How can you determine the direction that the Earth spins on its axis?
Without any special tools or devices, just by noticing the direction of the sunrise and sunset. We know that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, therefore the earth spins in the direction of (or toward) the sunrise, or to the east. If looking at the earth from above the equator, the earth would spin in a west-to-east direction. From the north pole, it turns counter-clockwise, and clockwise if viewed from above the south pole.
