS:

• FreeFoto.com - a collection of free photos for private, non-commercial use; browse by category or search the site
• NRCS Photo Gallery - (Natural Resources Conservation Service) contains natural resource and conservation related photos from across the USA
• Classroom ClipArt - free clipart, illustrations, and photographs
• Internet Resources: Image Collections - An unbelievable annotated list of image resource sites appropriate for education—132 different sites at last count. When using these images for purposes beyond your classroom, be sure to check each site’s use restrictions. Although many of these sites contain images that are in the public domain or are freely available for non-commercial use, some have restrictions on their use.
• AICT - a free-use image resource for the educational community; arranged in the following categories: Ancient, Medieval Era, Renaissance & Baroque, and Non-Western.
• NIX (NASA Image Exchange) - “Photographs are not protected by copyright unless noted. If copyrighted, permission should be obtained from the copyright owner prior to use. If not copyrighted, photographs may be reproduced and distributed without further permission from NASA.”
• NASA Digital Image Collection
• ZooNet Image Archives - An excellent animal photos archival site which recently closed down due to spam. The archives section is still workable and houses hundreds of wonderfully taken photos.
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - The Thinker Imagebase is a fully keyword searchable database; it contains 75,000 images from the collections of the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor.  “If you would like to use an image from the ImageBase, or would like to request a publishable quality copy of an image in the ImageBase (35mm slide, 4x5 transparency, 8x10 print) please send email to imagebase@www.famsf.org.  Truly non-commercial uses are encouraged. We would, however, like to hear about them, mostly because we'd like to highlight your innovative educational uses of the collections. A non-commercial use is anything which does not include resale and is usually personal or educational in nature.”
• The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Photo Library - Well-organized site containing albums and catalogs of over 16,000 images. Great site covering 18 different subject categories. “Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted. Although at present, no fee is charged for using the photos credit MUST be given to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Department of Commerce unless otherwise instructed to give credit to the photographer or other source.”
• U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service - “Most of the images on our Web pages are in the "public domain" (which means they have no copyright restrictions). If an image on our Web site is not restricted and does not say it is copyrighted, then you can assume it is in the public domain. You may download and use those copyright-free images in your print and electronic publications. There's no fee to pay (i.e., they're free), and no need to get permission from the Service for reusing them.”
• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Online Photo Service - scroll to the bottom of the page for links to image galleries which include: animals, crops, diseases, food safety, forestry, nutrition, 4H, transportation, etc.
• USDA Agricultural Research Service - image galleries include: animals, crops, fruits & veggies, marketing/groceries, insects, plants, etc.
• Copyright-Free Photo Archive - A collection of photographs collected from various known-public-domain sources, stored on a website, and then keyword-indexed by internet volunteers. An excellent source for artwork and images for websites or other purposes.