Free-to-use sources of online content

free-to-use sources of online content
images

ClipPix ETC
Use up to 25 free images per educational project

ClipArt ETC
Use up to 50 free clipart items per educational project

CocoMaterial
Open source, hand-drawn illustration library to customize & download

Compfight

Flickr Creative Commons
The first website you should visit if you’re searching for Creative Commons pictures

Icons8
Free icons, photos, and vectors

livebinder
Free-to-use images ~ Use Access Key 776

Negative Space
Free high-resolution images organized by category

Openverse
Allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone

Pexels
Free stock photos

Photo Pin
Good source of Creative Commons images

Photos for Class
Find Creative Commons licensed images with attribution information embedded

Pics4Learning
Images licensed for use by students and teachers in educational settings only

PikWizard
High quality images with attribution information provided

Pixabay
Free high quality photos in the public domain

Public Domain Archive
Thousands of images from contemporary and vintage eras (bonus page featuring 35 websites for high resolution free stock photos)

Public Domain Pictures
Free images in the public domain

Public Domain Vectors
Varied range of vector graphics that can be downloaded in AI, EPS and SVG formats

Reshot
Completely free-to-use non-stocky images

Smithsonian Open Access
More than 2.8 million high-resolution two- and three-dimensional images from across its collection for free download

The Noun Project
Millions of royalty-free icons

The Public Domain Review
Collections of public domain images, film, books, and audio

Unsplash
One of the best sources of free-to-use high resolution images on the Web!

Wikimedia Commons
Millions of freely usable media files

mathematics

CanFigureIt Geometry
Geometry proof tool where students can solve proof problems independently and interactively for homework, in class, and in a flipped-classroom setting

CK-12 Adaptive Practice
Thousands of free K-12 practice problems for math and science

Illuminations
From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), features complete lesson plans, mobile games for students, interactive activities, and brain teasers for grade PreK-12

Illustrative Math
High-quality resources for teachers and students include math tasks, videos, lesson plans, and problem-based curriculum modules for grades 6-8

Inside Mathematics
Dynamic videos and printables to use as a support tool for a variety of issues or simply for inspiration

Khan Academy
Created by experts, Khan Academy’s library of trusted, standards-aligned practice and lessons covers math K-12 through early college

LearnZillion
Quality lessons with great modeling for teachers to give students an extra learning boost, to give them review on topics covered in class, or to give them a springboard for new exploration

MashUp Math
Free grade-specific math resources for grades 1-9

Math Central
Teaching resources for mathematics teachers, a question and answer service for teachers and students, careers of mathematicians, a problem of the month and more, presented by the University of Regina in Canada

Math Open Reference
Interactive math textbook; geometry

MobyMax
Award-winning program finds and fixes learning gaps with the power of personalized learning for grades K-8

PhET
Interactive simulations and lessons for high school math

ThatQuiz.org
Math quizzes on a variety of topics and levels, including algebra

Virtual Nerd
More than 1,500 video lessons ranging from middle-grade math through algebra 2

Text

Amazon’s Free Collection
For the Kindle

Association of American Publishers
Sources for digital textbooks & other written works

Barnes & Noble’s Free Collection
For the Nook

Bartleby.com
Great Books Online

Bluford Series Audiobooks
All twenty-one of the Bluford Series books are provided as a free resource to students and educators

Books Should Be Free
Sources for audio books

Catalog of U.S. Government Publications
The finding tool for electronic and print publications from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the U.S. government

Google Books
100’s of 1000’s of titles (select “full view” or “free only” in search results)

Internet Archive
Over 2.5 million titles

IntraText Digital Library
Millions of texts from 900 B.C. to the 21st century ~ various licenses

LibriVox
Free audiobooks from the public domain

ManyBooks.net
Over 29,000 eBooks available

Online Books Page
Over 3 million free books on the Web

Open Library
Click “Show only eBooks”

Page by Page Books
Read classic books online for free

Planet eBook
Classic literature for download as free eBooks

Project Gutenberg
The first digital repository of public-domain content

The Public Domain Review
Dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas

Wikibooks
An open content textbook collection

Wikipedia:Public domain resources
A helpful guide to public-domain resources

Sounds

BBC Sound Effects
From the unusual to the bizarre, BBC's sound effects are available for personal, educational or research use

CCHound
Free quality Creative Commons audio

Openverse
Select Audio from the drop-down menu is the search bar

Pixabay
Select Sound Effects from the top menu

Sound Bible
Free sound effects, sound clips, and sounds

ZapSplat
Free sound effects (requires registration)

Mixed Media

Creative Commons Content Directory
A list of organizations and projects powered with Creative Commons licenses

Creative Commons Search
The search interface provided by the Creative Commons organization itself

Educational Technology Clearinghouse
Digital resources, including ClipPix, ClipArt, maps, presentation backgrounds, and more

Educause
Links to legal sources of music, video & other content approved by RIAA or MPAA

Internet Archive
Digital library of free books, movies, & music

Open Culture
Free movies, videos, eBooks, audio books – even French lessons!

The Public Domain Project
Thousands of free historic media files for your creative projects

The Public Domain Review
Collections of public domain images, film, books, and audio

Video

Cornell University Legal Video Sources
Sources for streaming video

Coverr
Beautiful free stock video footage

Flickr
Over 95,000 videos licensed under Creative Commons, most home made

Free Stock Footage Archive
Creative Commons stock videos

National Screening Room
Digital copies of films made in the 19th & 20th centuries from Library of Congress

Open Images
Audiovisual archive material provided under the Creative Commons License

Pexels Videos
Free stock videos

Pixabay
A great collection of video clips in HD and 4K resolution

The Public Domain Review
Collections of public domain images, film, books, and audio

Videvo
Free stock video footage and motion graphics

Vimeo Creative Commons
One of the largest collections of Creative Commons licensed videos

Music

Bensound Royalty Free Music
Royalty free stock music for YouTube and your multimedia projects

CCHound
Free quality Creative Commons audio

CCLI Public Domain Songs
Free for use by churches, organizations and individuals from Christian Copyright Licensing International

Cornell University Legal Music Sources
Sources for streaming music

Dig CC Mixter.org
Thousands of Creative Commons licensed remixed songs in just about every genre available (make sure to read each track’s info page to see just which version of the license it follows)

FMA – Free Music Archive
An interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads

Free Music Archive
An interactive library of high-quality, legal audio downloads

Freeplay Music
Free downloads for classroom use

Icons8 Music
Royalty-free music and audio tracks requires attribution

Internet Archive
Open source audio

Musopen
An online repository for mostly classical music in the public domain

Pixabay
Features instrumental recordings across a wide range of genres

TeknoAXE
A large collection of music (over 1200), with new pieces added every week

The Public Domain Review
Collections of public domain images, film, books, and audio

Thematic
Great songs to soundtrack your videos

Unminus
Free premium music for your projects ~ the Unsplash of music!

YouTube Audio Library
Copyright free music with no attribution required [Learn how]

ZapSplat
Royalty- free music (requires registration)