Exploration Education science curriculum

We went on to Conceptual Physical Science Explorations. Overall the kids have really liked the Hewitt videos online and the text is not to hard to follow. I will say that the answer key is terrible. I find multiple typos (wrong answers) in almost every chapter. The text also has some problems (like showing the same circuit diagram twice and calling one image a simple circuit and the other a parallel circuit). Also, I have tried to use their lab manual and found it very frustrating. Rarely are specific instructions given for how much of a supply you need which makes compiling a purchase list a real challenge, and they just assume you know things a science teacher would know (like how to set up your multimeter to be an ammeter not a galvonometer) and I am constantly googling stuff trying to figure out what they mean. Not to sound overly negative on it, because it is working out okay, but those are my first thoughts. I don’t know if this is just par for the course with science textbooks or what. I used two CPO textbooks and found errors all over the place in them too.