AN INTERACTIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGY FOR BIOSTATISTICS DISCIPLINE IN BIOLOGICAL COURSE Maria Lucia Marçal Mazza Sundefeld1 Sílvia Helena Venturoli Perri2 Marco Aurélio Borella Rodrigues1 Abstract In the course of our experience teaching statistics to students of biological courses, we notice that they have great difficulty understanding the statistics subject. This paper aims to test a new teaching methodology to motivate the students to understand inference process and the sampling theory by developing the statistical thinking. 1 School of Dentistry of Aracatuaba of São Paulo State University 2 School of Veterinary Medicine of São Paulo State University