Illustrations and photos
These illustrations and photographs are free for any kind of educational use - whether you are a teacher creating topic worksheets or looking for ideas to spark creative writing, or a pupil who needs illustrations for a presentation or website.
You can download them, print them off or use them online.
Copyright
You can use these images for educational purposes without worrying about cost or copyright. All we ask is that you don't sell them and that you credit LTS when you use them. For full details, please see the copyright statement.
Environment
A mixture of drawings, photos and images of the world around us. The collection includes pictures of seasons, landscapes and natural habitats. Other images concentrate on man-made environments including buildings and famous landmarks. You can also look at old maps of Scottish cities.
Animals and birds
Animals are always a winner! We have images (including some photos) of wild animals and birds from Britain and abroad, pets, farm animals, dinosaurs, prehistoric creatures and minibeasts.
People
A wide variety of images of people, from illustrations of babies, children's faces showing different emotions and people working in a variety of jobs, to anatomical drawings of the human body and fine art portraits.
History
Many coloured and black and white illustrations of people in the past - Egyptians, Celts, Picts, Vikings, Greeks, Romans and medieval Scots as well as scenes from the two World Wars. Also have a look at the visual primary sources, such as 19th-century photos, medieval manuscripts, and portraits since 1780.
Art, music and literature
Great images of Scottish fine art from the Royal Scottish Academy and illustrations of musical instruments are available to download here, as well as information on how to use pictures and text from a beautiful medieval manuscript.
Leisure time
Activities and items for leisure - from musical instruments to cultural events, children interacting, photos of foreign holidays and paintings of holiday-makers in earlier times.
Scenes from Scottish history
Illustrations showing typical scenes from different eras in early Scottish history, from life in Skara Brae village and a Pictish broch, to military encursions by the Romans and the Vikings.
Food and drink
Illustrations, photos and paintings of food and drink - some healthy and some not so healthy! Plus photos of restaurants and pictures of birthday cakes.
Language and numbers
Resources for helping pupils to develop language and number skills, including modern foreign languages. The images include colourful pictures of numbers, safety signs, notices for the classroom and photos from continental Europe which feature signs and notices in French and German.
Clothes
Coloured and black and white illustrations of clothes, including children's shoes, different outfits for different types of weather and working clothes and uniforms such as those worn by police officers and firefighters.
Transport
Photos and drawings of different types of transport, from around the world. Fancy taking the camel to school?
Technology
Ensure the digital natives are up to speed with today's technology from video cameras to tablet PCs, with these coloured and outline illustrations of gadgets and equipment.
Copyright
These images are the copyright of Learning and Teaching Scotland and are provided as a royalty-free educational resource for educational use in Scotland. By downloading an image you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this licence.
You may copy, distribute and display an image, and make derivative works based on the image. Learning and Teaching Scotland must be credited as the source of the original image. You may not sell or permit third parties to sell or license an image. If you alter, transform or build upon an image, you may distribute the resulting image only under a licence identical to this one. For any reuse or distribution, you must make clear to others the licence terms of this work. Any of these conditions can be waived if you get permission from Learning and Teaching Scotland.