I have had a lot luck looking south east at sunset. But this depends on the time of year. Consult a sky map. Really good one are available on-line or via Astronomy Magazines.
it depends what you look for if you look for a planet you might want to head to a field on a cloudless night with no street lights
The first to look up at the night sky.
you look in the sky
to find this planet you have to look south or (s)
look up at the sky
what keeps planet earth from fallin out of the sky
A very bright star. If you have a telescope, you can tell that it's a planet by it's colour, brightness and size.
you look in the sky on a clear night
There are quite a few astronomy programs out there that you can use to identify a planet in the sky above you. I use WorldWide Telescope from Microsoft. You just set your viewing location and it shows you what you can see from that spot.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn are easily visible in the sky without a telescope or binoculars, if you know when and where to look. That information is often included on the weather page of the local newspaper.
Noplace. Earth isn't a star, and isn't visible in the sky from Earth.
The planet named after the mythological Greek god who personified the sky is Uranus.