Question: The drawing above shows a plaza in the afternoon. Label the west side of the drawing with a W. Label the north side of the drawing with an N. How did you know which direction was west?
Reference answer: In the afternoon, shadows point east because the Sun is in the west. So the west side is opposite of the shadows.

Student answer: You would know by which way the shadow is pointing to.

Student answer: I used the strategy never eat soggy waffles.

Student answer: Because the direction the shadows were facing and in my journal.

Student answer: The shadow is point east.

Student answer: Because the shadows.

Student answer: I just looked at it if it was early afternoon it would be pointing northeast and if it was late afternoon it would be point to southwest.

Student answer: By looking at the shadows' reflection.

Student answer: Because my teacher tell me never eat soggy waffles. It means north east south west.

Student answer: Because I used a compass.

Student answer: Because the sun is behind them.

Student answer: Because the sun is in the north.

Student answer: Common sense. I just know because the experiment with shadows. The letters next to the boxes of north, east, south, west are direction letters and the letter in the boxes are the ones you see on maps.

Student answer: I followed where I walk and it came to me and I found all the sides.

Student answer: West is on the left side.

Student answer: Because the sun rises at the east and the sun is moving.

Student answer: The direction of west is left that the west.

Student answer: Because the sun is pointing east and the shadow have to point to the north.

Student answer: By using a compass to tell me where it is.

Student answer: That is how you spell west east. West by the W. East by the E.

Student answer: Because that is the way the sun sets.

Student answer: Because when the sun is in the east your shadow is really big like in the picture. So if the sun is in the east I would know.

Student answer: The sun rises on the east.

Student answer: I know it is west because the sunrise in the east and the shadow is longer.

Student answer: The shadow is facing the east and in the afternoon the sun is shining west so the shadow is east.

Student answer: Because of the way the sun is showing.

Student answer: I knew which direction west was because in the plaza it shows all the shadows facing one way and the sun makes shadows face the opposite directions of the object, and I knew that in the afternoon the sun is in the north so it must be west above.

Student answer: I knew which direction was west because in the afternoon the sun is coming from the east.

Student answer: I knew it because west is where the sun is most of the time.

Student answer: Because the drawing looked like the early morning of the day and I knew that the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

Student answer: Because the sun would probably be northwest for the shadow to face southeast.

Student answer: I know that north is forward and west is your left.

Student answer: When earth moves then the shadow will be in the west because by then the sun will be setting.

Student answer: West is always on your left, after that it is east.

Student answer: I know which direction was west is because a shadow facing west.

Student answer: I knew where west is because I looked at the shadow.

Student answer: I knew which direction was west because in class, I learned that no matter what way you are facing, west is always on the left side.