IMAGES
Click on the links below to see examples of specialized image databases.
Animals: www.junglewalk.com/photos/Animal-pictures.htm
Many different breeds of dogs at http://puppydogweb.com/gallery/
License Plates of the World: www.worldlicenseplates.com
World Currency Gallery: www.banknotes.com/images.htm
New York Public Library Digital gallery: http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Classroom Clipart: www.classroomclipart.com
http://www.monkeytime.com/sciencemaster/galleries/galleries.php
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/index.htm
The Rock/Mineral Image Database on Flicker is a great example of a useful database for students.
The Messier Object Index is a website that provides pictures of astronomical bright objects that be easily observed with binoculars or amateur telescopes.
The American Civil War Photo Gallery provides all kinds of pictures from the civil war era.
Stamps from around the world and different time periods at http://www.allworldstamps.com/
Images of Jesus from different artists at http://www.haverford.edu/relg/faculty/amcguire/relg216b.htm.
http://www.ugo.com/movies/star-wars-images If you love Star Wars, you’ll enjoy this site with images, photographs, toys, and more from most of the movies (if not all). The multiples of photos are categorized by character, and by movie.
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/indiana-jones/images Indiana Jones is another Fan Favorite with 86 photos, and more artistic renderings.
http://www.supermanhomepage.com/images/gallery/gallery.php?topic=aos-1950s The Superman site gives viewers categories from television shows to the specific movies. There is a lot of choice here.
http://www.firehall.com/gallery.php?gallery=6711809 Anything firefighter and fire is depicted through photographs in this site. In a heroism unit, this image site would come in extremely handy!
http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images/coral-reef.html This website contains pictures of different coral reefs throughout the world, including those that make the coral their home.
http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/whi/results.asp?keyword1=wright+days+gallery&search_type=advanced&sort_by=date&boolean_type=and This is a “nifty” website for anyone Wisconsin history. The link above is to the Wright brothers and their flights in Wisconsin. Many images of Native American life in Wisconsin could also be found on this website, including scanned copies of originals documents from Wisconsin’s early days as a state.
http://www.nasaimages.org/ This is an amazing website full of real and otherwise images of space, planets, moons, and stars. Many pictures were taken with the Hubble Telescope. Images that are not real are trying to depict the real difference between two objects; like the Earth and moon or the Earth and Sun. One can cruise through the different image libraries for anything specific.
http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/images/pglossary/index.php#galleries This website shows images of volcanoes around the world. This specific link allows you to choose which major volcanoes to view. The home page even allows you to check out live webcams of volcanic action.
Ancient Biblical Images: http://www.bible-history.com/biblehistoryonline_ancientimages.php Pictures of ancient civilizations that interacted with the Israelites are found in this collection. Actual artifacts from these civilizations are also included.
Illustrated History: http://www.bible-history.com/subcat.php?id=35
This site contains pictures from ancient Biblical times.
National Parks Service Museum
Collections / American Revolution http://www.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/index.htm
A collection of American Revolutionary pictures and artifacts are listed in
this collection. The following is a list of topics covered: Soldiers, Riflemen, Officers, Artillery, and Equipment.
Images (Recommended web sites):
http://deyoung.famsf.org/search-collections This is a museum web site.
Sunrises: http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=sunrise&go=&form=QBIL&qs=n&sk=&sc=8-2
