We use a gyroscope to demonstrate how Earth rotates with respect to the fix stars and explain forced and free precession.
Image Credits:
Earth texture:
Reto Stöckli, NASA Earth Observatory
https://visibleearth.nasa.gov/images/73801/september-blue-marble-next-generation-w-topography-and-bathymetry/73803l
ocean currents:
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/details.cgi?aid=3913
tectonic plates:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tectonic_plates.png
Earth cross section:
Surachit (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oceanic_spreading.svg
tides:
Bleckneuhaus (CC BY-SA 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gezeiten-Beschleunigung_an_der_Erdoberfl%C3%A4che.png