Exploration #6e2: Clip Art & Image Collections

It is often helpful to have images and/or clipart to support lessons in the elementary classroom. The following sites offer access to thousands of educationally appropriate graphics which you can use in the classroom.

Hint: You can easily download any images that you find on the web. if you do not already know how to do that, click here for a step-by-step tutorial. The tutorial will open in a new window. Print the page for future reference and close the window to return to this page.

Clip Art Collections

DiscoverySchool.com: Clip Art Gallery

TeacherFiles.com: Educational Clip Art

Pics4Learning

Awesome Clipart for Kids

Kids Domain - Clipart

Barry's Clipart Server

Image Search Tools

Microsoft Office Clip Art and Media

Corbis - Stock Photography and Pictures

The Amazing Picture Machine

The Internet Picture Dictionary

Google Image Search

Hint: Before you search for images on Google, you will want to check that the "SafeSearch" filterning is turned on. Click on Preferences link to the right of the search box and scroll down the page until you see the "SafeSearch Filtering" settings. Click the button in front of "Use strict filtering" and then the "Save Preferences" button. This will mimize the chances that you will find inappropriate images when using Google Image Search.

Record your general observations on these Clip Art and Image Collections sites in your logbook. Make note of the sites you will be most likely to use in future.

If you are aware of other similar Clip Art and Image Collections Sites that were not included in the list, you are invited to add them to the Module 6: Clip Art and Images section on the course web discussion board.

Proceed to Exploration #6e3